ELEVATE

ELEVATE is a 4-month cohort experience for recently-appointed chiefs that will run from late November 2025 to early February 2026. Every session will meet in-person for approximately 1.5 hours. To participate, please contact Rania Sanford, EdD, PCC

ELEVATE is intended to provide critical knowledge and skills, along with an invaluable opportunity to get to know and meet with key department, school, and system-level leaders. The program will be designed to facilitate the formation of a community of Chiefs. Program topics include: working with your Department Chair, the Dean’s Office, and the Hospitals; financial management; faculty recruitment, reappointment and promotion; faculty support and performance; and, strategic planning resources at Stanford Medicine.

2025-2026 Sessions

Monday, November 10, 2025 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Welcome & Setting the Stage | Presenters: Linda Boxer, Vice Dean of the School of Medicine and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor; Bonnie Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Engagement; Brian Bateman, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine; Mary Leonard, Arline and Pete Harman Professor

Monday, November 17, 2025 | 9:00am - 10:30am
Clinical Performance Environments | Presenters: Sam Shen, Clinical Professor Emergency Medicine; Jay Shah, Associate Professor of Urology

Monday, December 8, 2025 | 9:00am - 10:30am
Faculty Performance: Key considerations | Presenters: Ellen Waxman, Senior Director of Faculty Relations, School of Medicine - Office of Academic Affairs & Melissa Burke, Senior University Counsel, Legal Services

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | 9:00am - 10:30am
Faculty Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion | Presenters: Ashley Klein, Director of Academic Affairs-Clinician Educators, Instructors and Clinical Scholars; Allison Thompson, Associate Dean - Office of Academic Affairs; Pedro Tanaka, Associate Dean - Office of Academic Affairs

Thursday, January 29, 2026 | 9:00am - 10:30am
Supporting Your Faculty

Leadership Theories Workshop | Presenters: Cheryl Gore-Felton, Associate Dean - Office of Academic Affairs
Financial Management |  Allen Metzenberg, Associate Dean and Chief Financial Officer, School of Medicine; Kerry Makielski, Vice Chair and Director of Finance & Administration, Medicine

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 9:00am - 10:30am
Strategic Management

Managing up & Wrap Up: View from Above | Presenters: Mary Hawn, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery; Electron Kebebew, Harry A. Oberhelman, Jr. and Mark L. Welton Professor; Laura Roberts, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor; Antonio Hardan, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Boxer, Vice Dean of the School of Medicine and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor