Faculty Factory

Angela Sharkey, MD, discusses her new role as Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Wake Forest University with us on today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Sharkey is also a practicing pediatric cardiologist. When Dr. Sharkey first visited with us in 2019, she was serving as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina Scho...

Our friend Janet Bickel returns to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Janet is a highly accomplished leadership and career development coach with nearly 50 years of experience in academic medicine and science. She started her academic career with Brown University’s Medical School (now called The Warren Alpert Medical School) in 1972. Janet first joined us on the Faculty Factory Podcast back in...

We welcome Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD, FACPsych, back to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Dr. Lyness is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, NY. This is the third time Dr. Lyness has joined our podcast. You can listen to his previous episodes here: Why Happiness and Prod...

A longtime friend of our show is back this week to share her expertise with us. It gives us great pleasure to welcome back Christina “Chris” Runge, PhD, CCC-A, to our podcast today. Dr. Runge is the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Dr. Runge is a passionate faculty development professional, researcher, and audiologist. She also serves as Professor of...

It’s been nearly three years since Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, visited us on the Faculty Factory Podcast. We welcome her back with open arms today.   Her trademark levels of high energy and enthusiasm are on full display in today’s episode.  Dr. Chubinskaya leaves us with plenty of pearls of wisdom for faculty looking to develop their careers. She also gives us a recap of how her institution has grown...

We are pleased to welcome David A. Rogers, MD, MHPE, back to our show this week. It has been nearly three years since we last heard from him on the Faculty Factory Podcast. When Dr. Rogers first joined us in 2019, he served as Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development in the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). At the time he was also Chi...

The Faculty Factory reunion continues as Alice Fornari, EdD, FAMEE, RDN, visits our podcast this week. Dr. Fornari is our guest for a fascinating discussion on the intersection of medical education, Just in Time Teaching (JiTT), evidence-based knowledge, and technology. Dr. Fornari is a passionate educator serving as Vice President of Faculty Development with Northwell Health and Associate Dean wi...

We are excited for another Faculty Factory reunion episode today as we visit with Amanda Termuhlen, MD. Dr. Termuhlen is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, in the Office of Faculty Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She also serves as Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Reunion episodes will be popping up a lot this season on the Faculty Factory Podcast where we will be...

Season 4 of the Faculty Factory is here, and it’s off to an inspiring start. George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, FACLP, FAPA, joins us with some timely take home messaging on resilience and mental health. Dr. Everly is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Department of International Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. This is a reunion ep...

This week on the Faculty Factory we preview Season 4 and the year ahead! We are incredibly honored to welcome listeners to the fourth year of the Faculty Factory Podcast. Faculty Factory producer, Casey Callanan, MBA, joins our host, Kimberly A. Skarupski, PhD, MPH, to recap some Faculty Factory community highlights from 2021 on today's show. We also preview some of the exciting new resources, pod...

Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is a “Best of the Faculty Factory” podcast episode on mentorship. It features highlights of conversations we have had on this podcast about mentoring. This is a follow-up to Episode No. 152, Best of the Faculty Factory Discussions on Mentorship, Part 1, which was published two weeks ago. As a friendly programming reminder, we will be launching a new s...

Coaching is different than seeking the help of a consultant, mentor, or therapist. While there are similarities and overlap between these disciplines and coaching, they are uniquely different. Coaching can broadly be defined as helping a person, or team, accomplish their goal(s). Almost all professionals can benefit from the tutelage of an unbiased coach in their life. This is especially true for...

Conversations on mentorship have been a staple of the Faculty Factory Podcast since we launched our show in 2019. As we close out 2021 – another great year on the Faculty Factory – we are excited to share with you a “Best of the Faculty Factory” podcast episode on mentorship.  Today’s podcast includes clips from different interviews. It contains some of the top highlights of conversations we’ve ha...

It’s season finale day here at the Faculty Factory Podcast! Sarah Amend, PhD, joins us today for the final episode of the Faculty Factory’s Season 3 "Habits and Hacks from Hopkins" series. We are excited to welcome back Dr. Amend this week for a follow-up chat. She previously joined us for a Habits and Hacks episode about fostering healthy and productive collaborations between diverse-minded exper...

A powerful interview is on tap today as we work towards wrapping up our memorable Habits and Hacks from Hopkins series on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Fawaz Al Ammary, MD, PhD, joins us to discuss an incredibly vicious and unprovoked attack he suffered earlier this year. Dr. Al Ammary’s outlook on the entire situation is an inspiration and his story is moving. He described turning the nightmare in...

Times were much different when Yuval Bar-Or, PhD, first appeared on the Faculty Factory Podcast as a guest in the early spring of 2020. Dr. Bar-Or joined our podcast for a very memorable episode entitled, Financial Basics for Medical Professionals. It featured practical advice about the basics of personal finance for faculty and medical professionals. At the time it was recorded our society was in...

Joining us this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast is Garima Sharma, MD. Dr. Sharma shares with us a recent paper she worked on in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology regarding toxic workplace culture in cardiology, and its broader implications in medicine. With Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Sharma serves as Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology and Associate Vice Chair fo...

Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast features a discussion with Bernard "Beau" Landry-Wegener, MD. Dr. Landry-Wegener discusses how he has leveraged a unique theater background into his successful career in academic medicine. Dr. Landry-Wegener is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. As you’ll learn on today’s episode, there...

Helen Kinsman Hughes, MD, MPH, is our guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Hughes joins us for the latest installment of our Habits and Hacks from Hopkins series. She discusses the importance of being able to make effective pivots and changes during a career in academic medicine. With Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Dr. Hughes serves as Associate Medical Director in the Office...

We are pleased to welcome Risha Irvin, MD, MPH, to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Dr. Irvin has dedicated a great share of her career to researching and serving vulnerable populations and underserved communities. She offers us several habits, hacks, and tools that have helped guide her success in today’s podcast. Dr. Irvin is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases wi...

Today’s Faculty Factory Podcast episode is an uplifting interview with Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS. Dr. Galiatsatos joins us to share some important habits and hacks when it comes to the role that individual faculty and medical institutions play within the community. Dr. Galiatsatos serves as Assistant Professor with Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore where he is a pulmonary and critical care me...

Our guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast is Jeffrey Natterman, Esq. He joins us for a rich discussion about practical ways faculty can mitigate risk and their exposure to liability on the job. With the Johns Hopkins Health System, Jeffrey Natterman, is the Chief Legal Counsel for Risk Management, Regulatory, Patient Care, and Ethics. Like many things in our professional world, so much of...

As you will hear on today’s podcast episode, “interdisciplinary” is far more than just another buzzword. We are delighted to welcome, Sarah Amend, PhD, to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for another enlightening “Habits and Hacks from Hopkins” episode. Today’s interview focuses on how to foster healthy and productive collaborations between diverse-minded experts. Dr. Amend serves as Assistan...

Information overload. We all know about it, but what can we do about it? In today’s Faculty Factory Podcast with Jose Suarez, MD, FNCS, FANA, we discuss some of the habits and hacks for combatting information overload to the benefit of our patients. We also chat about how concepts of precision medicine can be applied to education, faculty development, and more. Dr. Suarez serves as Professor and D...

Eric Bass, MD, MPH, is our guest this week for another installment of the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Bass is interviewed about the habits, hacks, and hints he has implemented over the years in his successful and accomplished career in academic medicine. Dr. Bass is a general internist and Professor with Johns Hopkins Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of...