Assistant dean at UofL medical school selected for national program to train women executives

An assistant dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine has been selected to the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.

Kimberly A. Boland, M.D., has been elected for the 2017-2018 ELAM class. ELAM is a year-long fellowship for women faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry and public health. It provides leadership training with extensive coaching, networking and mentoring opportunities aimed at expanding the national pool of qualified women candidates for executive positions in the academic health sciences. Currently,  ELAM alumnae hold leadership positions at 240 academic health organizations worldwide.

The election of Boland brings the total of ELAM fellows from UofL to 19, including School of Medicine Dean Toni M. Ganzel, M.D., M.B.A., who participated in 2003-2004.

Boland has served as assistant dean of resident education and work environment in the Department of Graduate Medical Education at the UofL medical school since August 2016. Additionally, she holds the positions of vice chair of medical education, director of pediatric residency training and professor in the UofL Department of Pediatrics.

Boland is the current president of the Kentucky Pediatric Foundation and immediate past president of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also is chair of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors’ Mid-America Region and a member of its Curriculum Task Force.

In addition to overseeing the pediatric residency program, Boland oversees eight pediatric fellowship programs at UofL and assisted in the creation of the department’s Development and Behavioral Fellowship, Pediatric Child Abuse Fellowship, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship. She also serves the university on the Promotion and Tenure Committee and the School of Medicine Wellness Committee.

She is a past recipient of the Paul Weber Award herself, also with the School of Medicine Master Educator Award and Dean’s Educator Award for Distinguished Teaching along with five clinical teaching awards and seven faculty peer mentoring awards.

From Louisville, Boland earned her undergraduate degree from Notre Dame University and her medical degree from UofL. She completed her residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis. She is board certified in pediatrics and practices with University of Louisville Physicians.

For more information on the ELAM program, visit the program’s website. A complete list of ELAM alumnae selected while they were with UofL is shown below:

University of Louisville Alumnae: 
Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
 
 Kathy B. Baumgartner, Ph.D. (2008-2009) 
 Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
 University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
 Anees B. Chagpar, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H. (2009-2010)
 Academic Advisory Dean, School of Medicine
 Director, Multidisciplinary Breast Program
 Associate Professor of Surgery
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Mary Thoesen Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. (2002-2003)
 Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
 Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Family and Community Medicine
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Lourdes C. Corman, M.D. (1996-1997)
 Professor and Vice Chair of Medicine
 Chief, Division of Medical Education
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Connie L. Drisko, DDS (2001-2002)
 Professor of Periodontics
 Assistant Dean for Research
 University of Louisville School of Dentistry
 Kelli Bullard Dunn, M.D. (2012-2013)
 Vice Dean, Community Engagement and Diversity
 Professor of Surgery
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Susan Galandiuk, M.D. (2001-2002) 
 Professor of Surgery
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Toni M. Ganzel, M.D., M.B.A. (2003-2004) 
 Dean, School of Medicine
 Professor of Surgery, and Otolaryngology
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Diane Harper, M.D. (2015-2016)
 Rowntree Professor and Endowed Chair of Family and Geriatric Medicine
 Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Amy Laura Holthouser, M.D. (2016-2017) Associate Dean, Medical Education
 Associate Professor of Pediatrics
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Faye Jones, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H. (2007-2008) 
 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
 Professor of Pediatrics
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Linda F. Lucas, M.D. (1999-2000)
 Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Sharmila Makhija, M.D., M.B.A. (2012-2013)
 Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
 Donald E. Baxter Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Barbara J. McLaughlin, Ph.D. (2000-2001)
 Professor of Ophthalmology
 Associate Dean for Research
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Melanie R. Peterson, D.M.D., M.B.A. (2008-2009) 
 Associate Professor of Dentistry
 University of Louisville School of Dentistry
 Laura F. Schweitzer, Ph.D. (1998-1999)
 Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
 Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
 Associate Dean of Student Affairs
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 M. Ann Shaw, M.D. (2013-2014)
 Vice Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
 Professor of Medicine
 University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Jill Suttles, Ph.D. (2010-2011) 
 Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
 University of Louisville School of Medicine