Academics

2024 Keynote Address

"Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Medical Education"

Thursday 1, 2024
12:00 -1:00 pm
BSLC 115

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

William McDade, MD'90, PhD'88
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

William McDade, MD'90, PhD'88 is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), leading the organization’s internal and external diversity and inclusion activities. He focuses on national initiatives to diversify and include underrepresented groups throughout the medical education continuum with the goal of providing physicians with the knowledge and skills required to serve the American public in humanistic environments where clinician and patient well-being is promoted.

Dr. McDade has served as a professor of anesthesia and critical care at the University of Chicago, where he completed terms as Deputy Provost for Research and Minority Issues and as Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs at the Pritzker School of Medicine. Prior to his role in ACGME, Dr. McDade served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Dr. McDade has also served as President and Chair of the Boards of Trustees of both the Illinois State Medical Society and the Chicago Medical Society. A recipient of the 2012 Chicago Medical Society Physician of the Year Award, Dr. McDade was named a senior scholar at the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence in 2013, and in 2016, was recognized by the University of Chicago Alumni Association for Distinguished Service.

The Lack of Diversity in Medicine is a National Emergency: The Way Forward
Quinn Capers, IV, MD,Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs; Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

What's In My Jar? Achieving Wellbeing as a Clinician and Educator
Nancy Schindler, MD, MHPE, E. Stephen Kurtides, MD, Chair of Medical Education; Vice Chair of Education in the Department ofSurgery at NorthShore University HealthSystem; Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Sensors, Motion Tracking and Data Science: Unfolding the Metrics of Mastery
Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD,  Susan Behrens, MD Professor of Surgical Education and Vice Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Clinical Director, University of Wisconsin Health Clinincial Simulation Program, University of Wisconsin

Using Big Data to Innovate at the Intersection of the Clinical and  Educational Missons
Marc M. Triola, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Education Informatics, New York University School of Medicine

3rd Year Clerkships: Let's Get Real
Debra L. Klamen, MD'85, MHPE, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Ensuring Competence: Authentic Assessment of Learners
Maryellen E. Gusic, MD, Chief Medical Education Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges

Making It Count: Turning Educational Work into Scholarship
Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Emerita, Professor of Medicine Emerita, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

The Value, Rewards, and Evidence for Residents as Teachers
Lisa Coplit, MD, Associate Dean for Assessment and Faculty Development, Associate Professor of Medicine, Quinnipiac University School of Medicine

The Central Role of Education in the Academic Medical Center
Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center

The Medical Learning Environment Under Siege: Protecting the Profession
Lawrence G. Smith, MD, founding Dean of the Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore LIJ Health System

Professionalism As a Social Movement and Conflict of Interest as an Intervening Factor
Frederic Hafferty, PhD, Professor Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine

How Do I Know I'm Teaching Effectively? 
Larrie Greenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine and William G. Irwin Endowed Chair, UCSF

Why Teachers Are Important and What Important Teachers Do
Molly Cooke, MD, Professor of Medicine and William G. Irwin Endowed Chair, UCSF