Manager, Network Engineering, Stanford Health Care

Executive Dean for Education and Policy Founding Chair, Department of Medical Education, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Latha Chandran is the Executive Dean and the Founding Chair of the Department of Medical Education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Nationally, she served as past President of the Academic Pediatric Association and as past Vice Chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners. 

Dr. Chandran received her medical degree from Trivandrum Medical College in India, her MPH from Johns Hopkins University, and her MBA from the University of Miami. She served in various leadership roles at Renaissance School of Medicine Stony Brook University, most recently as the Vice Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs and the Miriam and David Donoho Distinguished Teaching Professor.  In addition to educational scholarship, her writings have focused on Professional Identity Formation among medical students and Humanism in Medicine.  A tenured educator scholar who has received numerous teaching awards, Dr Chandran is the founding co-director of a national award-winning three-year faculty development program- the Educational Scholars Program- for junior pediatric educators. Dr Chandran’s additional areas of interest include technology and artificial intelligence in education.

Senior Medical Educator, Office of Educational Development Adjunct, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health

Kathleen M. Everling, PhD, is an educator with experience at all levels of education, having worked in K-12 and higher education as a faculty member and administrator before transitioning to medical education. Dr. Everling received her MA in Cross-Cultural Communications from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, MEd in Educational Psychology, and PhD in Education Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A&M University. She is the medical educator responsible for the course and program evaluations for the John Sealy School of Medicine. She is the co-director of the TechTime faculty development series on technology utilization in education for the school of medicine. Dr. Everling also serves as a faculty member in UTMB’s Scholars in Education program, an 18-month faculty development program. In addition, Dr. Everling has conducted workshops and presentations at local, regional, national, and international conferences and meetings on a variety of educational topics, including incorporating AI into health professions education.

Professor, Henry B. & Edna S. Dielmann Memorial Professor of Urologic Science, UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Ronald Rodriguez received his BS degree in Life Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1984. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine in 1990, and his MD from Baylor College of Medicine in 1992 as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. After medical school, Dr. Rodriguez entered Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1992 and completed his residency and fellowship training in 1998. He subsequently stayed on faculty at Johns Hopkins from 1999-2012. During his last seven years at Johns Hopkins, he was the program director for urology training. In January 2013, he left Johns Hopkins to become the Henry B. and Edna Smith Dielmann Memorial Professor of Urologic Science at the UTHSCSA and Chair of the Department of Urology. In 2017 he became the interim Dean for the UTHSA School of Medicine. In 2018, he developed end stage renal disease, and step down from leadership positions for health reasons. He subusequently limited his clinical duties and focused on medical education. He joined the Department of Medical Education, and initiated a program in Artificial Intelligence, culminating in the nations first dual degree program MD/MSAI. Dr. Rodriguez is a highly experienced urologic surgeon with expertise in urologic oncology, particularly focusing on prostate and kidney cancer. He is a world expert in the use of cryoablative technologies for kidney and recurrent prostate cancer. He is also an expert in the care of urologic cancer patients, including kidney, prostate, bladder, testes and adrenal cancers. He currently has limited clinical duties in urologic oncology, general office urology, hypogonadism (low testosterone), sexual dysfunction and urinary difficulties. In addition to his clinical practice, he maintains an active research laboratory with interests in the role of oxidative damage in the development of aggressive kidney cancer, immune regulation of kidney cancer, health disparities research, community outreach particularly with education of underserved students, and the use of AI as a means of augmenting medical education, medical research and clinical support.

National President, The American Medical Student Association

Annelise M. Silva is the National President of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). She is a recent graduate of the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University and obtained her Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching with an emphasis in general science education from the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University. She is an alumna of the Teach for America corps in Massachusetts, a former PIER scholar of the American College of Radiology, and was the founding Vice Chair of the Young and Empowered Women’s Association. In addition to her role at AMSA, she serves on the visual abstract editorial team of RadioGraphics and is the student co-lead of the Society of Abdominal Radiology Medical Student Outreach Committee (SARMO). Annelise’s research has mostly focused on the assessment of bioimaging markers for personalized radiogenomics and the design/implementation of various radiology education pathway initiatives for medical students.

Senior Director, Clinical Transformation, AAMC

Keith A. Horvath is Sr. Director, Clinical Transformation in Health Care Affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Most recently he was Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program for the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery at Suburban Hospital, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Prior to this position he was an Associate Professor of Surgery and a Program Director at Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois. Trained in general and cardiothoracic surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Horvath is a graduate of the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. 

As Sr. Director, Clinical Transformation he works with a team dedicated to improving outcomes at academic medical centers and their affiliates across the US. This includes assisting institutions shifting to value-based care as directed via CMS/CMMI alternative payment models and bundling initiatives. He has a longstanding interest in clinical care improvement with over 20 years’ service on the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database; Coding & Nomenclature; and Health Policy Committees. This interest extends to clinical training as he serves as the AAMC Representative to the ACGME and co-leads the AAMC Group on Resident Affairs.

Professionally, Dr. Horvath has represented the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons to CMS, FDA, RUC, PEAC and Congress. A founding member of the Maryland Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative, he has also served the Maryland Health Care Commission as a member of its Clinical Advisory Group that rewrote the legislation that governs cardiac care for the State. Additionally he has served on over 20 national committees, 10 editorial boards, and garnered over 25 million dollars in research funding.

