UW School of Medicine Rising Leaders is a course designed to bring practical leadership skills to School of Medicine faculty who are new to leadership or aspiring to new leadership roles, as well as help build connections and community across our system. We created this program to develop leadership skills across the School of Medicine and to help our faculty thrive in new leadership roles.
This course consists of ten monthly sessions on Tuesday afternoons and covers topics including principles of adaptive leadership, team building, coaching, managing conflict, and more.
Course Information
2023-2024 Agenda
Each session occurs monthly on the second Tuesday of the month from 1-5pm except for April, which is on the third Tuesday. Dates are subject to change.
September 12, 2023 | Understanding Yourself as a Leader |
October 10, 2023 | Inclusive Leadership and Collaborative Teams |
November 14, 2023 | Principles of Adaptive Leadership |
December 12, 2023 | Leading Change and Strategies for Effective Communication |
January 9, 2024 | Strategic Planning and Understanding Your Organization |
February 13, 2024 | Managing Conflict |
March 12, 2024 | Coaching, Mentoring, and Sponsoring as a Leader |
April 16, 2024* | Negotiation and How to Manage Teams |
May 14, 2024 | Key Financial Concepts |
June 11, 2024 | Career Advancement and Course Recap |
* third Tuesday of the month
2023-2024 Cohort
Nauzley Abdeni, MD, MSc Medicine – Gerontology & Geriatric Med | Ali Lewis, MD, FACOG Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Maryam Asif, MD, MBBS Lab Medicine & Pathology | Adrianne Maurer, ARNP, MSN Medicine – Heme Onc |
Tamara Atkins, MD Family Medicine | Radhika Narla, MD Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Nutrition |
Jessica Bender, MD MPH Medicine – GIM | Barbara Norquist, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Rebekah Burns, MD Pediatrics – Emergency Medicine | Ari Pollack, MD, MSIM Pediatrics – Nephrology |
Andrew Chen, MD Ophthalmology | Christine Rehwald, MD Radiology |
Judy Chen, MD, FACS, FASMBS Surgery – General, GI | Tomoko Sairenji, MD, MS Family Medicine |
Anita Chopra, MD Medicine – General internal Medicine | Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, PhD Psychiatry – Children’s |
Nathan Cross, MD, MS, CIIP Radiology – Neuroradiology | Javeed Shah, MD Medicine – Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
Arielle Davis, MD Neurology | Jonathan Sham, MD, MBBE Surgery, General |
Luis Gonzalez-Cuyar, MD Lab Medicine & Pathology | Breana Taylor, MD Neurology |
Nicholas Johnson, MD, FACEP, FCCM Emergency Medicine | Ivana Thompson, MD, MSCI, FACOG Obstetrics & Gynecology – Family Planning |
Siddhartha Kapnadak, MD Medicine – PCCM | Kathryn Weaver, MD Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Nutrition |
Joy Kawamura, PhD Psychiatry – Children’s | Andrea Wills, PhD Biochemistry |
Stephanie Kraft, JD Pediatrics – Bioethics & Palliative Care | Susan Wong, MD Medicine – Nephrology |
Michael Levitt, MD Neurological Surgery | Smita Yadav, PhD Pharmacology |
Past Rising Leaders Speakers
Past Rising Leaders speakers have included:
Trish Kritek, MD, EdM – Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Giana Davidson, MD, MPH – Assistant Dean for Professional Development, Associate Professor Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Paula Houston, EdD – Chief Equity Officer, Office of Healthcare Equity UW Medicine
Tom Staiger, MD – Medical Director University of Washington Medical Center, Professor Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Anne Browning, PhD – Associate Dean for Well-Being
Lauge Sokol-Hessner, MD – Clinical Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
David Morgenroth, MD – Vice Chair and Professor for Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Tumaini Coker, MD, MBA – Division Chief General Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics University of Washington
Sara Kim, PhD – Associate Dean for Educational Quality Improvement UW School of Medicine, Research Professor, Department of Surgery
Kemi Doll, MD – Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Project Lead, Endometrial Cancer Action Network for African-Americans (ECANA)
Mike Myint, MD – Chief Population Health Officer at UW Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
In addition to the Rising Leaders curriculum, we also invite leaders from the UW Medicine community to share their leadership experiences and journeys with us during the Voices of Our Leaders series.
Past Voices of Our Leaders Guest Speakers:
Geoff Baird MD, PhD – Professor & Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Shaquita Bell, MD – Senior Medical Director, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Professor Department of Pediatrics
Beth Buffalo, PhD – Professor & Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Tim Dellit, MD – Interim CEO of UW Medicine and Interim Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Disease
2022-2023 Cohort
Andres Barria, Physiology and Biophysics | Kate Debiec, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Brad Rolf, Medicine – Genetics | Kristina Dzara, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education |
Brittany Barber, Otolaryngology | Lauren Whiteside, Emergency Medicine |
Bryan Balmadrid, Medicine – Gastroenterology | M. Kennedy Hall, Emergency Medicine |
Christina Lam, Pediatrics – Genetics | Mallory Kremer, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
David Horne, Medicine – PCCM | Mattie Pioro, Medicine |
Deborah Crane, Rehabilitation Medicine | Matt Cunningham, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education |
Eric Morrell, Medicine – PCCM | Michelle Cowan, Surgery |
Estell Williams, Surgery | Molly Rosenthal, Medicine – General Internal Medicine |
Heather Ranney, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Nita Khandelwal, Anesthesia and Pain Medicine |
Jacob Doll, Medicine – Cardiology | Ramanpreet Toor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Jennifer Chao, Ophthalmology | Sara Vora, Pediatrics – Infectious Disease |
Jennifer Davis, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology | Susan Ferguson, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Jennifer Ray, Medicine – Gastroenterology | Todd Blumberg, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine |
Johnnie Orozco, Medicine – Oncology | Ying Zhang, Family Medicine |
Jonathan Cogen, Pulmonary – Pediatrics |