2010 January Newsletter - University of Utah - School of Medicine

Women in Medicine & Science
LEO HOPF, MBA, CEO, TEAMHOPF
“Making Great Decisions in Your Career
and Your Life”
February 23, 2010 Lecture
Session One: 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Location: Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB)
Room 5100B
Session Two: Noon to 1:00 pm
Location: Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB)
Room 2120
Mr. Hopf teaches “Decision Making in Organizations”
to graduate students in the Management
Science and Engineering department at
Stanford University. He teaches similar topics
to executives at the University of Minnesota’s
Carlson School of Business where he has
been named a Fellow of Executive Education.
He is the author of the forthcoming book
“Rethink, Reinvent, Reposition: 12 Strategies
to Make Over Your Business.”
Mr. Hopf earned a Masters of Business Administration
degree with highest distinction
from the Amos Tuck School, and has B.S. degrees
in Chemical Engineering and in Metallurgical
Engineering from the University of
Minnesota. He received the Walter Jacobs
Prize for inspiring confidence and enthusiasm
amongst his peers at Tuck.
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Session Description
Throughout your career and life you will be faced
with decision after decision:
Should I go into private practice, or stay in
academics?
Where should I live?
Where should I work?
How much do I want to work, and what do I
want to do with the rest of my time?
Should I buy a house or should I rent?
When (if ever) should I have children? How
many should I have?
How can I decide which things make sense
for me to get involved with? How can I say
no to those things which don’t make sense for
me?
When do I want to retire? What will I do after
retiring?
Leo will show you how to get clarity on the right
course of action, and how to get the alignment
you need to make it happen.
WIMS 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February 23, 2010
7:00 AM Session HSEB ROOM 5100B
Noon Session HSEB ROOM 2120
“Making Great Decisions in Your Career and Your Life”
Speaker: Leo Hopf, Chief Executive Officer, Teamhopf
March 2010—Noon—1:00 PM HSEB
“Panel & Workshop on Academic Medicine & Parenthood”
April 26, 2010—NOON—1:00 PM HSEB 2680
“Academic Medical Center Finances: Where does the
money come from and where does it go?”
Speaker: Richard J. Sperry, M.D.,
Associate Vice-President, Health Sciences
May 11-12, 2010
Two Day Event, WIMS Annual Keynote
June 8, 2010
“WIMS Business Meeting & Year End Celebration”
SAVE THE DATE! March 30, 2010—9:00AM-3:00PM
The annual “Mentoring for U” Workshop
Speaker: Mitchell D. Feldman, M.D., MPhil, UCSF
"Evaluating and Improving Mentoring Programs or
Commitment and Accountability: How do You Reward
Mentoring?"

T O G E T H E R W E R E A C H . . .
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TOOLS FOR SUCCESS SESSION IN
REVIEW: (JANUARY 20, 2010)
JERRY R. BENSON, PH.D.
“Interest Based Negotiation: Letting Them
Have Your Way (For Their Reasons)”
Jerry R. Benson, PhD, Chief Operating Officer of
UTA presented an informative and practical
workshop on interest based negotiation, starting
with the basics of interest based negotiation, and
concluding with a role-playing exercise and discussion.
Key take-home messages:
Be prepared
Know what you want and what your negotiating
partner wants
Think of the other party as a partner rather
than an adversary
Know your alternatives if the negotiation fails
(BATNA: best alternative to a negotiated
agreement) status quo or impasse procedure
Separate the people from the problem
Focus on interests and not positions
Use mentors to help identify your interests
and those of your partner
Peer mentors are great for role play
More senior mentors may have insight
into partner’s interests
Create and claim value
Joint collaborative problem solving
Invent options for mutual gain—and make
the gain clear
Know who the true decision maker is
Understand and control the negotiating environment
An excellent source book on interest based negotiation
is Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement
Without Giving In, by Fisher and Ury. A
summary of the book provided by Dr. Benson
can be found at http://medicine.utah.edu/wim/.
To gain some insight on the “what you want” side
of the equation, join us at one of two sessions in
February, with invited speaker Leo Hopf, MBA,
CEO Teamhopf. “Tools for Success (“Making
Great Decisions in Your Career and Your Life”)”
Visit our web site:
http://medicine.utah.edu/wim/
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SEMINAR
July 10-13, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Washington, D.C.
The Early Career Women Faculty Professional
Development Seminar is a three and a half-day
program designed for women physicians and
Ph.D. Scientists holding medical school appointments
at the assistant professor or instructor
level considering leadership positions
within their discipline, department or institution.
The program goal is to provide an introduction to
the knowledge and skills needed to follow the
path to leadership in academic medicine. Topics
covered span strategic communication skills to
negotiation to leadership topics. Small-group sessions
focus on mentoring participants in career
building skills in narrative and CV development.
The seminar faculty are chosen for their demonstrated
leadership abilities from various schools
in the United States and Canada and offer knowledge,
inspiration and valuable career advice.
An online application will be open in the first
week of February and must be completed by
Thursday March 4, 2010. The complete application
will require submission of three items:
Acceptance confirmations will be sent via e-mail
in mid-April 2010.
1) Online application
2) Online submission of letter of intent
and support from home institution
3) Online submission of a current CV
http://www.aamc.org/members/gwims/
Congratulations!
Janet Lindsley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Biochemistry, has been selected to receive a
2010 Distinguished Teaching Award by the
University Teaching Committee.

