Women's Leadership Conference

Save the Date: 3rd Annual Women’s Leadership Conference

Transforming through Adversity

The Leadership Journey for Women in Medicine and Science

Our 3rd annual conference will provide an opportunity to grow, learn and share from our experiences as we explore communication, connection and the transforming power of adversity along our leadership journeys.

The conference is inspired by Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, Chief Academic Officer of Atrium Health Enterprise, CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Health and Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine

Date: September 14, 2021

Sponsored by Faculty Affairs at Wake Forest School of Medicine

Partnering Sponsors: Surgical Care Affiliates

Audience

Open to faculty and administrators of all genders from regional academic medical centers in North Carolina and surrounding states.

Registration will open in Spring 2021

Featured Speakers
Nancy Spector, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Drexel University College of Medicine Executive Director, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
Sally Shumaker, PhD Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest School of Medicine
Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of “Talking to Strangers,” “Blink,” and “Outliers.” Staff writer for The New Yorker, non-fiction writer, host of the podcast Revisionist History, and appointed to the Order of Canada In Partnership with Wake Forest University Face to Face Speaker Forum
An interactive panel discussion on "Transforming Through Adversity"

Featured Speakers

Nancy Spector

Nancy Spector, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Drexel University College of Medicine
Executive Director, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program

Sally A. Shumaker, PhD

Sally Shumaker, PhD
Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest School of Medicine

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of “Talking to Strangers,” “Blink,” and “Outliers.” Staff writer for The New Yorker, non-fiction writer, host of the podcast Revisionist History, and appointed to the Order of Canada

In Partnership with Wake Forest University Face to Face Speaker Forum

WLC 2019

An interactive panel discussion on "Transforming Through Adversity"

For more information, email us or call 336-713-4442.

Conference Steering Committee

Suzanne Danhauer, PhD (Co-Chair) – Professor and Vice Chair of PHS, Social Sciences and Health Policy; Director of the Office of Well-Being and Resilience

Elizabeth (Libby) Kelly, MD (Co-Chair) – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Lynn Anthony, MD - Professor of Radiology; Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Lynne Wagenknecht, DrPH, Professor and Director of Public Health Sciences

Cynthia Emory, MD, MBA – Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

Rebecca Wells, MD, MPH – Associate Professor of Neurology

TanYa Gwathmey-Williams, PhD - Associate Professor of Surgery, Hypertension

Gabriela Velazquez, MD – Associate Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

Stefanie Rachis, EdD – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Faculty Affairs

Natalie Barrett – Manager of Faculty Affairs

Ad Hoc: Lisa Marshall, Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Relations and Chief Philanthropy Officer; Jennifer Woodward, Corporate Sponsorship Officer of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations; Kara Thompson, Marketing Manager, Communications, Marketing & Media

More Resources

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Institutes and Centers

Shared Resources and Cores

Public Health Sciences

Research and Faculty Labs

Clinical Trials

Symposia Series

Women's Leadership Conference 2021