For immediate release: October 8, 2003
For more information, contact Susan Griffith at 216-368-1004 or susan.griffith@case.edu

CLEVELAND—Marsha Pyle, the associate dean for academic affairs at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry, will return to the classroom as one of 45 senior women faculty members from dentistry and medicine selected to participate as a 2003-2004 fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.

Marsha Pyle

Pyle joins ELAM's ninth class that prepares women from academic institutions in the health sciences for leadership positions. The program structure combines the traditional Master of Business Administration curriculum, oriented to issues and strategies relevant to academic health management with personal and professional development in the areas of leadership, career advancement, community and new information and learning technologies.

"This is such an honor to be among such a dynamic and accomplished group of women, who want to be leaders in the health sciences and at their schools," says Pyle. She enjoys the opportunity to network and learn more about herself as a leader and issues others face in their leadership roles.

ELAM is part of the Institute of for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University's College of Medicine.

Over the year, Pyle will have the opportunity to meet nationally recognized leaders in academic medicine, health care, government and industry. She will attend three onsite sessions, complete individuals assignments that include interviews with senior level executives about the challenges of their institutions or organizations and then designing a strategic plan that addresses an institutional need or goal.

Following the year-long program, Pyle will continue her professional development as a member of the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (SELAM). Some 300 ELAM alums now hold senior leadership positions in their institutions.

The goal of the ELAM program is to increase the number of women in leadership positions at medical and dental schools. According to ELAM, 10 of the 126 U.S. allopathic medical school and 10 of the 55 U.S. dental schools are headed by women deans, of which five are ELAM alumnae.

"ELAM intervenes at a critical stage in a women's professional career and provides her with the skills, information and peer networks that will help her advance to the top," states Page S. Morahan, ELAM's co-director and the program founder.

At the conclusion of meeting with the ELAM class, Pyle, along with Jerold Goldberg, dean of the Case School of Dentistry, will have the opportunity to attend a Forum on Emerging Issues that in the past has examined and discuss a broad range of issues academic health centers. This forum also enables the dean and fellow to discuss long-range plans for the needs of the institution, as well as meet other ELAM fellows and their deans.

About Case Western Reserve University

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