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Early Career SIG Past Events
Date: Saturday April 19, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Moderator:
Milay Luis Lam, MD, Division Chief and Medical Director, Meritus Endocrinology
Speakers:
Joanna Miragaya, MD, Private Practice Endocrinologist
Alexandria Opata, MD, Novo Nordisk
Dionisios Rentzeperis, PhD, Eli Lilly
Description:
This webinar will discuss the alternative pathways that scientists and physicians can have besides a career in academia. Panelists will share their experiences and insights into working in industry from the physician and scientist perspectives as well as working in private practice.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the pros and cons of being a physician in private practice.
Describe the career path of a physician working in industry.
Describe the career path of a scientist working in industry.
Join us for an interactive one-hour town hall designed for early career physicians who are interested in building a career as a Clinician Educator. Three accomplished physician educators across the medical education spectrum will share their personal insights, lessons learned and tips for success from their diverse professional journeys. Following this, we will engage in informal and intimate small-group discussions where you can ask all the burning questions you have always wanted to know about the Clinician-Educator pathway, including how to carve out protected time, tips for securing medical education leadership roles and how to seek promotion in education.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Explore the spectrum of roles of a Clinician-Educator
Objective 2: Outline key steps to establish oneself as a Clinician-Educator
Objective 3: Discuss strategies to achieve career advancement as a Clinician-Educator
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Moderator:
Heather Beasley, PhD, MS: Postdoctoral Scholar, Antentor Hinton Jr. Laboratory. Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Vanderbilt University
Dr. Manasi Shah, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine. Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Speakers:
Basic Scientist Pathway: Rebecca B. Riggins, PhD, Associate Professor. Georgetown University Medical Cente
Translational Scientist Pathway: Michael A. Levine, MD, ML, MACE, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Clinical Scientist Pathway: Emily J. Gallagher, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Description: Mentorship and guidance are crucial for a scientist’s path. In this town hall, we have three expert mentors to help guide the different scientists in Endocrinology.
Learning Objectives:
Introduction to the career pathways for scientists in Endocrinology
Provide practical career path insights for basic, translational, and clinical scientists.
Allow small group discussions to allow for personal guidance.
Date: Saturday, September 21
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Moderator: Rokshana R. Thanadar, MD, FACE, FEAA, Clinical Endocrinologist Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, Chesapeake, Virginia
Speaker: Machael Morkos, MD, MS, ECNU, Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Description: Navigating the Clinical Revenue Landscape: Productivity and revenue are important aspects for physicians. Despite their importance, we do not get adequate teaching and guidance or even discuss them freely with others to learn. For many, there is an element of shame and guilt associated with such talks, which shouldn’t be the case.
Learning Objectives:
Understand different payment models
Review of CMS billing regulations
Track and optimize revenue
Maintain excellent patient satisfaction scores in a productive and busy clinic
Date: March 9, 2024
Speaker: Michael Morkos, MD
Description: An endocrinology clinic can be a great source of joy and satisfaction. Efficient workflow management of the clinic can improve the clinical productivity and decrease burnout. The goal is to start on time, leave on time, and have no residual work to be done at home.
Learning Objectives:
Improve the clinicians' efficiency in the clinic
Work on leaving on time without work to be done at home
Increase clinic satisfaction and decrease work burnout
Early Career SIG held a webinar on career transitions between industry and academia.
Learning Objectives
Widen your knowledge about potential career options in industry and academia.
Gain knowledge on how to apply your knowledge and skills across fields.
Learn from those with first-hand experience to gain confidence if you are considering making a career change.
Panelists:
Seth Arum, MD, FACE Senior director, Global Patient Safety and Risk Management Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Fredrik Nyberg, MD, PhD Professor of Register Epidemiology School of Public Health and Community Medicine, I Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg
Aditi Saxena, MD, MMSc Vice President, Clinical Research Head, Internal Medicine Research Unit Pfizer
Moderators:
Eva Coopmans, MD Leiden University Medical Center
Daniel Olsson, MD, PhD University of Gothenburg, AstraZeneca
Rokshana Thanadar, MD Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes Columbia Memorial Health
Join the Early Career SIG for a webinar on finding your first job as a clinician.
The Early Career SIG held a webinar on finding your first job as a clinician on November 4, 2021, 11-12 PM EDT.
Speakers: Dimpi Desai, MD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine; Vivian Lin, MD, Executive Director, Clinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to identify and explore job opportunities based on interests and career goals.
Describe the elements of an effective interview.
Identify criteria for evaluating a job offer and learn how to navigate competing offers.
Expert Negotiations: Career Tips for Clinicians and Scientists
Moderator: Stanley Andrisse, PhD, Howard University Presenter: Kristy Brown, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine Presenter: Diane Donegan, MBBCh BAO, MRCPI, Indiana University
Demystifying Controversial Topics: Communication Skills for Busy Physicians and Scientists
Speaker: Mike Tuttle, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Speaker: Deborah Kurrasch, PhD, University of Calgary Moderator:Eva Coopmans, MD, Queen Mary's University Hospital Moderator: Rokshana Thanadar, MD, Maine General Hospital
Early Career Special Interest Group SIG Networking Event: Mastering Your Elevator Pitch Networking Event at ENDO 2021
Speaker: Ray Blind, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and School of Medicine. Co-Chairs: Oksana Hamidi, DO, Garima Narayen, DO
The Early Career Special Interest Group held an event at ENDO 2021 on career development and networking. Ray Blind, PhD, presented a program on delivering effective elevator pitches. Dr. Blind is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and School of Medicine. In addition to leading the Blind Lab, Dr. Blind is an experienced mentor of early career professionals and has successfully utilized the elevator pitch to secure funding. His presentation was followed by an opportunity for participants to practice their elevator pitch with Dr. Blind and colleagues, and receive real-time feedback.
Navigating Implicit Bias
Speaker: Mekbib Gemeda, Eastern Virginia Medical School Moderators: Rokshana Thanadar, MD; Katie Guttenberg, MD; Oksana Hamidi, DO
Join our Early Career Special Interest Group for a webinar on identifying and navigating implicit bias in the medical field. Our guest speaker Mr. Mekbib Gemeda is Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Eastern Virginia Medical School and is on the DEI Steering Committee at the Association of American Medical Colleges. He is also developing a robust NIH-supported biomedical research center as well as a nationally recognized faculty and graduate student recruitment and retention program at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
Learning Objectives
Discuss Structural inequities and how they manifest in healthcare delivery and outcomes.
Describe the cultural evolution of perspectives on inclusion in healthcare.
Define the science of implicit bias and how it manifests in society and in healthcare.
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Join our endocrine community and become a member! Only members receive access to a variety of member benefits that will enhance your career. If your membership has lapsed, rejoin today so that you can continue to receive your membership benefits.
Accelerate your career by growing your peer network. Find resources and programming designed with the early career professional in-mind. Engage with your peers in the SIG subgroup in the EndoForum online community. 
