March 20 - March 22, 2025
Thursday, March 20th
8:00-10:00
LaFourche
Pre-Conference Workshop
Kathleen Zoppi, PhD, Assistant DIO,
Indiana University School of Medicine, Co-Facilitator
Dania Mosquera, GME Program Manager & REDCap Administrator, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Co-Facilitator
Karen Warburton, MD, Director of Clinician Wellness Program and Director of Graduate Medical Education Advancement, University of Virginia
Betsy White Williams PhD MPH, Clinical Director, Professional Renewal Center
10:00-11:00
St. Landry
Pre-Conference Book Club
Caroline Diez, MBA, Manager, GME, JPS Health
Network, Co-Facilitator
Diana Singer, PhD, Executive Director, Academic Affairs, JPS Health Network, Co-Facilitator
12:00-12:15
Louisiana Ballroom
Joseph Portoghese, MD, AIAMC Board of
Directors President
Jake Bidwell, MD, AIAMC 2025 Annual Meeting Chairman
12:15-1:45
Louisiana Ballroom
Keynote Address: EMPOWERED: Leadership Strategies for Flourishing in Academic Medicine
Caroline Diez, MBA, C-TAGME, JPS Health Network
Diana Singer, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE, C-TAGME, JPS Health Network
2:35-3:50
La Fourche
Deborah Simpson, PhD, Director Education –
Academic Affairs
Aaron A. Levy, DO, FAAP, Pediatric
Hospitalist, Atrium Health
Suzette Surratt Caudle, MD, Designated Institutional Official
(DIO), Atrium Health
Eric Anderson, EdD, Director, GME, Novant Health, Presbyterian Medical Center
Jacob Bidwell, MD, DIO and Vice President, Academic Affairs
2:35-3:50
St. Landry
Christine Arenson, MD, FNAP, Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
2:35-3:50
Terrebonne
Simulation Improves Critical Incident Knowledge and Skills: OhioHealth
Brad Gable, MD, System Medical Director,
Simulation
Andrew Kalnow, DO, Care Site Simulation Medical Director - Doctors Hospital; Core Faculty - Emergency Medicine
Friday, March 21st
8:00-9:00
Louisiana Ballroom
Plenary 1: Teaching Professionalism in the Future: Where Does Thriving Fit In?
Karen Warburton, MD, Director of Clinician Wellness Program and Director of Graduate Medical Education Advancement, University of Virginia
9:30-10:30
Louisiana Ballroom
Plenary 2: Putting the Patient First in Chaotic Times
Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health
10:40-11:55
La Fourche
Doug Knutson, MD, Chief Academic Officer
David Perry, Corporate Director of Operations
10:40-11:55
St. Landry
Nurturing the Soul of Leadership: Leading and Flourishing in Difficult Times: Kern National Network
Kimara
Ellefson, MBA, National Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Kerrn National
Network
Joelle Worm, Administrator/Director of the KNN Learner Network
10:40-11:55
Terrebonne
Elizabeth Beiter, MD, Associate Program
Director – Family Medicine
Becky Fleig, MEd, Administrative Director, Graduate
Medical Education
Nima Patel, MD, Program Director - OBGYN
Saturday, March 22nd
8:00-9:30
Louisiana Ballroom
National Advisory Committee Reactions, Plenary 3 and NI IX Meeting Four Keynote Address
8:00 - 8:15 National Advisory Committee Reactions to final posters
Rajiv Gala, MD, FACOG, DIO, Ochsner Health System
David Henderson, MD, VP for Equity, Diversity, and Belonging, American Medical Association
Lisa Howley, PhD, Senior Director, Transforming Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges
Elizabeth Zmuda, DO, Director of Medical Education, OhioHealth Doctors Hospital
8:15- 9:30 Plenary 3 and NI IX Meeting Four Keynote Address
James “JP” Orlando, EdD, Chief GME Officer and DIO, St. Luke’s University Health Network
Deborah F. Grimes, RN, JD, MSHQS, Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer Ochsner Health
Elizabeth Grush, MBA, PMP, Vice President, Health Outcomes
Eboni Price-Haywood MD, MPH, MMM, FACP, Associate Dean for Health Equity and Public Health, Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine
10:00-10:30
Louisiana Ballroom
Realities of Residency: The Impact of Wellness Check-Ins and Resident Satisfaction
Natasha Bradley, RMHCI, Staff Psychotherapist
Intern, AdventHealth Orlando
A Successful Formula for Financing a Centralized GME Research and Scholarly Activity Support Team
Jacob Bidwell, MD, DIO
and Vice President, Academic Affairs, Aurora Health Care
Integrating Community Agencies in Residency Education (iCARE) Through the Development of a Community Outreach Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency Program
Saboria Thomas, MD, MPH, Resident Physician, Family Medicine, Henry Ford Rochester Hospital
11:15-12:30
Louisiana Ballroom
Carl Patow, MD, Prior AIAMC Board President and AIAMC National Initiative Founder
Brian (Alex) Dummett, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, and National Initiative IV Resident Leader