Transcript Junior Faculty and Trainee Council Meeting Report

Junior Faculty and Trainee Council
Report to ISHLT
Pali Shah and Daniel Dilling
ISHLT 2012
April 21, 2012
Overview of council
• History
– Created 5 years ago with small handful of members
• Exponential growth in size and activity
– Currently with 216 members in council
– 25% outside of U.S.
• Would like to increase international representation
• Broad objectives
– To tap the enthusiasm of trainee/ junior faculty to
• Meet needs of ISHLT society
• Develop leadership skills among junior members
• Learn to critically appraise science in the field through society
activities
• Foster durable collaborations and mentor/mentee relationships
Current Council Leadership
Past Chair
Daniel Dilling
1 year term
Incoming Chair
Pali Shah
1 year term
Education
Matt Morrell
3 year term limit
Communications/
Links editor
Open Position
3 year term limit
Standards and
Guidelines
Jen Cowger- outgoing 3 year term limit
Registries and
Databases
Susan Moffatt Bruceoutgoing
3 year term limit
Development
Arezu Aliabadi
3 year term limit
Basic Science Liasion
Zsusanna Hollander
3 year term limit
Program Committee
Representative
Lorriana Leard
Jen Cowger
1 year appointment
ISHLT BOARD liasion
John Dark
Florian Wagner
-outgoing
1 year appointment
2012 IHSLT
JFTC conference events- MENTORSHIP
• Mentor Luncheon- organizer Ramesh Emani
– 4th year of program
– 40 -50 mentees, 10 invited faculty
• Paired Mentorship Program –Pali Shah
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150 faculty mentor volunteers
66 mentees
Detailed survey administered regarding interests
Introductions facilitated based on survey responses
Plans for follow-up with mentors and mentees to
determine success of match
• Board Feedback?
2012 ISHLT conference events
Clinical Case Session
• 3rd year for JFTC led session• 150 abstracts submitted
– 6 selected for oral presentation
– 50 selected for posters
– JFTC leadership reviewed slides and worked with presenters
• Strengths
– increased number and quality of papers presented
• Limitations
– Limited time for discussion with 6 cases in 75 min
– Posters had limited visibility due to location at conference hall
• Plans
– We have discussed revising format of this popular session for next year
• Limiting number of cases vs expanding to 2 slots
• Adding multidisciplinary panel of discussants ( ID, pharmacy, pathology )
• Ideally present cases as unknown with interactive discussion
• Board Feedback?
2012 Workforce Updates/Initiatives
Education- Matt Morrell –
• Have interest in members who want to pair with
senior members to write articles /educational
sets in conjunction with Education and JHLT.
– Will work with Drs. Wigfield and Mehra directly
• Job Posting Website
– Will require greater level of infrastructure design and
maintenance
– Discussions ongoing
– Have some interested members with web experience
2012 Workforce Updates/Initiatives
• Basic Science Liaison
– Will work with Basic Science Council to enhance
mentorship opportunities for this group
– New appointee Zsusssana Hollander
2012 Program Committee Initiatives
• Lorriana Leard / Jen Cowger
• Encouraging members to review abstracts
• Would like continue to work with P.C. to pair JFTC
members with senior moderator for select
sessions
– Service to ISHLT
– Develops critical scientific thinking and leadership
skills under guidance of senior experts
• Symposium development
– Encourage members to develop multinational,
proposals with joint council support
• Example -QOL workforce of Pulmonary council
Open Positions for Appointment
Many of current outgoing workforce leaders have
transitioned to other roles in IHSLT
• Standards and Guidelines
• Database and Registries
• Communications
• I2C2 - new
We have solicited interest and will consider the
following in appointment.
1. Level of prior involvement with council
2. Multinational Representation
3. Multidisciplinary representation
Open positions for election
• Secretary (to proceed to Chair)
• Vice Chair (Chair Elect)
Plan a 3 year transition to chair to build
leadership experience within IHSLT.
• Open Call for Nominations:
• Online elections in beginning of May
Other Questions
• Setup of JFTC resources at meeting
– Posters, coffee nook
– Booth next year?
• Award for clinical research
– Caves vs new award?
Thank you
Appreciate support of ISHLT board
Without this support, the initiatives of the
council could not have come to fruition.
We have received wonderful feedback from new
members about the depth and breadth of
opportunities available for junior members