Faculty Factory

We are excited to welcome Nancy Spector, MD, back to the Faculty Factory Podcast today for a reunion chat.  Dr. Spector is Senior Vice Dean for Faculty, Professor of Pediatrics and Executive Director of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. This is the second time Dr. Spector has joined our show for an interview. It's been nearly three years to the day since we last spoke with Dr. Spector on the Faculty Factory. This is our latest reunion episode where we welcome back guests from the past to share ideas, lessons learned and much more. If you are interested in listening to Dr. Spector's first interview with us on the Faculty Factory, you can access that here: https://facultyfactory.org/nancy-spector/ According to its official website, The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) program is a year-long part-time fellowship for women faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy. Learn more: https://drexel.edu/medicine/academics/womens-health-and-leadership/elam/  You can also email Dr. Spector for more information: nds24@drexel.edu 

Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is an interview about the new Faculty Factory eBook, which is available now for free. The Faculty Factory Community is pleased to present our newest eBook, Habits and Hacks from Hopkins. You can download this eBook for free: https://bit.ly/3PYtL2h Many Faculty Factory podcast listeners may remember it was one year ago we published our first eBook “Snippets for Success.” Due to its popularity and success, we’re pleased to follow up with another free eBook to share with our community. The Habits and Hacks from Hopkins was a series of podcast interviews with faculty from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that took place from January 2021 through December 2021. The series explored the habits, hacks, practices, routines, and tips to encourage and inspire personal and professional joy and success in academic medicine. If this new eBook is of interest to you, please consider reading the first eBook released from the Faculty Factory, “Snippets for Success.” You can download it here: https://bit.ly/3alrAFY We simply ask that you please consider sharing this free resource widely; we are confident that your colleagues in academic medicine will find this book valuable!

Archana (Archie) Chatterjee, MD, PhD, is our guest on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. This is another Faculty Factory reunion episode with our guest returning to our show to share some wonderful news. Dr. Chatterjee was selected as the new dean of Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and vice president for medical affairs, after a national search process, and assumed her new roles on April 6, 2020. Chicago Medical School is located in North Chicago, Ill. When Dr. Chatterjee made her first visit to the Faculty Factory it was way back in October of 2019. At the time of the recording, she was Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development at University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine. If you would like to learn more about that episode you can listen to it here: https://facultyfactory.org/a-lesson-in-faculty-development-and-faculty-affairs-leadership/ Dr. Chatterjee is the second Faculty Factory guest we have had join us from Chicago Medical School. In March 2022, Nutan Vaidya, MD, spoke about her role as Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Equity with the institution. Dr. Vaidya discussed the unique challenges facing her community medical school and the solution-oriented approach her team enacted to better serve faculty. In case you missed it, you can learn more about that episode here: https://facultyfactory.org/nutan-vaidya/ Learn more about the Faculty Factory and catch up on all episodes: https://facultyfactory.org/ 

Joining us on the Faculty Factory this week for a very special reunion episode is Leigh A. Patterson, MD, MAEd. Dr. Patterson is Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and Chair of Emergency Medicine at ECU.  Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is another reunion episode where we visit with past podcast guests and learn about what’s new since we last chatted. She discusses the shifts and developments in her career since we first spoke with her on the podcast nearly three years ago. As an Emergency Medicine Physician on the front lines, Dr. Patterson also chats with us about the challenges brought on by the pandemic.  You can learn more about our first interview with Dr. Patterson here: https://facultyfactory.org/a-faculty-factory-interview-with-leigh-a-patterson-md-maed/  Learn more about our podcast here: https://facultyfactory.org/podcast 

We are pleased to welcome Daniel Barnett, MD, MPH, to the Faculty Factory community this week. Dr. Barnett joins us for a lively discussion about preparedness, resiliency, and the wisdom he has gained throughout his career in academic medicine and research. Dr. Barnett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.  More about the Faculty Factory: https://facultyfactory.org/  Learn more about today's episode: https://facultyfactory.org/daniel-barnett/ 

Making her Faculty Factory Podcast debut this week is Harriet W. Hopf, MD. Dr. Hopf joins us for a rich discussion about coaching’s role in academic medicine and much more. Dr. Hopf is Co-Director of the University of Utah's School of Medicine Coaching and Advancement Network (UCAN), and Professor and Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring in the Department of Anesthesiology. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering with the University of Utah. You can learn more about the UCAN initiative here: https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty-dev/programs/coaching-program/ Get more information about the Faculty Factory here: https://facultyfactory.org/

