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2026 AAMC CGEA Conference

Sookyung Suh

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Assistant professor in Medical Education, Director of Organizational Change

Springfield Il

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1:00pm CDT

Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

4:00pm CDT

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

5:30pm CDT

Poster Session and Reception Doctors Mayo Hall (level 4)

7:00am CDT

Medical Education Scholarship, Research, and Evaluation (MESRE) Section Meeting Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Kelli Qua, PhD Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

8:00am CDT

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

8:30am CDT

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

10:00am CDT

From Numbers to Narratives: Data Storytelling for Medical Education Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Melissa Chairez, M.Ed. • Valerie Strobel

11:00am CDT

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

12:30pm CDT

Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders: A Student-Designed Longitudinal Leadership Development Program in Undergraduate Medical Education Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Tayli Shekleton • William Drake

1:45pm CDT

Will Faculty Developers be Extinct or Distinct in 2034 Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Lawrence Hurtubise, Ph.D., M.A. • Heather Billings, PhD, MA • Rachel Moquin, EdD, MA • Deborah Simpson, PhD Human-in-the-Loop AI: Enhancing Assessment Item Generation in Medical Education Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Xiaomei Song, PhD • Katherine Weber, PhD

3:00pm CDT

Advancing Medical Education by Unmasking Your Inner Scholarship Superhero Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Elissa Hall • S. Beth Bierer, PhD, MEd • Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS, MH • Deborah Simpson, PhD Writing, Reading, and Rethinking LORs: A Workshop for Medical Educators Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Debra Rusk, MD • Stephanie Calato • Nagaraj Gabbur, MD • Mildred (Millie) Willy, MD

4:15pm CDT

The Learning Leader—Building Adaptive Expertise for Lasting Impact Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Bill Cutrer, MD MEd

5:15pm CDT

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

7:00am CDT

I-DARE SIG Meeting Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Monica Yepes-Rios • Amy Seegmiller Renner, PhD, MS Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3) Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

8:00am CDT

Welcome and Housekeeping Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

8:15am CDT

Creative Collaborations in Medical Education: Supporting Trainees Through the Humanities Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Ariel B. Boswell, BA, BSN, PHN, MFA • Diem Vu, MD • Chrys Yates, MA • Scott Breitinger, MD

9:30am CDT

Escape Boxes in Health Professions Education: A Serious Game for Practicing Teamwork and Communication Skills Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Jeffrey Huang, MD, MS, CHSE • Natasha S. Lee, BS • German J. Medina-Rincon, MD • Juan Jose Morales Behaine, MD

10:45am CDT

Shaping Organizational Culture from Where You Are: Practical Levers for Change in Medical Education Doctors Mayo Hall-12(level 4)Sookyung Suh, PhD • Kelly Hurst, EdD • Boyung Suh, PhD