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 Wednesday afternoons and covers topics including principles of adaptive leadership, team building, coaching, managing conflict, and more.
Course Information
Rising Leaders sessions are monthly on the second Wednesday of the month from 1-5pm. Dates and session topics are subject to change.
September 11, 2024 | Understanding Yourself as a Leader |
October 9, 2024 | Principles of Adaptive Leadership and Leading Change |
November 13, 2024 | Inclusive Leadership, Collaborative Teams, and UW Medicine Overview |
December 11, 2024 | Strategies for Effective Communication and Running Meetings |
January 8, 2025 | Transformative Leadership Through Conflict Management Part 1 |
February 12, 2025 | Transformative Leadership Through Conflict Management Part 2 |
March 12, 2025 | Coaching, Mentoring, and Sponsoring as a Leader |
April 9, 2025 | Strategic Planning and Negotiation |
May 14, 2025 | Key Financial Concepts |
June 11, 2025 | Career Advancement and Course Recap |
Date TBD | Graduation |
2024-2025 Cohort
Jenelle Badulak Emergency Medicine, Critical Care | Kenneth Mugwanya Global Health |
Kathleen Berfield Surgery, Cardiothoracic | Wolfgang Muhlhofer Neurology, Epilepsy |
Amritha Bhat Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Population Health | Sara Nikravan Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, CT Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine |
Deborah Blue Obstetrics & Gynecology, Midwifery | Marisa Osorio Rehabilitation Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine |
Hamid Chalian Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging | Lauren Owens Obstetrics & Gynecology, Complex Family Planning |
Jaclyn Cooperrider Family Medicine | Vaidehi Pidaparti Pediatrics, General Pediatrics |
Sunan Cui Radiation Oncology, Physics | Anna Shope Obstetrics & Gynecology, Women’s Health UW Neighborhood Clinics |
Amy Dettori Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine | Stephen E.P. Smith Pediatrics, Developmental Medicine |
Courtney Francis Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology | Tamar Solomon Surgery, General Surgery |
Kirandeep Gill Medicine, Internal Medicine | Barclay Stewart Surgery, Trauma, Burn and Critical Care Surgery |
Andrew Graustein Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine | Wendy Suhre Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Multispecialty Anesthesia |
Kathryn Gray Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine | Eileen Twohy Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
Joshua Hill Medicine, Allergy and Infectious Diseases | Renata Urban Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology |
Julie Hodapp Rehabilitation Medicine, HMC | Lorena Wright Medicine, Endocrinology |
Margaret Isaac Medicine, GIM | Leah Yoke Medicine, AID |
Jeffrey Jacobs Medicine, Gastroenterology | David Zhen Medicine, Hematology/Oncology |
Aria Jafari Otolaryngology, Rhinology, Sinus and Endoscopic Skull | Ying Zheng Bioengineering |
Arianna Means Global Health, Women, Adolescents & Children |
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
Andre Dick, MD, MPH – Professor, Department of Surgery, Surgical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Barbara Goff, MD – Professor & Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Princess Imoukhuede, PhD – Professor & Chair, Department of Bioengineering
Alumni
2023-2024 Cohort
Nauzley Abdeni Medicine – Gerontology & Geriatric Med | Ali Lewis Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Maryam Asif Lab Medicine & Pathology | Adrianne Maurer Medicine – Heme Onc |
Tamara Atkins Family Medicine | Radhika Narla Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Nutrition |
Jessica Bender Medicine – GIM | Barbara Norquist Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Rebekah Burns Pediatrics – Emergency Medicine | Ari Pollack, MD Pediatrics – Nephrology |
Andrew Chen Ophthalmology | Christine Rehwald Radiology |
Judy Chen Surgery – General, GI | Tomoko Sairenji Family Medicine |
Anita Chopra Medicine – General internal Medicine | Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez Psychiatry – Children’s |
Nathan Cross Radiology – Neuroradiology | Javeed Shah Medicine – Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
Arielle Davis Neurology | Jonathan Sham Surgery, General |
Luis Gonzalez-Cuyar Lab Medicine & Pathology | Breana Taylor Neurology |
Nicholas Johnson Emergency Medicine | Ivana Thompson Obstetrics & Gynecology – Family Planning |
Siddhartha Kapnadak Medicine – PCCM | Kathryn Weaver Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Nutrition |
Joy Kawamura Psychiatry – Children’s | Andrea Wills Biochemistry |
Stephanie Kraft Pediatrics – Bioethics & Palliative Care | Susan Wong Medicine – Nephrology |
Michael Levitt Neurological Surgery | Smita Yadav Pharmacology |
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 |
2021-2022 Cohort
Nisha Bansal Medicine, Nephrology | Monica Pagano Lab Medicine and Pathology, Transfusion Services |
Ruanne Barnabas Global Health, Allergy and Infectious Diseases | Davis Patterson Family Medicine |
Marcus Behrens Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine | Cat Pittack Biological Structure |
Celeste Berg Genome Sciences | Sujata Pradhan Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy |
Pavan Bhatraju Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine | Ginny Ryan Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility |
Tumaini Coker Pediatrics, General Pediatrics | Rashmi Sharma Medicine, General Internal Medicine |
Barb Doty Family Medicine, Regional Affairs | Mathew Sorenson Urology |
Jennifer Erickson Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Amy Starosta Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Psychology |
Laura Feemster Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine | Kelly Stevens Bioengineering / Lab Medicine and Pathology |
Doug Fowler Genome Sciences | Daytheon Sturges Family Medicine, MEDEX |
Margaret Green Medicine, Allergy and Infectious Disease | Elia Tait Wojno Immunology |
Mia Hagen Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine | Yolanda Tseng Radiation Oncology |
Marah Hehemann Urology | Tracy Tylee Medicine, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition |
Kimberly Ma Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine | Edith Wang Pharmacology |
Ghayda Mirzaa Pediatrics, Genetic Medicine | Antonio Westphalen Radiology, Abdominal Imaging |
Claudia Moreno Physiology and Biophysics | Jennifer Yu Ophthalmology |
David Morgenroth Rehabilitation Medicine | Joy Zia Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Lara Oyetunji Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery |