Mentoring Champions
Faculty Mentoring Champions are a network of committed colleagues from across basic sciences and clinical departments.
The Faculty Mentoring Champions are advocates, sponsors, and resources for high-quality mentoring of faculty in their areas and across the school. The Champions first met in Spring 2019 and will continue meet to discuss initiatives, share best practices, give feedback, explore opportunities for interdepartmental collaborations, and make recommendations within their departments and to the School leadership.
Presentations and documentation from recent meetings can be accessed here.
2026 Mentoring Champions
| DEPARTMENT | MENTORING CHAMPION |
| Anesthesia | Brendan Carvalho |
| Bioengineering | Markus Covert |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | Leah Backhus |
| Dermatology | Kristin Nord |
| Emergency Medicine | Jody Vogel |
| Emergency Medicine | Sarah Williams |
| Epidemiology and Population Health | |
| Medicine | |
| Neurology and Neurological Sciences | Karen Hirsch |
| Neurology and Neurological Sciences | Chitra Venkatasubramanian |
| Neurosurgery | |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Nichole Tyson |
| Ophthalmology | Quan Dong Nguyen |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | |
| Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery | Kara Meister |
| Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery | Teresa Nicolson |
| Pathology | Steve Galli |
| Pathology | Brooke Howitt |
| Pediatrics | Sarah Hilgenberg |
| Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Alan Louie |
| Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | |
| Radiology | Luke Yoon |
| Radiation Oncology | Edward Graves |
| Surgery | Peter Lorenz |
| Surgery | Stephanie Chao |
| Urology | Jim Brooks |