Marie Borum, M.D., Ed.D. ’03, M.P.H. ’95, RESD ’88, professor of medicine at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), and director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, has been selected as a member of the 2014–15 class of Fellows in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program. The appointment places Borum among the nation’s leading women in academic medicine, dentistry, and public health.
The intensive one-year fellowship program supports executive education, personal leadership assessments and coaching, and networking and mentoring activities. Fellows develop a broader vision of their role within their academic health centers; enhance their leadership effectiveness, understanding of strategic finance, and ability to lead organizational change; and join an active resource network of women leaders.