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ELAM Regional ​Conference

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March 1 & 2, 2024 | Houston, Texas

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Baylor College of Medicine, in collaboration with the pioneering program Executive Leadership in ​Academic Medicine® (ELAM) at Drexel University College of Medicine, is organizing a Texas-based ​Alumnae Regional ELAM program to be held at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston on March 1st ​and 2nd, 2024. This first-of-its-kind event for the region presents an opportunity to engage with and ​develop future leaders by connecting with current leaders in healthcare and academic medicine in our ​region.


The two-day event is designed to engage high-potential future leaders and senior leaders at ​healthcare and academic medical institutions, including 90+ ELUM program graduates who serve in ​senior leadership roles throughout Texas and neighboring states.

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Lead Level

organizational support

Baylor College of Medicine

Memorial Hermann Health System

University of Houston

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® ​(ELAM®) program

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Session: Funding Academic Medicine

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Session: Data is Wealth: Transparency in Healthcare

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Session: Data is Wealth: Negotiation Workshop

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2024 event Photos | March 1st

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Session: Navigating Pathways to Leadership

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Session 6: Cultivating the Skill of Excellence: ​Opportunities & Reflections

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2024 event Photos | March 2nd

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Session: Prompting Change: The Acceleration of AI in ​Healthcare and Education

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Session: Leading in the Moment

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Session: Health is Wealth: AHC’s Role in

the Long Arc to Equity

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Session: Advancing Discovery Science to ​Enhance Health for All Communities

Session: Global Vaccines: The Science ​vs. The Anti-science

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Jennifer Christner, MD

Senior Dean of the School of ​Medicine and School of ​Health Professions,

Baylor College of Medicine

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Featured Speakers | March 1st

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Erika T. Brown, PhD

Associate Director, Executive ​Director, Executive Leadership ​in Academic Medicine® (ELAM)

Dean of Faculty Affairs

The Geisel School of Medicine ​at Dartmouth

Jamie Bailey, MBA, CPA, CFE

Chief Financial Officer,

Baylor College of Medicine

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Toi Blakley Harris, MD

Senior Vice President; Chief ​Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ​Officer; Professor of Psychiatry, ​Pediatrics and Family and ​Community Medicine,

Memorial Hermann Health System

Mary Dickinson

Senior Vice President and ​Dean of Research,

Baylor College of Medicine

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Vivian Ho, PhD

James A. Baker III Institute ​Chair in Health Economics ​and Professor of Economics,

Rice University

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Karen Lu, MD

Department Chair and J. Taylor ​Wharton Distinguished Chair in ​Gynecologic Oncology; Professor, ​Department of Gynecologic Oncology ​and Reproductive Medicine;

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD

Vice Chair, Department of Internal ​Medicine; Director, Division of Medical ​Genetics; Doris Duke Distinguished ​Clinical Scientist; Professor of Internal ​Medicine

Sara Laschever, MA

Independent Author, Educator, ​Consultant and Coach

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Carolyn Smith, PhD

Dean, Graduate School of ​Biomedical Sciences,

Baylor College of Medicine

Lara Shekerdemian, ​MD, MB, CHB, MHA

Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair, ​Department of Pediatrics,

Texas Children's Hospital and ​Baylor College of Medicine

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Carmen Renee’ Green, MD

Dean, CUNY School of Medicine,

City University of New York

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Featured Speakers | March 2nd

David Callender, MD

President & CEO,

Memorial Hermann Health ​System

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Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

Dean, School of Tropical ​Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics,

Baylor College of Medicine

Gary H. Gibbons, MD

Director of the National Heart, ​Lung, and Blood Institute at the ​National Institutes of Health

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Dhireesha Kudithipudi, PhD

P​rofessor and Chair, Electrical and C​omputer Engineering at the U​niversity of Texas at

S​an Antonio

Renu Khator, PhD

Chancellor of the ​University of Houston ​System and President of ​the University of Houston

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Mary Klotman, MD

Executive Vice President for Health ​Affairs, Duke University; Dean, Duke ​University School of Medicine and ​Chief Academic Officer

