American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting 2023

Leadership Development Course

Join us for the 1st annual ATA Leadership Development Course. Learn about your leadership style and how goal setting enhance your effectiveness as a leader. Discover opportunities for leadership within the ATA, and network with others on similar career paths. Leadership skills gained in this course will be applicable to your own institution and your current and future leadership role within the ATA.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

7:30-7:45 AM

Check-In & Networking

7:45 – 7:50 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Julie Ann Sosa, MD, ATA President

7:50 – 10:45 am

Finding Your Leadership Style

Christy Foldenauer, Fortis Leadership

Learn about your personal leadership style, and how the DiSC assessment can help you maximize your leadership effectiveness and work effectively with people who have other DiSC styles. Participants will take a DiSC personality assessment prior to the session and review the differences and similarities of the DiSC styles. Participants will gain an understanding of what DiSC is, how different DiSC styles can impact communication, improve relationships with others and gain skills for working together to create effective leadership teams.

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 pm

Goal Setting as a Leadership Strategy

  • Kristi Graves, PhD; Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Georgetown University

Enhance your effectiveness as a leader and work to achieve your personal career aspirations by developing your career goals. Participants will work with Dr. Graves to consider what you find valuable in your work and identify both short- and long-term goals that align with your strengths and weaknesses. Small group discussions will help refine these goals and apply them to “real-life” situations. Participants will come away with at least one action item that they can implement to start them on their path to career advancement.

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Networking Lunch with ATA Leadership

1:00 – 1:15 PM

Leadership Opportunities in the ATA

  • Amanda Perl, ATA Executive Director

1:15 – 2:45 PM

Leadership Lessons Interactive Discussion

  • Laura Boucai, MD, Associate Professor Of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Co-Chair, Leadership Development Course
  • Tracy Tylee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington, Co-Chair, Leadership Development Course
  • James Fagin, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Subspecialty Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, ATA Past President
  • Whitney Goldner, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Chair of the ATA Awards Committee, Member of the ATA Annual Meeting Program Committee
  • Peter Kopp, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Lausanne, ATA Past President, Past Editor-in-Chief of Thyroid®, Co-Chair of the ATA Centennial Task Force
  • Elizabeth Pearce, MD, Professor of Medicine, Boston University, ATA Past President, Co-Chair ATA Centennial Task Force

2:45 – 3:00 PM

Wrap Up & Closing Remarks

  • Laura Boucai, MD, Associate Professor Of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Co-Chair, Leadership Development Course
  • Tracy Tylee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington, Co-Chair, Leadership Development Course