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2026 AAMC CGEA Conference

Katie Solka

Rush Medical College

Assistant Professor

Chicago, Illinois

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Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

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Welcome Plenary: The Irreducible Clinician: Humanism for a Changing Profession Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD., MHPE

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Poster Session and Reception Doctors Mayo Hall (level 4)

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Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Section Meeting Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Colleen Hayden, EdD, MS Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

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Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

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Welcome and Address by the Dean Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Tracey Taylor, PhD • Komal Kochhar, MD • Nadine Alamy, EdD • Nneka Comfere, MD

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Plenary: Holding Onto Humanity: The Art of Connection in a Disconnected World (Moderated Panel Discussion) Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Tane Danger • Anna Cianciolo, PhD • Sara Amini, BS • Alexander Niven, MD • Theresa Villerot, MEd, MLS(ASCP)CM

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Oral Presentation IME 1 Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Theresa Pesavento, PhD • Abhishek Mahesh, B.S. • Marianne E Reeves, PhD • John Lowry, PhD • Beth Altschafl, PhD

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Lunch Noseworthy Hall (level 3) AAMC Updates Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

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Oral Presentaion IME 2 Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Nadine Alamy, EdD • Aaron Pendl • Edwin Rosas • Domenic DiSanti, DO • Evan Symons, DO • Robert Treat, PhD Oral Presentation MESRE 2 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Justin J Austin, MS • Samantha Niehaus, BS • Abigail Berk, B.S. • Hyo Bin You • Andrew Sanghyun Lee, PhD • Tawna Mangosh, Ph.D., Pharm.D., R.Ph

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JumpStart: From Acceptance to First Day: Helping Students Start Strong. A Collaboration between Admissions and Student Affairs Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Nikki Dixon,DNP, M.Ed • Monique D. Jones, MD, FACOG • Netali Ginsberg, MD

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Oral Presentation MESRE 3 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Amulya Vankayalapati, BS • Sneha Kesaraju, BS • Emily Rush, PhD • Jessica Byram • Isabella Varea, BS

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Science Versus Spin: Teaching EBM While Navigating Political Uncertainty, Mistrust and Misinformation Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Lalita Prasad-Reddy, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, FCCP • Rupel Dedhia, MD, FACP

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CGEA Awards & Legacy Celebration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)Live music by LaSonya Natividad with the Madison Parish Ensemble • Participatory art with Anne Labovitz: CGEA Sharables – Pieces of a Whole

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Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3) Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

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Welcome and Housekeeping Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

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The New Foundational Competencies in Undergraduate Medical Education: How to Approach Threats to their Usage and Utility Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Colleen Hayden, EdD, MS • Elissa Hall • Bill Cutrer, MD MEd • Katherine A. Forkner, EdD, MA

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How to Be Scholarly When Performing Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned From Your MESRE Colleagues Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Anna Cianciolo, PhD • Rachel Moquin, EdD, MA • Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS, MH • Kelli Qua, PhD

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Oral Presentation MESRE 5 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Carolyn Dufault, PhD • Rachel Bright, MD • Marissa Zhu • Emma Nguyen • Christian Steciuch