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SPOTLIGHT ON WIMS
Kathleen B. Digre, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology
First U of U ELAM Fellow
In 1999, at the urging of her Chair, Randall Olson,
Kathleen B. Digre, MD, was the first University
of Utah SOM faculty member to participate
in Drexel University’s Executive Leadership
in Academic Medicine Program for Women
(ELAM). Established in 1995, ELAM offers an
intensive one-year program of leadership training
with coaching, networking and mentoring
opportunities aimed at expanding the national
pool of qualified women candidates for leadership
in academic medicine, dentistry and public
health. In the US and Canada, ELAM alumnae
(ELUMS) make up 25 percent of the executive
positions in academic medicine and dentistry
that are held by women, including 21 current or
former deans, 90 department chairs, 30 center
or institute directors, and 70 senior dean's staff.
Dr. Digre’s enthusiasm for her ELAM experience
has led to a commitment by the University
of Utah SOM’s leadership to nominate women
faculty every year, a level of commitment made
by few academic medical centers, with Monica
Vetter, PhD enrolled as our eleventh fellow in
2009-10. Utah ELUMS now provide strong
leadership throughout the School of Medicine,
and will be highlighted in our E-Newsletter in
future issues.
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“Kathleen is wise,
community– minded and incredibly generous. She is
truly the founder and spirit of our ELUM group. She
provides mentoring, institutional wisdom and friendship
to all of us.”
Barbara J. Graves, Ph.D
Dr. Digre is Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology
and Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology. She joined the University of Utah
faculty in 1987. She currently directs the Headache
Clinic at the University of Utah. She is also
the chair of the steering committee for an Office
of Women’s Health (US Dept HHS) funded project,
UWIN (Utah Women’s Health Information
Network) and directs a project on screening for
diabetic retinopathy using telemedicine. Dr. Digre
recently completed a two-year term as President
of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society.
Dr. Digre sits on the editorial board for the
Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology and Headache
Currents and reviews for 18 medical journals.
Her research focuses on clinical disorders of the
optic disc, increased intracranial pressure
(pseudotumor cerebri), photophobia, and anterior
ischemic optic neuropathy. Her book, Practical
Viewing of the Optic Disc was published in 2003.
Further interests include the study of headache
and neuro-ophthalmic disorders in pregnancy.
She is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles,
reviews and abstracts, and she lectures in
the United States and internationally.
In 2004, Dr. Digre received the 2004 Gender Equity
Award for the University of Utah given by the
American Medical Women’s Association. In 2008
she received both the Distinguished Service
Award from the North American Neuroophthalmology
Society and the Linda K Amos
Distinguished Service to Women Award from the
University of Utah.
“Kathleen has tremendous energy and enthusiasm
for building partnerships and coalitions
across multiple diverse groups. She is a master
at this.”
Joyce Mitchell, Ph.D.