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Dr. Maryellen E. Gusic has extensive experience in educational administrative leadership and sustained engagement in, and service to, national professional organizations whose missions center on educational innovation and the professional development of academic faculty. Throughout her career, she has created novel curricula, assessment programs and mentoring initiatives for learners and cutting-edge professional development and mentoring/coaching…

Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospital​ist at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she serves in numerous leadership roles, including Section Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Pediatrics, as well as the Associate Dean for Faculty…

Dr. Lewis First received his B.A., M.D., and M.S. in Epidemiology from Harvard University. He did his residency at Boston Children’s Hospital followed by a fellowship in Ambulatory Pediatrics. In 1994 Dr. First, a general academic pediatrician, left Boston to become Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner…

Heidi M Feldman, PhD, MD is the Ballinger-Swindells Endowed Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University. She is a board-certified in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics who remains active in clinical service. Her research interests focus on child language, developmental disabilities, and developmental-behavioral pediatrics health services. Her recent research studies address…

Julie Story Byerley, MD, MPH, is the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Chief Education Officer for UNC School of Medicine, and a Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Byerley oversees the educational enterprise as well as the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development. Dr. Byerley practices as a general pediatrician in the inpatient setting and the…

Becky Blankenburg, MD, MPH is a Clinical Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and the Associate Chair for Education for the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Blankenburg is the President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and Research Director of the APA Educational Scholars Program. Prior education roles have included Residency…

I am a Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering and a Neonatologist at the University of Rochester. As a Neonatologist with decades of experience in clinical care, scholarly activity and education, I am excited to participate in helping innovate health professions education and in mentoring junior and mid- career educators in my role as an…

Mark Adler, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician ​Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. He is the founder and Director of the kidSTAR Medical Education at Lurie Children’s, has active leadership roles in the Northwestern…

Dr. Donna M. D’Alessandro received her Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College and her Doctorate of Medicine with Distinction in Biomedical Research at Wayne State University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University School of Medicine and her General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship at Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She is…