Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Emergency Medicine Faculty Development
Associate Director of Women in Medicine and Science
The Ohio State University College of Medicine/Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Maya S. Iyer, MD, MEd is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She holds a master’s degree in medical education and have a passion for medical education and medical education research, particularly as it relates to faculty development, faculty affairs, maintenance of certification and self-directed, life-long learning. Currently, she is the Director of Emergency Faculty Development at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Associate Director for Women in Medicine and Science. She has published extensively in medical education research and mentored numerous trainees. Aside from medical education, she is an externally funded researcher focusing on workforce culture issues, particularly gender-based bullying in academic medicine and has given several invited talks on this topic. Nationally, she serves on the Pediatric Emergency Sub Board for the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Emergency Medicine Women in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Career Development Subcommittee, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Faculty Affairs, and the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science. She was a 2019-2020 Visiting Scholar for the American Board of Medical Specialties and a 2021 recipient of the American Medical Association’s Inspiration Award.

Newman Family Professor
Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology
Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
University of Michigan
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Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., is the Newman Family Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan. Gender equity in academic medicine has been a key area of her scholarly focus, a subject to which she brings her perspective as a physician and social scientist to promote evidence-based intervention. Author of over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including multiple high-impact studies in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, and JAMA, her research to promote gender equity has been funded by R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health as well as large independent grants from the Doris Duke Foundation and several other philanthropic foundations. She has mentored dozens of others in research investigating women’s under-representation in senior positions in academic medicine and the mechanisms that must be targeted to promote equity.  Active in organized medicine, she has served on the Steering Committee of the AAMC's Group on Women in Medicine in Science and now serves on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and is now Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).  She was part of the Lancet’s advisory committee for its theme issue on women in science, medicine, and global health, which served to foster additional research. Also an internationally recognized clinical trialist and health services researcher in breast cancer, her work is frequently featured in the popular media, including coverage by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, and national network nightly news. Frequently invited as a keynote speaker, she has delivered invited talks at over 50 institutions and professional societies, including the AAMC, the NIH, and the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. Her contributions have been recognized with her election to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians, the Leadership Award of the AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science, LEAD Oncology’s Woman of the Year Award, AMWA’s Woman in Science Award, and AMSA’s Women Leaders Award. She is a fellow of ASCO, ASTRO, AAWR, and the Hastings Center.

Professor of Pediatrics
Senior Vice Dean for Faculty
Drexel University College of Medicine
Executive Director, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM)
Interim Director, Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership
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Dr. Nancy Spector, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and serves in dual roles at the Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM): as Executive Director of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program and as Vice Dean for Faculty. Known for her leadership abilities and her facilitation skills, Dr. Spector is sought after as a speaker and a visiting professor. Her contributions to graduate medical education and academic medicine are in leadership skills development, professional development, gender equity, mentoring and sponsorship, and curriculum development and implementation. She is a member of PROWD (Promoting and Respecting Our Women Doctors).  In addition to her roles at DUCOM, she has been the educational leader of the I-PASS Handoff Study Group and serves as the Chair of the I-PASS Executive Council and is a co-founder of the I-PASS Safety Institute. She has received numerous awards for teaching, mentoring and innovation, including the Robert S. Holm Award for her extraordinary contribution in pediatric program director leadership and mentorship from the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, the Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award from Drexel University College of Medicine, the Miller Sarkin Mentoring Award from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Elizabeth Bingham Award from the Association for Women in Science, Philadelphia chapter, the Women in Medicine Summit She for She Award, the American Medical Association Inspiration Award, and the Association of American Medical Colleges GWIMS Leadership Award for an Individual. She is the co-editor of two books and has more than 115 publications to her credit.

Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Within the Department of Medicine she is the Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Director of the Saul Farber Program in Health Equity.  Institutionally she is the Director for the GME Education Pillar for NYU Langone’s Institute for Excellence in Health Equity.  Her interests include health disparities in colorectal cancer screening and medical education. She completed a Master’s program for Health Profession Education at NYU School of Medicine and Maastricht University in the Netherlands in 2018.  She is the Co-Chair of the New York Citywide Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C5) risk assessment and screening committee, the Northeast Representative for the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion and serves on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). 

Toni Gallo is a senior editor with the journal Academic Medicine and an Educational Resources and Scholarship Lead at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She has nearly 15 years of experience reviewing and editing scholarly and other writing and has led reviewing and writing workshops at medical schools and national and international meetings. She founded Academic Medicine’s blog AM Rounds and hosts the Academic Medicine Podcast.

Lori M. DeShetler, PhD, is the Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation in the Department of Medical Education at The University of Toledo. Dr. DeShetler oversees the accreditation, CQI, curriculum mapping, and program evaluation for the MD program, and chairs the Curriculum Evaluation and College Assessment Committees.

Medical Director, UPMC LGBTQ+ Health
Medical Director, SAFE, SAFETY, & PFE Programs, Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
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Dr. Kristen Eckstrand is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and Medical Director of LGBTQIA+ Health Quality at UPMC. Dr. Eckstrand holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from Vanderbilt University, and is internationally recognized for their leadership supporting the health of LGBTQ+ communities. Dr. Eckstrand has published four textbooks and numerous peer-reviewed papers on the health needs of LGBTQ+ communities, including on training healthcare professionals and optimizing organizations to provide affirming and responsible care to LGBTQ+ individuals. Dr. Eckstrand’s commitment to diversity has been recognized through numerous awards including those from the American Medical Association, American Medical Student Association, and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

MD/PhD Candidate, Pennsylvania State University
Director of Marketing & Design, Medical Student Pride Alliance
Co-Developer, MSPA LGBTQ+ Health Equity Report Card
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Fae Kronman is an MD/PhD student at Penn State College of Medicine and the Director of Marketing and Design for the Medical Student Pride Alliance. As a queer, transgender/non-binary community organizer and educator, their work provides resources and mentorship for medical and pre-medical students across the country to improve LGBTQIA+ health research and education at their own institutions. Fae has given local and national seminars on creating an inclusive environment in healthcare, understanding gender-affirming care, and why language matters in transgender health. Their actions have been nationally recognized for promoting the development of a health workforce responsive to the needs of LGBTQIA+ communities. Their identity informs their career goal of becoming a psychiatrist focused on care for pediatric and adolescent gender diverse patients, fulfilling the role of the queer, trans physician they wish they had as a child.