AGA’s Women’s Executive Leadership Conference (WExLC), developed by the AGA Women’s Committee and Women’s Leadership Council, is for women in positions of influence across gastroenterology and hepatology to advance and support you as you lead teams, organizations, systems, and practices.
The conference is a new, distinct 1.5-day event from Oct. 6-7, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. Reach new heights driving positive change in your life and professional community.
Thank you for your inquiry, applications are now closed for the 2023 AGA Women’s Executive Leadership Conference. If you have any questions, or wish to be contacted about future women’s leadership opportunities, please contact executiveoffice@gastro.org.
Sponsors:
AGA Women’s Committee
Women’s Leadership Council
AGA thanks Johnson & Johnson Healthcare systems/Janssen for their kind sponsorship of this program.
Eligibility
The conference is designed for 50 women clinicians, researchers, and scientists who are experienced in their careers and in positions of influence in academia and private practice.
Executive candidate criteria:
- Current AGA member in North America.
- Physician, surgeon, or scientist with an MD, Ph.D., DVM, or equivalent beyond seven years of graduation from their GI fellowship.
- Stated commitment to personal and institutional leadership development and advancement of women and those from underrepresented backgrounds.
Professional titles include but are not limited to:
Academic:
- Associate or full professor
- Division Chiefs within the first two years of their appointment
- Fellowship program directors
- Medical Directors
- Assistant Deans
Private Practice:
- Partners in practice
- Managing Directors
Sharpen your leadership skills for greater impact and advancement.
- Expect in-depth executive-level leadership development via didactics, panel discussions, and knowledge sharing.
- Ignite your inspiration with expert-led sessions on affecting systemic changes, communicating your value, self-work, efficiency tips and more.
Engage with inspiring luminaries and prominent peers in GI.
- Participate in various activities to gain and share strategies, advice and guidance for success.
- We’ve made sure to mix in social activities to make time to recharge and connect during the immersive 1.5-day conference.
- As an advanced leadership opportunity, applicants are vetted for exclusive access to the conference.
Advance gender equity in GI and hepatology.
- Learn about values-driven leadership and how your unique point of view and position of influence are pivotal in shaping teams committed to gender equity.
- Gain insights on implementing change in the workplace so you can innovate beyond the status quo.
- Opportunity to further your own professional goals as a leader.
AGA Women’s Executive Leadership Conference
Agenda
|
| 12:00-12:30PM |
Registration and Check-in |
| 12:30-12:45PM |
Welcome & Program Overview |
| 12:45-1:00PM |
Getting to Know You - Icebreaker |
| 1:00-1:45PM |
Executive Leadership 101 |
| 1:45 – 2:30PM |
Strategies to Effectively Communicate Your Value as a Leader |
| 2:30-2:45PM |
Break |
| 2:45-3:30PM |
Understanding Your Leadership Style |
| 3:30-4:15PM |
The Successful Leader: Aligning Your Mission, Strategy and Tactics |
| 4:15-4:30PM |
Break |
| 4:30-5:15PM |
My Three Best Leadership Tips That Save Many Hours of Work: Panel Discussion |
| 5:15-5:20PM |
Closing |
| 5:20-5:25PM |
Group Photo |
| 5:25-6:00PM |
BREAK/FREE TIME |
| 6:00-7:30PM |
Dinner at:
Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel
Interest Balcony 1300sf |
| 7:30-9:30PM |
Social Event – Meow Wolf Exhibit |
|
| 7:00AM-8:00AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:00AM-8:15AM |
Welcome – Overview of Day 1 |
| 8:15AM-9:00AM |
Self-Knowledge and Self Mastery |
| 9:00AM-9:45AM |
Managing Up & Down |
| 9:45AM-10:00AM |
BREAK |
| 10:00 AM-11:00AM |
Advancing Gender Equity in GI
Gender equity in your own institution or practice |
| 11:00AM-11:45AM |
How to Prepare for and Be Successful in C-Suite Roles |
| 11:45AM-1:00PM |
Lunch |
| 1:00PM – 1:45PM |
Navigating Conflict |
| 1:45PM – 2:30PM |
Pathways to Society Leadership |
| 2:30PM -3:00PM |
WRAP-UP and Send Off |
Schedule subject to change
Course directors:
Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS
Professor and Section Chief
Baylor College of Medicine
@KanwalFasiha
Aimee Lucas, MD, MS, AGAF
Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
@AimeeLeeLucasMD
Faculty:
Kim Barrett, PhD, AGAF
Vice Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology
UC Davis School of Medicine
@DrKimEBarrett
Alejandra Castillo-Roth, MD
Gastroenterologist
Northern NM Gastroenterology Associates
Lynn Grone, SHRM-SCP
VP, Organizational
American Gastroenterological Association
John Hart
Founder and CEO
The Impact Center
Aja McCutchen, MD
Physician
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates
@mccutchendr
Lilani Perera, MD
IBD Specialist
Advocate Aurora Healthcare Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Gastroenterology
Sheryl Pfeil, MD, AGAF
Medical Director, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
Faculty Dean, Harvard Medical School
