Thirteen faculty members recently graduated from UAB Medicine’s LEading Advancing Developing (LEAD) Spring 2024 program. The program, presented by UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office (LDO), recognized its graduates at a ceremony on March 14, 2024.
The purpose of LEAD is to build ongoing faculty leadership capability, retain key faculty, and ensure sustainable faculty success.
The LEAD Spring 2024 graduates include:
Blessing Falola, M.D., Psychiatry
Brian Braocato, D.O., OB/GYN
Ching Man Carmen Tong, M.D., Pediatric Urology
Chen Lin, M.D., Neurology
Frida Rosenblum, M.D., Anatomic Pathology
Hua Guo, M.D., Women’s Health/Pathology
James Kobie, Ph.D., Infectious Diseases
Justin Routman, M.D., Anesthesia
Matthew Kelly, M.D., Emergency Services
Matthew “Heath” Hale, M.D., Family and Community Medicine
Scott James, M.D., Pediatrics
Sheetal Gandotra, M.D., Pulmonary
Valerie Tarn, M.S., RDN., L.D., Pediatrics
LEAD is offered in the fall and spring and is geared toward mid-level faculty within UAB Medicine, including associate professors.
Learn more about the Leadership Development Office and its programs at Leadership Development Office - Heersink School of Medicine | UAB.