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ELUMs: Consider Applying for the

Executive Leadership in Transformational Change program!

Executive Leadership in Transformational Change (ELTC) is a program track of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) fellowship, designed for senior leaders in academic medicine, health systems and industry who are ready to serve as transformational change agents within the organizations they lead. The program builds expertise in systems thinking, organizational dynamics, resource strategy, digital literacy, crisis management and allyship as an integrated framework for transformational change.

The application is now open for the 2027-2028 cohort. Application closes on December 1, 2026.

ELTC Application Flyer

We strongly encourage ELUMs in high-level leadership roles to apply.

Learn more and apply.

Have questions? Email elamapps@drexel.edu. 

ELAM and Korn Ferry Reception: 2026 AAMC Learn. Serve. Lead.

Please join us to gather with colleagues from across academic medicine to reconnect, build new relationships, and spend time with peers who share a commitment to advancing medical education, research, and healthcare.

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026

Time: 6:30-10 p.m. PT | Remarks beginning at 7:15 p.m. PT

Location: Anaheim Marriott - Platinum Ballroom #9

All are welcome!

Register here for the reception.

Come say hi to ELAM at Booth #836!

EVENTS

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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

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ELUM & FELLOW NEWS

Elizabeth (Libby) Alpern, MD, MSCE (ELAM ‘18), will be named the Founders' Board Centennial Chair of the Department of Pediatrics pending formal appointment and approval process with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Lurie Children’s Board of Directors.

Carrie Colla, PhD (ELH ‘26), has been named dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth, effective September 1, 2026.  

Felicia Goodrum, PhD (ELAM ‘24), received the 2026 Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Virology.

Flora Hammond, MD (ELAM ‘18), has been named the Paul B. Magnuson Professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and senior vice president at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, effective January 4, 2027.     

Jennifer Lucero, MD, MA (ELAM ‘24), is quoted in a Foundation for California Community Colleges press release titled “California Medicine Scholars Program Expands to LA and Bay Area.” Read the press release.

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA (ELAM ‘24), has been appointed executive vice dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, effective September 8, 2026.

Princess Ogbogu, MD (ELAM ‘24), has been elected chair of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Culture, Engagement, and Impact, with a three-year term beginning on July 1, 2026.

Natalie M. Pageler, MD (ELH ‘24), has been appointed as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Seattle Children’s. 

Rinarani M. Sanghavi, MD, MBA (ELH ‘25), has been selected by Epic to co-chair its national Physician Wellbeing Steering Board for the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) for a three-year term.

Shubhika Srivastava, MD (ELH ‘23), was named chief of Pediatric Cardiology for RWJBarnabas Health and chair of Pediatric Cardiology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, effective June 1, 2026. She is also the associate director of the Pediatric Clinical Research Center at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. 

Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP, FASCO (ELH ‘26), has been appointed as inaugural chair of Cancer Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte campus, effective February 1, 2026.

ELUM and Fellow News for the ELAM EDGE

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ELUM and Fellow Professional Updates for the ELAM DATABASE

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ELUM & FELLOW PUBLICATIONS

Academic Press, Immunological Aspects of Preterm Birth, 2026:

Phenotypes of Preterm Birth, Immune Mechanisms, and Pathway Forward

Irina Burd

Academic Psychiatry, May 5, 2026:

The Loneliness Epidemic in Physicians and How to Create Belonging in Medicine

Mary R. Shen, Emily M. Kent, Ashwini Nadkarni & Julie K. Silver

Journal of the National Medical Association, August 2026:

Lessons learned from the David Geffen school of medicine-UCLA clinical clerkship psychology of bias seminar

Gianna Giacomotto, Ricardo Antillon, Esmeralda Trejo, Gerardo Moreno, Gregg J. Gold, Jennifer M. Lucero

BMC Medical Education, August 22, 2026:

Evaluation of an institutional leadership program’s impact on skills and confidence

Suzanne C. Danhauer, Robert W. Hurley, Seth M. Eller, Heather A. Whitley, Sabina B. Gesell, John M. Salsman, Cara J. Haberman, Kerry A. Danelson & Janet A. Tooze

Journal of Hospital Medicine, August 30, 2026:

Sharing unwritten rules of negotiation: An effort to help leaders thrive

Julie Byerley MD, MPH, Kenya McNeal-Trice MD, Nancy D. Spector MD

JAMA Network, September 9, 2026:

Physicians’ Experiences With Life-Threatening Illness and Return to Work

Angela M. Ellison, MD, MSc; Katherine Wu, MPH; Flynn Jones, MPH; Lanelle Quzack, MSW, LSW; Stephen R. Master, MD, PhD; Joanne McCool, MSOD; Lara Varpio, PhD

Accompanying commentary: Professional Identity After Critical Illness—Every Physician Becomes a Patient

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ARTICLES OF NOTE

AMWA, September 1, 2026:

Celebrating Women in Medicine Month: Honoring Our Past, Elevating Our Present, Inspiring Our Future

September is Women in Medicine Month, a time to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of women physicians, recognize the barriers that remain, and recommit ourselves to building a future in medicine where women can lead, thrive, and make their fullest impact.

Becker’s, September 4, 2026:

Women now hold half of health system COO seats — here’s what they’re building next

Of all the C-suite roles where women gained ground in hospital and health system leadership last year, one moved faster than any other: the COO.

CALLS FOR APPLICATION, NOMINATION, ETC.

Apply for the American Board of Emergency Medicine

Board of Directors

The American Board of Emergency Medicine is seeking two physician Directors for its Board of Directors. ABEM encourages applications from across the Emergency Medicine community. The application window will close on September 25, 2026.

The ABEM Board of Directors (BOD) is a working Board. Directors should anticipate dedicating 50 or more days annually to Board activities, including travel, committee work, item writing, serving as an examiner, and participation in two in-person Board and committee meetings as well as virtual meetings.

For questions about the process, please contact governance@abem.org.

Learn more and apply. 

Please submit any calls for applications, nominations, or other relevant leadership opportunities to Joyce Collins at jml575@drexel.edu.

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THE LAST WORD

Ms., September 7, 2026:

For Gloria Steinem, Women’s Liberation Meant Men’s Liberation, Too

Steinem understood more than half a century ago that patriarchal culture damages not only women, but men as well.

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