Finally, Dr. Horvath has performed over 6,000 cardiac operations, has authored and coauthored over 280 publications and logged over 89,000 miles watching, playing and coaching soccer games

Dr. Mahmud serves as a preventive medicine resident at Stony Brook University, following the completion of his family medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). He obtained his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his Master of Public Health from Columbia University, with a specialization in Health Policy and Management. Dr. Mahmud played a central role in establishing the Health Justice Track at the UMMC Family & Community Medicine residency program, aimed at educating residents on health disparities, and received the Resident Teacher of the Year award in recognition of his contributions. Dr. Mahmud served as Co-chair of Communications at SAPHA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing public health issues impacting the South Asian community in the US and was responsible for multi-channel media campaigns highlighting relevant public health issues.  He has been appointed as an Associate Editor for AJPM Focus where he oversees clinical preventive medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine submissions. Currently, he is pursuing a graduate certificate in clinical informatics at Stony Brook University and engaged in projects that explore the utilization of natural language processing in primary care.

Dr. Rehman is the Chief of Education & Founding Director of Academic Practice at the Phoenix VA Healthcare Systems. He also serves as the Chair/Professor of Department of Informatics, Professor of Humanism & Internal Medicine, Chair of Admissions Committee & Graduate Medical Education Committee at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. He helped founded the Informatics fellowship and is a frequent speaker at the Informatics association’s meetings. He is also serving in the GRA Steering committee and the Chair of Policy & Advocacy Committee of International Association on Communication in Healthcare (EACH) and American College of Physicians (ACP) AZ Chapter. He has served as the President of the Society of General Internal Medicine Mountain Region; Vice-President of the Academy on Communications in Healthcare (ACH); & Conference Chair for the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH). He has been awarded the Master of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of EACH, AMIA And ACH, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society best teacher award and Gold Humanism Honor Society award. He has received >100 teaching/mentoring awards & published hundreds of articles/book chapters.

Executive Director of Clinical Data and Analytics, UChicago Medicine

Mary Kate Selling, MHA, is the Executive Director of Clinical Data and Analytics. Reporting to the System CMO, her focus is on turning data into action. Her portfolio includes Data Science, Clinical Analytics & Visualization, Regulatory Reporting, Health Information Management (HIM) and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI). In addition, she oversees the Data and Analytics Steering Committee focused on Data Strategy and Governance. She also serves as co-chair of the Analytics Intervention Unit which provides strategic direction and operational support for all predictive and interventional models that impact patient care. In particular, the AIU has served to set standards around validation and evaluation for model bias as part of the critical process when turning on AI within the clinical setting. She has her B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science from Marquette University and MHA from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Lynn Cleary is Professor of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Upstate’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, and a member of the University Executive Committee. In addition to seeing patients and teaching, she collaborates with deans and faculty on educational program planning, learner assessment, program evaluation, university accreditation, institutional effectiveness, interprofessional education, and the university simulation center. Dr. Cleary is a Master of the American College of Physicians, past President of the New York chapter of the American College of Physicians, Honorary Member for Life of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and Past President of the Board of Directors of Alpha Omega Alpha.

Cecilia Barry, JD, is Senior Corporate Counsel at the AAMC where she provides in-house legal counsel to the AAMC’s programs and staff, focusing on data privacy and security, technology, transactional, global, and research issues. Cecilia manages the AAMC’s privacy program where she drafts and implements policies, trains staff, prepares for and responds to data incidents, and consults with new business, research, and data initiatives. Cecilia is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and Boston College.

Ernie currently serves as the Associate Provost and Executive Director of Boston University Medical Campus Information Technology. He leads the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) information technology team, including network infrastructure, systems, desktop support and service desk, application development and support, teaching and learning technologies, and research computing. The Medical Campus includes the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, and the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine.

Katherine Chretien is Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs and Director of Medical Student Wellness at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Katherine graduated from Brown University before attending the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.  Her academic focus has been on social media in medicine, medical education, narrative medicine, and well-being.  Prior roles include President of Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM), Co-Chair of the AAMC Medical Student Civic Advocacy Workgroup, Chair of the Northeast Group on Student Affairs (NEGSA), and she is currently the NEGSA representative to the AAMC Committee on Student Affairs. She is the recipient of the Charles H. Griffith III Educational Research Award from CDIM and the Women Leaders in Medicine Award from the American Medical Students Association. Katherine is the author of the book "I Wish I Read This Book Before Medical School," that is focused on helping medical students thrive.

Alison J. Whelan, MD oversees efforts that prepare and assist deans, faculty leaders, educators, and future physicians for the challenges of 21st century academic medicine. She leads a staff that addresses critical medical school data, administrative, and operational issues; explores new models of successful mission alignment; focuses on key student and faculty issues; transforms current models of education and workforce preparation across the full continuum of medical education; and supports medical school accreditation activities. 

Prior to joining the association in 2016 as Chief Medical Education Officer, Dr. Whelan served as Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She held multiple education roles: course director, clerkship director, curriculum dean and ultimately was appointed the inaugural Senior Associate Dean for Education. In this role she oversaw the continuum of medical education from medical school admissions through CME. 

Dr. Whelan received her bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 1981. She earned her medical degree from Washington University in 1986 and completed her postgraduate work and residency at the former Barnes Hospital, now Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Whelan is an internist and clinical geneticist.

Marc Triola, MD, is a professor of medicine, the associate dean for educational informatics, and the founding director of the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education (IIME) at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.  IIME combines education strategies with new informatics solutions to connect patient care and education at NYU Langone in a research and innovation initiative that is translational, empowers transformational change in our school, and benefits our patients. Dr. Triola’s research focuses on the use of AI tools to efficiently personalize education and give new insights to programs and coaches. His lab develops new learning technologies, AI-driven educational interventions, and defines educationally sensitive patient and system outcomes that can be used to assess training.