IAMSE 2022 Virtual Forum Speakers

Ignite Speakers

Erik Brodt
Erik Brodt
Oregon Health & Science University
Associate Professor
Erik (Anishinaabe) grew up near Chippewa Falls, WI and spent summers with family in the rural areas around Bemidji, MN. Dr. Brodt earned his M.D. from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and completed residency in Family Medicine at the Seattle Indian Health Board – Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency in Seattle, WA. Dr. Brodt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, and the Assistant Dean of Native American Health at the OHSU School of Medicine. He practices in the OHSU Hospital inpatient setting and Warm Springs Tribal Health clinic, while also serving as the founding Director of the OHSU Northwest Native American Center of Excellence. Erik is a fierce believer in occasional magic working to eliminate Native health disparities and improve Native American Health Professions programming nationally through creative partnerships and collaborations. An entrepreneur at heart, Erik and his wife Amanda have explored the fashion ecosystem through their global collection Ginew – featured in Vogue & GQ; culinary creativity and sustainable food systems; and the digital media non-profit WE ARE HEALERS. In his free time Dr. Brodt enjoys spending his time in Portland, OR with his wife Amanda, daughter Honukōkūlaniokauna’oa (Honu), their dogs Stinky & Pippa, and a motley crew of friends comprised of change-makers, mavens, and creatives.
Ignite Talk: Accelerating Possibilities for American Indians & Alaska Natives in US-MD Granting Medical Schools


Alice Fornari
Alice Fornari
Zucker SOM at Hofstra Northwell
Associate Dean
Professor and Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development and Vice President of Faculty Development, Northwell Health Organization, Barbara & Donald Zucker School of Medicine (SOM) at Hofstra/Northwell, Uniondale, NY (2009-present)

Vice President of Faculty Development, Northwell Health (2009-present); Oversee professional development of residents, fellows and faculty across health professions (MD, DO, NP, PA) who deliver patient care across the 23 Northwell Health system hospitals and are connected to training for1800 trainees from 180 programs.

My research focus is medical education across the continuum of UME, GME and CME, with a focus on curriculum development/revision and the faculty development necessary to achieve both didactic and clinical curriculum innovations successfully. Due to the impact of Covid 19 my attention has shifted to the positive impact of technology on teaching and learning and the success it can support in our learning environments. Another research interest to foster and maintain the core values of medical education with learners: professionalism, humanism, compassion leading to patient-centered care. The implementation of curriculum and assessing the impact of the development of physicians as healers of illness is a focus I have pursued through numerous grants and interventions woven into existing clinical environments.
My scholarship history includes four funded HRSA grants (2004-2015) with a focus on primary care education, delivery, and ultimately patient care. All grants concluded with successful outcomes to meet the original grant proposal. Publications and numerous national presentations occurred from the grant funded projects.
My recent career focus is on mentoring and is supported by a recent publication of a professional Manual entitled Mentoring in Health professions Education: Evidence Informed Strategies Across the Continuum.
I am fortunate to be recognized by my peers with the following awards:
Gold Foundation, Inducation of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, June 2023.

Hofstra University, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing, IDEALS Program, Recognition of Dedication and Service to Mentoring of students and faculty in support of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, Leadership and Success.

Northwell Health, Women in Healthcare BERG, 2023, Women Who Inspire Award, Mentor of the Year.

Association of American Medical Colleges/Northeast Group of Educational Affairs, NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award, April 2023.
Association of American Medical Colleges/Northeast Group of Educational Affairs, 2022 NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award, May 2022.
International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Distinguished Career Award for Excellence in Teaching and Educational Scholarship, June 2021.
Ignite Talk: Mentoring Without Borders: Strength in Numbers


Warren Lavey
Warren Lavey
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Warren G. Lavey is an adjunct professor at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine as well at the University of Illinois School of Earth, Society & Environment and College of Law. He co-teaches an elective on Climate Change, Planetary Health and Sustainability, teaches a course on Promoting Sustainability Through Law, and leads workshops for medical students and healthcare professionals on Climate Change Policy Advocacy. Lavey serves on the Curriculum Oversight Committee for the College of Medicine. He has written numerous articles and a textbook chapter on environmental policy and law, including on a One Health approach to climate change. Retired partner from the global law firm Skadden, Arps. BA, MS (applied mathematics) and JD degrees from Harvard University, and Diploma in Economics from Cambridge University.
Ignite Talk: Medical Students Want and Need to Learn Climate Change Impacts and Advocacy


Aaron Panofsky
Aaron Panofsky
UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics, Public Policy, and Sociology
Professor
Aaron Panofsky is the Director of UCLA’s Institute for Society and Genetics and Professor in the Institute and the Departments of Public Policy and Sociology. Trained as a sociologist, he studies the social, political, and ethical dimensions of genetic science and technologies. His award winning book Misbehaving Science (Chicago, 2014) is a historical and sociological analysis of how controversies have shaped the knowledge and politics of the field of behavior genetics.
Ignite Talk: Confronting Misappropriation: A Case Study in Racist Counterscience
Roundtable/Panel Discussion - Anti-Oppression in Healthcare Education
Roundtable/Panel Discussion - Anti-Oppression in Healthcare Education


Please note that each of the preconference presenter's sessions will be listed twice as each session will be offered twice.
The earlier offering of the session will always be the first one listed.
 

