Academic Affairs at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

VP&S Advisory Committee for Women Faculty

Members

The Dean’s Advisory Committee for Women Faculty was formed to assess the current environment for women faculty, to identify gaps and opportunities, and to make recommendations to further support faculty success and satisfaction. 

Committee Members

  • Marwah Abdalla, MD, MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC, Department of Medicine

  • Linda Aponte-Patel, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC, Department of Pediatrics

  • Rita Charon, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Medical Humanities & Ethics and of Medicine at CUMC and Chair, Department of Medical Humanities & Ethics

  • Mary E. D'Alton, MD

    • Willard C. Rappleye Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Donna L. Farber, PhD

    • George H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgical Sciences (in Surgery), Department of Surgery and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

  • Stavroula Kousteni, PhD

    • Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics

  • Laura Landweber, PhD

    • Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Biological Sciences (in Systems Biology), Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Biological Sciences

  • Laura Lennihan, MD

    • Professor of Neurology at CUMC, Department of Neurology

  • Danielle B. Ludwin, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC, Department of Anesthesiology

  • Jennifer J. Manly, PhD

    • Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease & the Aging Brain), Department of Neurology

  • Carol A. Mason, PhD

    • Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology), Departments of Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology and Chair of Interschool Planning, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

  • Angela M. Mills, MD

    • J.E. Beaumont Professor of Emergency Medicine at CUMC and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

  • Roshni Rao, MD

    • Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC, Department of Surgery

  • Rini B. Ratan, MD

    • Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMC, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Christine H. Rohde, MD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC, Department of Surgery

  • Carrie B. Ruzal-Shapiro, MD

    • Professor of Radiology at CUMC, Department of Radiology

  • Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Genetics & Development, Department of Genetics & Development

  • Shonni J. Silverberg, MD

    • Professor of Medicine at CUMC, Department of Medicine

  • Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD

    • Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry at CUMC, Department of Psychiatry

  • Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, MD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC, Department of Medicine

  • Melissa S. Stockwell, MD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population & Family Health, Departments of Pediatrics and Population & Family Health

  • Lorraine S. Symington, PhD

    • Harold S. Ginsberg Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Professor of Genetics and Development, Department of Genetics and Development

  • Patricia Tiscornia-Wasserman, MD

    • Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at CUMC, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology

  • Wakenda K. Tyler, MD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at CUMC, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Lori Zeltser, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology

Ex-officio

  • Lee Goldman, MD

    • Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine and Chief Executive, CUMC

  • Clara L. Lapiner, MPH

    • Executive Director of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Office of the Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development, CUIMC

  • Anne L. Taylor, MD

    • John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at CUMC, Department of Medicine, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUMC