Allyship in Practice: Leadership Panel on Learning to be an Ally (IDEAS) - October 24

Associate Professor, Medical Education
Senior Associate Dean-Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Community Partnerships
California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM), Colton, CA

Dr. Nakae is dedicated to access and equity in medical education and healthcare through transformative leadership and practice. She collaborates with campus constituencies and community partners to build capacity for justice in medicine and society through teaching, mentorship, and innovation. Dr. Nakae began her career as a director for Diversity at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later served in the same role at the Feinberg School at Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She then served as Assistant Dean for Admissions, Recruitment, and Student Life at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She also joined the academy as an Assistant Professor of Medical Education. Dr. Nakae moved to Southern California to serve as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. She is the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Partnership at CUSM.

Chief Diversity Officer, The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, OSU College of Medicine
Lead Physician - Research, OSU Family Medicine at Outpatient Care East
Professor of Family Medicine
The Ohio State University

Leon McDougle, MD, MPH is professor of Family Medicine with tenure and the first chief diversity officer for the Wexner Medical Center. He directs several workforce diversity programs, including the MEDPATH Postbaccalaureate Program. He has been a family physician on the Near Eastside of Columbus since 2001 and believes that lifestyle must be a focus of both the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. His research is focused on diversity and inclusion and eliminating health disparities.

Dr. McDougle is a past president of the National Medical Association (NMA) and a past chair for the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI), and provides service for the AAMC as faculty for the Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program (HEDIC) and Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar (MinFac). Dr. McDougle was appointed to serve as the NMA representative on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Coronavirus Medical Advisory Group in July 2020. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor, Psychiatry
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Howard Y. Liu, MD, MBA, is a nationally recognized psychiatrist, educator, workforce expert, social media innovator, and equity advocate at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He serves as the chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, a professor with tenure in the UNMC College of Medicine, chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Communications, co-chair of the World Psychiatric Association’s Working Group on Medical Students, and as the past president of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and serves on the program committee of the American College of Psychiatrists.

Dr. Liu is a champion for gender equity in leadership and has served as an invited speaker at the Harvard Women’s Leadership Course, the Brave Enough Conference, and the Women in Medicine Summit. He is a leader in Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) inclusion in healthcare leadership and serves as faculty advisor to the UNMC AAPI Student Association and as the executive sponsor of the Nebraska Medicine AAPI Employee Resource Group. Dr. Liu is nationally known for expertise in developing mental health pipeline programs in rural and urban underserved communities.

Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center
Interim Director, Susan B. Anthony Center
University of Rochester

John P. Cullen, PhD, is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Interim Director of the Susan B. Anthony Center at the University of Rochester. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he became a faculty member and NIH funded researcher spending 15 years conducting both basic science and clinical research on cardiovascular disease.

In 2013, he joined the University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Center, a center focused on gender equity and social justice issues. Dr. Cullen has an extensive background in LGBTQ health disparities and advocacy and in 2014, he completed a Graduate Certificate in LGBT Health Policy and Practice at the George Washington University. In 2016, he was appointed Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In 2017, Dr. Cullen was selected by the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) to serve as its steering committee’s new issue-based representative, bringing unique perspectives to the group on male allyship and the need to support women in academic biomedical research.

Vice President and RG Bing-You Chair for Medical Education
Maine Medical Center
Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine

After more than two decades as a faculty member at University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Linda Chaudron, MD, MS joined Maine Medical Center in August of 2021 to lead its Department of Medical Education, which includes undergraduate medical education (including Tufts University School of Medicine-Maine Track), graduate medical education, continuing professional development, interprofessional education, simulation laboratory and standardized patient training, Journal of Maine Medical Center, and library and knowledge services.

At URMC, Dr. Chaudron held many positions, including Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Co-Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program, Senior Associate Dean, and Vice President for Inclusion and Culture, to name a few. She also conducted research in perinatal depression and anxiety, and developed a specialized perinatal consultation clinic where she trained residents and medical students. In addition to her research and national and international work in perinatal depression, she has worked nationally on topics of diversity, equity and inclusion and is the immediate past chair of the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Steering Committee.