13th Early Career Development Course

October 21, 2017
University of California, San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS)
La Jolla, CA

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COURSE PRESENTATIONS

• KICKOFF LECTURE: How John Cameron Never Worked a Day in His Life – Adil Haider, MD, MPH
• STARTING YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER: CREATING VALUE IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS
  • Moderators: Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, MD & Nader Massarweh, MD, MPH
  • Strategies to Find and Negotiate your First or Next Academic Position – Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH
  • How to Build a Successful Clinical Practice and Add Value to Your System – Christopher Sonnenday, MD, MHS
  • How to Set Up Your Research Program – Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS
  • How to Mentor and Manage Your Research Team – Timothy Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
• NUTS AND BOLTS OF AN ACADEMIC CAREER: PART 1 – HOW TO ADVANCE YOUR CAREER TO PROMOTION
  • Moderators: Amanda Laird, MD & Douglas Smink, MD, MPH
  • Mentorship and Sponsorship – Justin Dimick, MD, MPH
  • Current Pathways to Promotion – Carla Pugh, MD, MPH
  • Making Your Packet: Preparing for Promotion and Tenure – Herbert Chen, MD
• NUTS AND BOLTS OF AN ACADEMIC CAREER: PART 2 – TOOLS TO BUILD A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS
  • Moderators: Susanna M. Nazarian, MD, PhD & Matthew Neal, MD
  • When to Say Yes or No, How to Achieve Local and National Visibility – Jeffrey Matthews, MD
  • How Will I Fund my Research Program? – Melina Kibbe, MD
  • How to Sustain Research Productivity and Funding – Steven Libutti, MD
• NUTS AND BOLTS OF AN ACADEMIC CAREER: PART 3 – HOW TO SUCCEED EMOTIONALLY AND BE A LEADER
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Surgery – Kelli Bullard Dunn, MD
  • Rising Beyond Complications and Setbacks: Moderated Panel Discussion
    • Moderators: Raj Aggarwal, MBBS, MA, PhD & Hari Nathan, MD, PhD
    • Panelists: Sarah Bryczkowski, MD, Amanda Laird, MD, & Susanna Nazarian, MD, PhD
  • Work-Life Balance: Moderated Panel Discussion
    • Moderators: Raj Aggarwal, MBBS, MA, PhD & Hari Nathan, MD, PhD
    • Panelists: Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, MD, Matthew Neal, MD, & Susan C. Pitt, MD, MPHS
• JOINT KEYNOTE: Conquering the Challenges Facing the Young Surgical Scientist through Mentorship – E. Christopher Ellison, MD
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Junior Faculty in their first 5 years of practice
• Fellows
• Senior Residents

LEARN HOW TO:

• Effectively plan and start your academic career
• Negotiate your job, resources, and programmatic support
• Build a clinical practice
• Build and manage a research team
• Make the most of society, university, and hospital committee involvement; and achieve national and local visibility
• Obtain and sustain research funding
• Advance along promotion and tenure tracks
• Develop and sustain mentoring relationships
• Cope with and recover from setbacks
• Balance your academic, clinical, and personal responsibilities
• Appreciate diverse pathways to success in academic surgery