First cohort completes coursework of Education Leadership Initiative

Posted Apr 04, 2009

First cohort completes coursework of Education Leadership Initiative

A graduation reception honoring the nine faculty members who make up the first cohort of the Education Leadership Initiative program was held March 26. ELI, identified as a priority by the School of Medicine Faculty Engagement Committee in the 2007 strategic planning process, brings together faculty to discover and apply new ideas and approaches to learning. Graduates are asked to share the knowledge with their faculty colleagues and others to promote continued excellence in education across all programs and disciplines.

The graduates are: Nicole Deioro, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics; Theresa Devere, MD, Assistant Professor, Dermatology; Dawn Dillman, MD, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine; Marian Fireman, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry; S. Humayun Gultekin, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Holger Link, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Erica Mitchell, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery, Vascular Surgery; Donald Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, and Lalena Yarris, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine.

Addressing the ELI Scholars, Dean Richardson said, “Education is what connects us all. It is fundamental to our identity. Now, as teachers-of-the-teachers, you will help us improve how we educate students and how we all learn.” Dean Richardson thanked department chairs who had nominated and supported their faculty members during the ELI course, ELI instructors and Kris Wessel, PhD, ELI Director.