Contact:  Julie Welch, MD  (jlwelch@iupui.edu)

Mission

The mission of the Women in Emergency Medicine Group is to provide a supportive environment for the personal and professional development of women in emergency medicine (EM.)  Our primary focus is to initiate and cultivate mentoring relationships between EM women faculty, residents, medical students, spouses, and alumni.  

 Goals:

1. To provide mentors & role models for inspiration and guidance
2. To offer career advice in establishing goals, networking, and recognizing doors to opportunities
3. To promote work life balance
4. To provide emotional support, facilitate insight, & offer paths to sustain personal enrichment
5. To address the challenges of gender bias
6. To encourage participation in activities for women in academics on the IUPUI and IUSM campuses
7. To recognize and nominate qualified women for honors and awards

Structure:

Meet on a monthly basis in a relaxed environment to fellowship and discuss a topic pertinent to women in medicine.   At most meetings, we welcome spouses, children and guests.

Meeting topics include:

• Work-life policies for women (maternity leave, lactation policies, childcare, flexible work arrangements)
• Defining success
• The mommy tenure track
• Balancing a family and physician career
• Time management skills
• Career opportunities and obstacles
• Networking skills
• Gender discrimination in the workplace – legal guidance and advice
• Measuring your life stressors
• Negotiating skills for women

Faculty EM Mentors:

Jen Acciani, MD - Toxicology, Work-Life Balance

Sheryl Allen, MD - EM/Peds, Minority Recruitment, Academic Promotion, Single Parenting

Sue Combs, MD - EM/Peds, Career Longevity, Night-Shift Work

Marla Doehring, MD - Medical Care of the Underserved, Work-Life Balance, Dual Physician Family

Melanie Heniff, MD - EM/Peds, Medicolegal Support, Community EM, Work-Life Balance, Dual EM Physician Family

Cherri Hobgood, MD - Administration, Medical Education, Simulation, Patient Safety, Communication, Work-Life Balance

Louise Kao, MD - Toxicology, Fellowship, Research, Work-Life Balance, Dual Physician Family

Kris Nanagas, MD - Toxicology, Community EM, Dual Physician Family

Victoria Palmer-Smith, MD - Medical Care of the Underserved, Community Advocacy, Dual Physician Family

Chris Rick, MD - EM/Peds, Medical Education

Debra Rusk, MD - EM/Peds, Work-Life Balance

Jennifer Walthal, MD - EM/Peds, Advocacy, Procedural Sedation, Dual Physician Family

Elizabeth Weinstein, MD - EM/Peds, Research

Julie Welch, MD - Women in Medicine, Mentoring, Wilderness/ Travel Medicine, Dual EM Physician Family

Mary Wermuth, MD - Toxicology, Single Parenting

Community EM Mentors:

Jennifer Barker, MD - St. Vincent's Hospital ED, EM/Peds

Jamie Brummett, MD - IU West Hospital ED, Work-Family Balance

Megan Crittendon, MD - IU West Hospital ED, Administration, Emergency Medical Records, CPOE, Staff Relations

Karen Crevier - IU West Hospital ED and Methodist EMTC, Clinical EM Education 

Tonya Dickson, MD - St. Vincent's Hospital ED, EM/Peds

Laurie Dutkiewicz, DO - Indiana University ED & Clarian West ED, Care of ICU Patients in the ED, EM Procedures, Dual Physician Family

Amy Duell, MD - IU North Hospital ED, Administration, Emergency Medical Records, CPOE

Lindsay Harmon - IU West Hopital ED & Methodist, Advocacy, Legislative Policy

Nikki Stuckwisch, MD - Community South Hospital ED, Rural EM

Alumni EM Mentors:

Angie Fiege, MD - Methodist Hospital, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Emily Hayden, MD - Harvard University EM Faculty, Fellowship Medical Simulation, Master's in Medical Education

Cami Pfennig, MD -  Vanderbilt University EM Faculty, ACEP Academic Teaching Fellowship, Medical Education, Simulation Medicine, Sports Medicine

Amy Stromwall, MD - Minnesota, Sports Medicine Fellowship, Olympic Swim Team, Minnesota Twins

Lindsay Tanner, MD - Riverview Hospital,  Sports Medicine Fellowship

Links:

IUSM Advancement of Women  

IUPUI Office for Women

Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine AWAEM @ www.saem.org

American Academy of Emergency Medicine Women's Interest Group @ www.aaem.org

American Association of Women Emergency Physicians @ www.acep.org

AWAEM Survival Guide