MCG Women's Career Development Symposium 2023

Diana M. Lautenberger, M.A. (she, they)

Director, Gender Equity Initiatives
Association of American Medical Colleges

Feeling stuck? Coaching can help you move forward on an issue. A coach will ask questions to help you reframe an issue and consider solutions you may not have considered. Sign up for a taste of 1:1 coaching. Free 30-minute virtual sessions with one of five trained coaches will be offered on September 29th from 9:30am until noon. Participants will receive a brief survey to identify their needs and preferences prior to coaching. We look forward to serving you!

Examples of coaching topics:

• Being an effective leader
• Career growth
• Communication skills
• Improving well being
• Managing teams better
• Rediscovering passion and joy in work
• Setting boundaries at work
• Understanding and working through cultural differences
• Workplace challenges

Kelli Brooks, MBA, BCC (she, her), Manager of Organizational Development, Augusta University

Katherine Grego (she, her), Organizational Development Specialist, Augusta University

Lisa Leggio, MD, FAAP (she, her), Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Director, MCG Office for Faculty Success, Augusta University

LaShon Sturgis, MD, PhD (she, her), Assistant Dean for Academic Advising, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Physiology, Augusta University

Lori Welch-Sigmon, PhD (she, her), Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Augusta University

Pick up name tag, tote bag, and boxed lunch.

Lara Stepleman, PhD (she, her)

Associate Dean for Faculty Success & Inclusive Excellence, Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia

David Hess, MD (he, him)

Dean, Medical College of Georgia, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Integration Presidential Distinguished Chair,Professor of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University

Diana M. Lautenberger, M.A. (she, they)

Director, Gender Equity Initiatives
Association of American Medical Colleges

Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP, FAMWA (she, her)

Professor of Clinical Medicine, President, American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), AU/UGA Medical partnership

Lisa Leggio, MD (she, her), Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Director, MCG Office for Faculty Success, Augusta University

Lori Welch-Sigmon, PhD (she, her), Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Augusta University

Kelli Brooks, MBA, BCC (she, her), Manager of Organizational Development, Augusta University

Coffee/Snack Break

• Topics for Tables of Interest:
  
  Ban Majeed - Establishing Sustainable Writing Habits: Becoming addicted to scientific writing    
  Folami Powell - Building your teaching portfolio    
  Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber - Networking and the impact of professional organizations    
  Kearney Gunsalus - Convincing Audiences to Care: Writing an Effective Elevator Pitch    
  Anna Wright - Effective Consultation    
  Kate Meixner - Cultivating a Practice of Self-Reflection    
  Lauren Bigham - Creating a Dynamic CV for Academic Medicine    
  April Hartman - Underrepresented Women in Medicine / Leadership as a Woman of Color
  
  

GWIMS Awards Committee Representative

Wendy Bollag, PhD, FAHA (she, her),Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Regent’s Professor of Physiology, Augusta University

Elizabeth Gray, MD, MBA (she, her), Associate Dean for Curriculum, Southeast Regional Campus, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Augusta University

April Hartman, MD (she, her), Division Chief, General Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, Vice Chair for Diversity, Associate Professor, Dorothy A. Hanh, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Augusta University

Betty Pace, MD (she, her), Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Francisco J. Tedesco Distinguished Chair of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Augusta University

Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, FAHA (she, her), Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of Physiology, Augusta University

GWIMS Representative

In an effort to extend the networking and friendship opportunities of the conference, we are offering dining circles and happy hour as post-conference activities. The dining circles will consist of 8 – 10 participants all going to a restaurant and eating dinner together. Happy hour will consist of small groups of people going to an eatery/bar for drinks and an appetizer/tapas. More information will be available closer to the Symposium.