"The workshop was very well organized. This was a true leadership course that touched on the most important issues of academic leadership. I was very impressed with the quality and the depth of instruction balanced with group discussions and self-assessments. For me, as a department administrator, it was extremely valuable to examine the faculty (including Chairs and Deans) perspective on administrative issues and leadership."
Dima Long, M.A.,CAAMP faculty members include nationally recognized experts in education, curriculum, and leadership in academic health care:
Dr. Baldwin is a university administrator, scholar, teacher in the humanities, arts, and sciences, and a world-renowned physician as well as a national leader in health care policy. He is a tenured professor and the advisor for health affairs to the Texas Tech University System. Dr. Baldwin was a dean and associate provost of Dartmouth Medical School, a professor at Harvard University, and the president and chief executive officer of the Immune Disease Institute. In addition, he served as head of surgical programs at Baylor College of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Houston, Texas. Dr. Baldwin was chief of surgical services at The Methodist Hospital, the largest private hospital in the world, chief of surgical services at Ben Taub Hospital, and chief at the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Baldwin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in Anthropology from Harvard University, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, and studied at Oxford University. Then at Stanford University School of Medicine, he received his M.D. and the Alumni Scholar Award. While completing internship and residency training in both internal medicine and surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, he was appointed as a Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr. Baldwin returned to Stanford University for specialized training in cardiothoracic and transplantation surgery and was later appointed head of the heart/lung transplantation program and director of the cardiovascular surgery research laboratories. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Surgery, and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Baldwin has held leadership positions in many national societies including governor of the American College of Surgeons, president of the International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, and chair of the American College of Surgeons national educational program. He has received numerous professional and civic awards, including the Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service of the American Heart Association the Veterans' National Commendation, the highest civilian award given by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The author of more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Baldwin has been invited to give more than 370 lectures on a wide variety of topics around the world and has served as a visiting professor at more than 50 universities. He serves on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals and has been editor and author of many textbooks published in America and around the world. He has spoken in many public venues as an advocate for meaningful health care reform and written extensively in The New Yorker, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and numerous other national journals on the topics of health care reform, economics, human rights, and other areas. Dr. Baldwin has substantial and diverse business and consulting experience in biotechnology and bioengineering, intellectual property, technology transfer, pharmaceutical and device company start-ups, health insurance, banking, and non-profit organizations.
Hershey S. Bell, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.F.P.
Dr. Bell is Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Professor of Family Medicine and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, PA. Dr. Bell, a native of Toronto, Canada, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1982. He completed family medicine residency education at the University of Toronto and Duke University and achieved board certification in family medicine in Canada and the United States. Following residency, he served as a Duke University National Faculty Development Fellow. In 1992 he earned the distinction of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was awarded the Master of Science in Medical Education degree by LECOM in 2007. In 2009, he was named as one of 12 charter members of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Also, he was the 2009 recipient of the John and Silvia Ferretti Distinguished Teaching Award at LECOM and the 2010 recipient of the Miller Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Osteopathic Medical Profession. Dr. Bell has held the positions of Family Practice Residency Director at Hunterdon Medical Center in New Jersey, Division Chief and Vice-Chair of Family Medicine at Duke University, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA, and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Evaluation at the College of Medicine at LECOM. He practiced “full-service” family medicine for two decades and maintains an active Pennsylvania medical license and board certification with the American Board of Family Medicine. His contributions to the medical literature include articles on competency-based education, doctor-patient relationship issues and general considerations surrounding medical education. His work on competency-based education in medical education has been internationally recognized and he served as part of the team that developed the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Outcome Competencies. He is currently engaged in research that seeks to identify and remediate competency issues in pre-clinical medical students.
Clyde H. Evans, Ph.D.
Dr. Evans is a Senior Consultant for the Academy for Academic Leadership. He was vice president at the Association of Academic Health Centers 1998-2005. Previously, he spent 13 years at Harvard Medical School as a member of the faculty, director of the Office for Academic Careers, and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. In 1996-1997, Dr. Evans was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, working for Senator Bill Frist on biomedical research, bioengineering, academic health centers, and cloning. In 1997, Dr. Evans was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), working on leadership issues with the Council of Deans. Dr. Evans has conducted numerous seminars, including the AAMC Women in Medicine early and mid-career professional development seminars, the minority faculty professional development seminar, and the executive development seminars for chairs, associate deans, and new deans. He has consulted with public and private schools, state departments of education, and numerous academic health centers on the institutional aspects of faculty development.
Dr. Rodriguez serves as Vice President for Education at AAL. In this capacity he provides oversight as well as instruction to AAL's national programs in teaching and learning and leadership development. Dr. Rodriguez received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Michigan. He has worked extensively within higher education and academic health care. Prior to joining AAL, Dr. Rodriguez served as a faculty member at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. While there, he directed numerous courses, the Honors in Research program, and conducted research in public health and mucosal immunology. Dr. Rodriguez's expertise includes faculty development, strategic planning, curriculum reform, accreditation, and student research efforts. He has received accolades for excellence in teaching as well as for his efforts in developing and reforming curricular models of education. Dr. Rodriguez is a graduate of the ADEA Leadership Institute. He currently holds a position as a member of the national Advisory Committee to ADEA's Center for Educational Research and Policy group (CEPRAC).
Pamela Zarkowski, M.P.H., J.D.
Prof. Pamela Zarkowski is a Senior Consultant for the Academy for Academic Leadership. She also is Professor and the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Detroit Mercy. She was most recently the Executive Associate Dean at the School of Dentistry where she served as both a faculty and administrator for more than 27 years. Prof. Zarkowski received a bachelor's degree and an M.P.H. degree in dental public health from the University of Michigan. She also received the Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University where she was an associate editor of the Law Review. She has been a member of the Michigan bar since 1989. Prof. Zarkowski's career in dental education spans more than 29 years. She has served in various leadership roles at the School of Dentistry and the University. She continues to teach predoctoral, allied, and postdoctoral dental students in ethics, law, leadership, and community dentistry. She has also published and is a frequent speaker at regional and national meetings and continuing education courses. Prof. Zarkowski is a former President of the American Dental Education Association (2001-2002) and the American Society for Dental Ethics (2003-2006).She was also President of the Society of Executive Leadership in Medicine (SELAM) from 2007-2008. In 2001, she was inducted into the honorary society of Omicron Kappa Upsilon. In 2006 she was selected as an Honorary Fellow in the American College of Dentists.
