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