Duke Health

Brad Malin, PhD

Vice Chair for Research Affairs, ​Department of Biomedical ​Infomatics and Director, Heath ​Data Science Center, Vanderbilt ​University Medical Center

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Paul Klotman, MD

President & CEO,

Baylor College of Medicine

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Marc A. Nivet, EdD, MBA

Executive Vice President for ​Institutional Advancement and ​Professor, Department of Family ​and Community Medicine,

UT Southwestern

Nancy Spector, MD

Senior Vice Dean for Faculty; ​Professor of Pediatrics; Executive ​Director, ELAM and ELH; Executive ​Director, Lynn Yeakel Institute for ​Women’s Health and Leadership at ​Drexel University

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Agenda | Friday March 1, 2024

8:00 - 8:30 AM

Check in, Breakfast, and Welcome

8:30 – 9:15 AM

Funding Academic Medicine

Jamie Bailey, MBA, CPA, CFE

Chief Financial Officer, Baylor College of Medicine

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

Data is Wealth: Transparency in Healthcare

Vivian Ho, PhD

James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics and Professor of Economics, Rice University

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Negotiation Workshop

Sara Laschever, MA

Independent Author, Educator, Consultant and Coach

12:30 – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Leading Missions

Toi B. Harris, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Memorial Herman Health System


Mary Dickinson, PhD

Senior Vice President and Dean of Research, Professor and Kyle and Josephine Morrow Endowed Chair at ​Baylor College of Medicine


Karen Lu, MD

Chair, Professor and J. Taylor Wharton Distinguished Chair, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and ​Reproductive Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD

President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of the Division of Medical Genetics ​and Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at ​Houston (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School


Carolyn Smith, PhD

Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine

2:45 – 3:45 PM

Navigating Pathways to Leadership

Jennifer Christner, MD

Senior Dean, School of Medicine and School of Health Professions at Baylor College of Medicine


Carmen Renee Green, MD

Dean, Professor, and Bert Brodsky Chair at The City University of New York School of Medicine


Lara Shekerdemian, MD

Chair, Professor, and Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair, Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of ​Medicine, and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital


Julie Silver, MD

Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard ​Medical School

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Cultivating the Skill of Excellence: Opportunities & Reflections

Erika T. Brown, PhD

Dean for Faculty Affairs and a Professor of Pathology at Dartmouth; Associate Director for the ELAM ​Program

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Reception

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Agenda | Saturday March 2, 2024

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Light Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Prompting Change: The Acceleration of AI in Healthcare and Education

Dhireesha Kudithipudi, PhD

Founding Director of MATRIX AI Consortium, and Robert F. McDermott Chair in Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio


Brad Malin, PhD

Vice Chair for Research Affairs and Accenture Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Accenture Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

10:15 – 11:30 AM

Leading in the Moment

David Callender, MD

President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System


Carmen Renee Green, MD

Dean, Professor, and Bert Brodsky Chair at The City University of New York School of Medicine


Renu Khator, PhD

Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston


Mary Klotman, MD

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Duke University; Dean, Duke University School of Medicine and Chief Academic Officer, Duke Health


Paul Klotman, MD

President, CEO, Executive Dean, and John E. and Clara B. Whitmore Chair for the President at Baylor College of Medicine

11:30 AM - 12:30

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Lunch

12:30 - 1:35 PM

Health is Wealth: AHC’s Role in the Long Arc to Equity

Carmen Renee Green, MD

Dean, Professor, and Bert Brodsky Chair at The City University of New York School of Medicine


Vivian Ho, PhD

James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics and Professor of Economics at Rice University


Marc Nivet, EdD, MBA

Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

1:45 - 2:30 PM

Advancing Discovery Science to Enhance Health for All Communities

Gary H. Gibbons, MD

Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health

2:30-3:15 PM

Global Vaccines: The Science vs. The Anti-science

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology; and Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Director, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Close

Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD

Senior Dean of Faculty, and Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine


Nancy Spector, MD

Senior Vice Dean for Faculty; Professor of Pediatrics; Executive Director, ELAM and ELH; Executive Director, Lynn Yeakel Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University

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Questions

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to:

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(713) 798-4126