We are reunited with Kimara Ellefson, MBA, for a fun and informative reunion interview on this week’s Faculty Factory podcast episode. Kimara is the National Director for Partnerships with the Kern National Network for Caring & Character in Medicine (KNN). According to its website, “KNN is a national network of seven medical schools dedicated to advancing caring and character in medicine with the goal of promoting human flourishing.” You can learn more by visiting the official KNN website: https://knncaringcharactermedicine.org/  Last time we interviewed Kimara on the Faculty Factory, it was for Episode No. 26 back in 2019. (To put things into perspective, today’s episode is No. 171.) You can listen to Kimara’s first episode with us on our podcast here: https://facultyfactory.org/kimara-ellefson/  At the time of our first discussion, Kimara was Associate Vice President of Talent Strategy and Faculty Affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee. MCW is one of the founding partners of the Kern National Network. While her offices are still located at MCW, Kimara’s career has involved a significant pivot since we last spoke with her in 2019. She outlines the decision behind that pivot as we catch up with her on today’s episode. Learn more at: https://facultyfactory.org/ 

Joining us this week for another Faculty Factory reunion episode is Laura Schweitzer, PhD. Dr. Schweitzer presents us with the 12 key mistakes that folks in academic medicine tend to make when looking for a new job. This is in addition to catching us up on what she has been up to since we lasted chatted with her. Dr. Schweitzer is president emeritus and former vice president for health sciences at SUNY Albany in New York.  Her passions include coaching women and underrepresented applicants in medicine how to secure high-level administrative jobs in academic medicine, academic engineering, and university administration. She has helped to place chancellors, college presidents, vice presidents, deans, and chairs. Dr. Schweitzer knows how to help faculty find opportunities for growth and has been coaching faculty for years. We are grateful for her wisdom on today’s episode. If you would like to get in touch with Dr. Schweitzer, you can send her an email at SchweitzerL@Mac.com. The last time we spoke with Dr. Schweitzer on the Faculty Factory was in December 2020. She joined us for a very notable interview called “How to Navigate a Successful Job Search.” You can listen to that episode and learn more here: https://facultyfactory.org/how-to-navigate-a-successful-job-search-with-laura-schweitzer-phd/

It has been well over three years since we last heard from Daniel Shapiro, MS, PhD on the Faculty Factory Podcast. We welcome him back today for a substantive, in-depth chat about data’s role in advancing the careers of our faculty. Dr. Shapiro serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs at the Penn State College of Medicine (Hershey) and he is the Garner James Cline Professor of Medical Humanism. Today’s episode is another special Faculty Factory reunion episode where we visit with past podcast guests and learn about what’s new since we last chatted. Dr. Shapiro first joined us in February 2019. At the time it was the first ever interview released on this podcast and our second episode overall. As we approach episode No. 200, it was great to have Dr. Shapiro join us once again. His first episode with us focused on factors that influence the productivity, success, happiness and overall well-being of faculty. You can learn more about that episode and listen to it here: https://facultyfactory.org/daniel-shapiro-ms-phd-faculty-factory-podcast-episode-2/ Utilizing data to make things fairer to everyone in academic medicine is the underlying theme in today’s interview. “Having data matters. It’s a way of cutting through folks that are just charismatic and it really helps us get somewhere,” he said. Learn more: https://facultyfactory.org/ 

Today we welcome back Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, FACP, to the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Gottlieb is Chief Faculty Development Officer, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate in Springfield, Mass. Dr. Gottlieb joined us to discuss her recently published book Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine: A Roadmap for Healthcare Organizations and the Women Physicians Who Work for Them. Today’s episode is also a reunion episode where we visit with past podcast guests and learn about what’s new since we last chatted. As we discussed on today’s interview, Dr. Gottlieb’s first appearance on our podcast took place back in 2019. Dr. Gottlieb began her career in corporate finance. Her passion for helping underserved women led her to a career in academic medicine. You learn more about that first episode here: https://facultyfactory.org/catching-up-with-dr-gottlieb-on-todays-faculty-factory-podcast/ Here is a link to learn more about her book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-51031-2 Here is a link to her 2021 New England Journal of Medicine article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2114955      To learn more about our podcast please visit https://facultyfactory.org/.