October 29, 2024

8 graduate from UAB Medicine’s LEading Advancing Developing (LEAD) Fall 2024 leadership development program

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lead fall 2024Eight faculty members recently graduated from UAB Medicine’s LEading Advancing Developing (LEAD) Fall 2024 leadership development program. The program, presented by UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office (LDO), recognized its graduates at a ceremony on Oct. 24, 2024.

The purpose of LEAD is to build ongoing faculty leadership capability, retain key faculty, and ensure sustainable faculty success.

"Creating an opportunity for associate professors from different departments to network and collaborate with each other while developing their leadership skills is what makes this program special," said Kellie Carter, Ph.D., Senior Leadership Development Specialist. 

The LEAD Fall 2024 graduates include:

Marissa Dean, M.D., Neurology
Jessica Grayson, M.D., FACS, Otolaryngology
Katelin Holmes, D.O., Surgery
Venkatesh Krishnasamy, M.D., Radiology
Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Chad Siniard, M.D. Pathology
Robert van Waardenburg, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Karina Yoon, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology

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.