Leadership Development

HMS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
FOR PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS
Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
April 1 - 4, 2008

This course is designed for HMS and HSDM instructors, assistant professors, or associate professors (see specifics under "guidelines") who currently have responsibility for a research grant, laboratory, educational course, or clinical unit. This course is intended for those in the early stages of leadership and not for chairs of departments or divisions. The goal of the Program is to build on participants' knowledge base and skills to enhance their professional development as administrative leaders in academic medicine. Participants will acquire skills in institutional organization, health care economics (with a heavy concentration on finance), legal and regulatory issues, and the full spectrum of communication skills. Women and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Application Procedure: Completed applications are due by 12:00 Noon on November 7, 2007. Applicants must submit: 10 copies of the application and one sealed nomination letter from Chair/Division Chief or supervisor (may be sent separately). Mail or hand-deliver original application and ten copies to: Sara Kiarsis, HMS Office for Faculty Affairs, Gordon Hall, Rm. 206, 25 Shattuck St., Boston, MA 02115. Attendance is limited to no more than 60 HMS/HSDM clinicians, educators, and researchers, to be selected by Course Directors. Participants will be notified by December 21, 2007 of acceptance.

Faculty Eligibility Guidelines: Instructor for at least 3 years as of July 1, 2008, Assistant Professors, and Associate Professors for no more than 3 years as of July 1, 2008.

Continuing Medical Education Credits: Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This course is designed to meet the criteria for 1 hour Risk Management credits in Massachusetts.

Course Directors:
Maureen T. Connelly, MD, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Harvard Medical School
Rosemary B. Duda, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Faculty Development, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
S. Jean Emans, MD, Director, Office of Faculty Development, Children's Hospital Boston
David B. Hackney, MD, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Harvard Medical School
Tayyaba Hasan, PhD, Director, Office for Research Career Development, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ellice Lieberman, MD, DrPH, Dean for Faculty Affairs, Harvard Medical School
Carol C. Nadelson, MD, Director, Partners Office for Women's Careers at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joan Reede, MD, MPH, MBA, Dean, Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
Jo Shapiro, MD, Senior Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Founding Member and Scholar, The Academy at Harvard Medical School
Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, Director, Partners Office for Women's Careers at Massachusetts General Hospital

Course Sponsors:
HMS Office for Faculty Affairs
The Academy at Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for Faculty Development
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Children's Hospital Boston, Office of Faculty Development
HMS Department of Continuing Education
HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership
Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Faculty Development (includes Offices for Research Career Development and Women's Careers)

Confirmed Speakers:
Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine and President/CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Barbara E. Bierer, MD, Professor of Medicine (Pediatrics), Brigham and Women's Hospital
Susan D. Block, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sally Mason Boemer, Vice President for Finance, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA, President and Professor of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joanne S. Ingwall, PhD, Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine and Professor of Medicine (Physiology),
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paul F. Levy, MCP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH, Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/Harvard Medical School
Edward Lowenstein, MD, Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Research and Teaching in Anaesthetics and Anaesthesia,
Massachusetts General Hospital
James Mandell, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer and Professor of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston
Michelle Mello, JD, PhD, C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor of Health Policy and Law, Harvard School of Public Health
Joan W. Miller, MD, Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jane M. Neill, BA, Associate Dean for Medical Education Planning and Administration, Harvard Medical School
Ellen W. Seely, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eleanor G. Shore, MD, MPH, Senior Consultant to the Office of Academic and Clinical Programs, Harvard Medical School
Peter L. Slavin, MD, President and Professor of Health Care Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital
Inez Stewart, Director of Human Resources, Children's Hospital Boston
Linda J. Wilcox, MA, CAS, Ombudsperson, Harvard Medical School
Claudyne Wilder, President, Wilder Presentations
David W. Young, DBA, Professor of Management, Emeritus, Boston University School of Management
Ellen Zane, President, Tufts-New England Medical Center

For more information please contact:

Sara Kiarsis
Office for Faculty Affairs
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck St., Room 206
Boston, MA 02115
Tel. 617-432-1198
Email: sara_kiarsis@hms.harvard.edu