Reunion Episode

Listen Now: Megan Palmer PhD, MS, is back this week with three important topics she would like to share with our community. It has been well over three years since her last visit to the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Palmer is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Higher Education in the School of Education at Indiana University. She is also the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professional Development, and Diversity. While these topics Read More

Listen Now: Heather Brod revisits us on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for another enlightening in-depth chat. This week we are discussing what it means to belong and how we can help others build a sense of belonging at our institutions. Heather joined our show last year for a memorable chat on executive coaching and leadership. You can revisit that episode here. Heather is an executive coach and consultant. Prior to branching off on Read More

Listen Now: Visiting the Faculty Factory podcast this week is our friend Rachel Salas, MD, MEd. Dr. Salas has plenty of pearls of wisdom for us when it comes to coaching, strength-based approaches for growth, and mentorship. “I am on the coaching bandwagon and I think it’s much needed in academia, not just for faculty, but for residents, fellows, nursing students, medical students, everything,” she said. Dr. Salas is Assistant Medical Director with Johns Hopkins Read More

Listen Now: We could not be more excited to welcome Cynthia Rand, PhD, back to our program this week. Many of you may remember that Dr. Rand joined us in the Spring of 2020 as we were on the initial outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. She makes her highly anticipated return this week to chat with us about imposter syndrome and how it can impact leadership roles in academia. With a joint appointment in Read More

Listen Now: Making her highly anticipated return to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Ann Brown, MD, MHS. Dr. Brown serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Professionalism in the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. She first joined out show nearly three and a half years ago. In today’s reunion discussion, she utilizes a powerful lattice metaphor when discussing building a strong framework for career development. “Part of the job of Read More

Listen Now: The world is a far different place than it was back when our guest this week last joined our podcast roughly 3 and a half years ago. Patrick O. Smith, PhD, ABPP, joins us this week to catch up on everything that has changed, developed and remained since we last crossed paths in 2019. Dr. Smith is the former president of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA). Read More

Listen now: Joining us on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Wendy Ward, PhD, ABPP, FAPA, FNAP. Dr. Ward has joined us many different times (today is her eighth appearance on this show) and this is the first time she has visited us since being named associate provost for faculty in the Division of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Ward also serves as professor in the UAMS Read More

Listen Now: Joining us on today’s episode of the Faculty Factory podcast is our friend Rashmi Vyas, MBBS, MD, MHPE. Dr. Vyas is the newest guest in our Faculty Factory reunion series. Today’s discussion touches on the art of being “perfectly imperfect” and dealing with change. “Perfection is very fluid. It does not mean the same thing to everybody and from every perspective,” she told us. Dr. Vyas is Senior Associate at the Foundation for Read More

Listen now: An exciting, information-packed Faculty Factory Reunion episode is now available for our listeners this week with Maureen Connelly, MD, MPH. Dr. Connelly is Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Community Affairs with Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, California. All things promotion and promotion criteria are the topics underpinning today’s chat with Dr. Connelly. Two important, mission-based promotion ideas that Dr. Connelly shares with us include: Ensuring our mission Read More

Listen now: It’s another Faculty Factory reunion this week as Page S. Morahan, PhD, joins the program. Dr. Morahan first joined our show in March 2020. She was one of the last interviews on our program before the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the landscape of our profession in myriad ways. If you are interested in listening to Dr. Morahan’s first interview with us on the Faculty Factory, you can access that episode here. Dr. Morahan is Read More

Listen now: Erika T. Brown, PhD, joins us on this week’s reunion episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast. We interview Dr. Brown about her new position with Geisel School of Medicine and much more. In September 2021, Dr. Brown was appointed the new Dean of Faculty Affairs with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Brown has many years of experience in faculty affairs, professional development, and academic medicine. Read More

Listen now: 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 Read More

Listen now: 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, Read More

Listen now: 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 Read More

Listen now: 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 Read More

Listen now: 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 Read More

Listen now: 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 Read More

Listen now: Angela Sharkey, MD, discusses her new role as Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Wake Forest University with us on today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Sharkey is also a practicing pediatric cardiologist. When Dr. Sharkey first visited with us in 2019, she was serving as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, S.C. You can revisit that Read More

Listen now: Our friend Janet Bickel returns to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Janet is a highly accomplished leadership and career development coach with nearly 50 years of experience in academic medicine and science. She started her academic career with Brown University’s Medical School (now called The Warren Alpert Medical School) in 1972. Janet first joined us on the Faculty Factory Podcast back in the summer of 2019. It was a memorable and highly Read More

Listen now: We welcome Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD, FACPsych, back to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Dr. Lyness is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, NY. This is the third time Dr. Lyness has joined our podcast. You can listen to his previous episodes here: Why Happiness and Productivity Go Hand and Hand Self-Determination Theory in Read More

Listen now: It’s been nearly three years since Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, visited us on the Faculty Factory Podcast. We welcome her back with open arms today. Her trademark levels of high energy and enthusiasm are on full display in today’s episode. Dr. Chubinskaya leaves us with plenty of pearls of wisdom for faculty looking to develop their careers. She also gives us a recap of how her institution has grown in the three years since Read More

Listen now: We are pleased to welcome David A. Rogers, MD, MHPE, back to our show this week. It has been nearly three years since we last heard from him on the Faculty Factory Podcast. When Dr. Rogers first joined us in 2019, he served as Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development in the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). At the time he was also Chief Read More

Listen now: The Faculty Factory reunion continues as Alice Fornari, EdD, FAMEE, RDN, visits our podcast this week. Dr. Fornari is our guest for a fascinating discussion on the intersection of medical education, Just in Time Teaching (JiTT), evidence-based knowledge, and technology. Dr. Fornari is a passionate educator serving as Vice President of Faculty Development with Northwell Health and Associate Dean with Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York. She previously joined our Read More

Listen now: We are excited for another Faculty Factory reunion episode today as we visit with Amanda Termuhlen, MD. Dr. Termuhlen is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, in the Office of Faculty Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She also serves as Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Reunion episodes will be popping up a lot this season on the Faculty Factory Podcast where we will be visiting with past guests and friends Read More

Listen now: Season 4 of the Faculty Factory is here, and it’s off to an inspiring start. George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, FACLP, FAPA, joins us with some timely take home messaging on resilience and mental health. Dr. Everly is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Department of International Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is a reunion episode where we visit Read More