TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF INVITED SPEAKERS
Friday November 13-14, 2015
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
BNGAP Midwest Region
Friday Nov 13th
5:00pm – 5:30pm
5:30pm – 5:45pm
Conference Registration
Stritch School of Medicine Lobby 1st floor
Opening Remarks
JP Sánchez MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, BNGAP, Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Sunny Nakae, PhD, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, Stritch School of Medicine
Denise Martinez, MD, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives, University of Iowa Carver
College of Medicine
6:00pm -7:00pm
Plenary I
Diversity and Inclusion in the Academic Medicine Workforce
Cynthia Boyd, MD, MBA Assistant Dean, Admissions and Recruitment, Rush Medical College
Maria Soto-Greene, MD, Director, Hispanic Center of Excellence, Vice Dean, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Jorge Girotti PhD, Associate Dean and Director, Special Curricular Programs and Assistant Professor, Department of Medical
Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Welcome Reception
Sat Nov 14th
8:00am – 8:30 am
8:30am - 9:45am
Breakfast and Registration
Plenary II
Academic Medicine Career Roles and Responsibilities
Nicole Nisely MD, Associate Chair for Diversity, Professor of Internal Medicine - General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Russ P Nockels, MD, Professor, Vice Chair
Chief, Division of Neurological Spinal Disorders, Director, Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
Laboratory, Stritch School of Medicine
9:45am - 10:45am
Career Consultation Services
Plenary III
Academic Career Portfolios and Promotion Packages
Moderator/Speakers:
Olga Garcia-Bedoya, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
10:45am - 11:00am
11:00am-12:15pm
Break
Workshop IA
Educational Scholarship
Workshop IB
Research Scholarship
Renee Williams MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, NYU
Langone Medical Center
12:15pm - 1:45pm
Khalilah Latrece Gates, MD, Assistant Professor in MedicinePulmonary, Northwestern Unviersity, Feinberg School of
Medicine
Maximo Oscar Brito, MD, Associate Professor and the Vice
Chair for Urban Global Health in the Department of Medicine,
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Lunch
Service Scholarship
Robert Winn, MD, Associate Vice President for Community Based Practice and Interim Director of the University of Illinois Cancer
Center at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Workshop IIA
Building a Supportive Team/Mentorship
Sunny Nakae, PhD, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student
Affairs, Stritch School of Medicine
Nelson Sánchez MD, Chair, LGBT Steering Committee,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical
College
Workshop IIB
Leadership
Monica Vela, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate
Dean of Multicultural Affairs, University of Chicago, Pritzker
School of Medicine
3:15pm - 4:30pm
Workshop IIIA
Finding an Academic Residency
Workshop IIIB
Finding an Academic Position After Residency
Denise Martinez, MD, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean,
Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives, University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Freager Williams, MD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Stritch School of Medicine
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Evelyn Figueroa, MD, Program Director, Residency Director of
Women's Health and Maternity Care Associate Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College
of Medicine
Andrea Dean, Hematology/Oncology, Stritch School of
Medicine
Closing Remarks