Past Webinars

Virtual Brunch with the Author Elizabeth Lesser

Event Details

  • Date: November 12, 2021

  • Goal: Focusing on activism to advance women individually and collectively in the field of surgery and in surgery leadership, specifically learning from our past to advocate for our future.

Guest Speaker

Elizabeth Lesser’s book Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes was a perfect launch pad for our conversation, and we were thrilled to host a virtual brunch with Lesser to discuss her book and how it applies to the field of surgery.

Growing Healthy Teams: Rebounding in Crisis

Event Details

  • Date: August 3, 2020

  • Goal: Focus on issues relevant to growing healthy teams after a crisis, including creating trust and psychological safety, dealing with conflict and challenging decisions, promoting balance and flexibility, and moving from surviving to thriving.

Guest Speakers

  • Dee Fenner, MD: Michigan Medicine

  • Amy Moore, MD: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • Patricia Turner, MD, MBA: UChicago Medicine

How to Remain Resilient During Crisis: A Report from the Front Line

Event Details

  • Date: June 16, 2020

  • Goal: Discuss skills and strategies for effective crisis management and provide attendees crisis leadership tools.

Guest Speakers

  • Yue-Yung Hu, MD, MPH: Northwestern University

  • Ala Stanford, MD: Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine Co., Stanford Pediatric Surgery, LLC

  • Dawn Coleman, MD: Michigan Medicine

MWSC Moderators

  • Erika Newman, MD: Michigan Medicine

  • Erin Perrone, MD: Michigan Medicine

  • Gurjit Sandhu, PhD: Michigan Medicine

Leadership in Times of Crisis: Laying Out High Level Issues

Event Details

  • Date: May 13, 2020

  • Goal: Discuss skills and strategies for effective crisis management and provide attendees crisis leadership tools

Guest Speakers

  • Julie Freischlag, MD: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • Mary Hawn, MD: Stanford University

  • Rebecca Minter, MD: University of Wisconsin at Madison

  • Kelly Malloy, MD: Michigan Medicine

Moderators

  • Dawn Coleman, MD: Michigan Medicine & MWSC

  • Janet Dombrowski, MHSA: Michigan Medicine & MWSC

  • Lesly Dossett, MD, MPH: Michigan Medicine & MWSC

  • Dana Telem, MD, MPH: Michigan Medicine & MWSC