PreConference Workshop Speakers

Erin Barry
Erin Barry
Uniformed Services University
Assistant Professor
Erin Barry, MS, is Assistant Professor of Military & Emergency Medicine at Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD. For the past seven years, she has developed leadership education and development programs that integrate research, curricula, and assessment within the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Graduate Education Office. She is also the President of the Innovations and Leadership Special Interest Group within the SGEA/AAMC. She is currently working on her PhD in Health Professions Education focusing on leadership and followership within healthcare education.
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership


Sarada Bulchand
Sarada Bulchand
Duke-NUS Medical School
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Sarada Bulchand is a scientist, educator and coach. She has been using TBL for over a decade to train premed students at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. She designs and conducts faculty development programmes for clinician educators at the Duke-NUS SingHealth Academic Medical Centre.

She has mentored research fellows and healthcare professionals to transform traditional didactic modules to TBL at the university and hospital settings.

Sarada received her PhD from the National University of Singapore in Molecular Biology in 2010 and was a recipient of the Singapore Millennium Foundation Fellowship.

She leads the Duke-NUS Career Development Program and is a certified career coach. She believes in developing people to their potential and continues to train herself in 21st century skills.
PCWS: Leading with Emotional Intelligence to Build a Healthy Workplace
PCWS: CANCELLED Leading with Emotional Intelligence to Build a Healthy Workplace


Colleen Croniger
Colleen Croniger
Case Western Reserve University
Associate Professor
Dr. Colleen Croniger is a faculty member in the department of Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University. She is the Assistant Dean of Basic Science Education for CWRU School of Medicine. Dr. Croniger has been actively involved in curriculum development for over 20 years. She co-leads Block 3 (nutrition, biochemistry, and gastroenterology) for the first-year medical students at CWRU. In addition, she teaches undergraduates and graduate student metabolism. Dr. Croniger has received several awards for teaching, The John S Diekhoff Award and The Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Croniger has participated in the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions, the AMA Health System Science Fellowship and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Program. Dr. Croniger is currently in the IAMSE Fellowship Program and continues to work on curriculum development with CWRU faculty to enhance the current curriculum.
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students





Tao Le
Tao Le
ScholarRx
Founder, CEO
Dr. Le is an internationally recognized medical educator and physician executive. He possesses deep experience in medical communications, health informatics, and medical practice management. Dr. Le earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He trained in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and completed an allergy and immunology fellowship and a masters in health sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Le has authored or edited over 40 textbooks including the First Aid for the Boards series. These books have been used by over 2 million physicians and medical students worldwide. He is also section chief of allergy and immunology in the University of Louisville Department of Medicine where he pursues his interests in asthma and medical education. He is currently Founder and Chief Education Officer of ScholarRx, a global platform for shared medical education, and serves on the Board of Trustees for Centre College of Kentucky.
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students




Elisabeth Schlegel
Elisabeth Schlegel
Zucker School of Medicine
Faculty Development
Elisabeth FM Schlegel is an international trainer of clinician-educators and students, drawing from backgrounds of science, business, and pedagogy. Interested in interdisciplinarity and curious about how education and healthcare are intertwined she coaches science educators as well as students to try new teaching methodologies, develop and deploy educational curricula, or improve sections of already existing programs. Dr. Schlegel currently holds faculty positions as Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine as well as Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University, NY, and develops and executes programs to support faculty in delivering basic science and clinical content across the continuum of undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education – face-to-face or online. Check out her medical education blog: http://elisabeth-fm-schlegel.weebly.com/elearning-bites!
As a member of IAMSE, she is a member of the Student Professional Development Committee SPDC that supports the leadership of young medical educators and students.
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students
PCWS: New Educator and Scholar Training (NEST): A Professional Development Workshop for Students


Varna Taranikanti
Varna Taranikanti
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Associate Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Speaker bio coming soon!
PCWS: Collaborative and Constructive Approach in Developing Integrated assessments
PCWS: Collaborative and Constructive Approach in Developing Integrated assessments


Bobbieann White
Bobbieann White
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Associate Professor
Bobbie Ann “BA” Adair White, EdD, MA is an educator, coach, and consultant, teaching in the following content areas: conflict management, teams in medicine, leadership, emotional intelligence, and education. Additionally, she is an author for Cultivating Leadership In Medicine, which helps teach leadership in medicine as well as helps institutions create leadership programs. BA has two primary roles: an Associate Professor at Massachusetts General Hospitals’ Institute of Health Professions’ Health Professions Education programs, and she serves as Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Research in the Dept. of Surgery at Baylor Scott and White Health
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership


Naunihal Zaveri
Naunihal Zaveri
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chair of Microbiology, Immunology and Pharmacology
Naunihal (Nina) Zaveri, MS, PhD has been an IAMSE member for 11 years. She earned her master’s in pharmacology/toxicology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA followed by a PhD in pharmacology from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. She has worked as a Research Scientist doing drug discovery and development in the biotechnology industry, followed by 13 years of academia in osteopathic and allopathic medical schools in the US. She recently completed her Fellowship with the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), as well as a Diversity & Inclusion (DEI) Certificate program with eCornell University. She is a pharmacology/medical educator at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) and is passionate about DEI, medical education research and scholarship, and leadership and followership. She is a member of the National Faculty for the National Boards of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME), and a member of the Executive Committee for the Division of Pharmacology Education (DPE) at the American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). She has been an active member of IAMSE and participates in presentations at annual IAMSE conferences.
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership
PCWS: Building Leaders and Followers Together to Create Change: Understanding Leadership and Followership