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WIMS > Scholarships > Previous Attendees
Women from the University of Kansas School of Medicine have attended the AAMC Professional Development Series since 1990. In recent years WIMS has proudly tried to send two members of our faculty, both a clinician and a basic scientist, to each of the career seminars based on where they were in their career. Some attendees have been sponsored by their departments and others have personally paid for their own trip. Learn more about the KU WIMS Scholarship opportunities to attend one of the AAMC Early or Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Conferences.
| Year | Seminar | Attendee | Position |
| 1990 | Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar |
Kathleen Weatherstone, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1991 | Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar |
Jean Richards Harty, MD | Developmental Pediatrician |
| 1991 | Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar |
Verda J. Hunter, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1991 | Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar |
Helen B. Lovell, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1993 | Early Career | Phyllis L. Steer, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1993 | Early Career | Elizabeth Thomas, MD | |
| 1993 | Early Career | Kathryn E. Welch, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1993 | Mid Career | Cynda Johnson, MD | Associate Professor |
| 1994 | Early Career | Belinda A. Vail, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1994 | Mid Career | Jane L Murray, MD | Chairman |
| 1995 | Early Career | Pamela K Shaw, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1996 | Early Career | Julia A Chapman, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1996 | Early Career | Diane L Persons, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1996 | Mid Career | Carol B Lindsley, MD | Professor |
| 1996 | Mid Career | Jill C Pelling, PhD | Associate Prof |
| 1997 | Early Career | Debra L Smith, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 1997 | Mid Career | Leela Krishnan, MD | Professor |
| 1997 | Mid Career | Susan K Pingleton, MD | Professor |
| 1998 | Early Career | Kathryn Veal, M.D. | Clinical Assistant Professor |
| 1999 | Early Career | Rosemary Laird, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| 1999 | Early Career | Connie Marsh, M.D. | Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavior Services |
| 1999 | Mid Career | Jill Pelling, Ph.D. | Professor, Pathology |
| 2000 | Early Career | Karen SantaCruz, M.D. | Assistant Professor, Pathology |
| 2000 | Mid Career | Valerie Rice, M.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2000 | Early Career | Maureen Dudgeon, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 2000 | Early Career | Ann L Polich, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 2001 | Early Career | Jessica Hellings, M.D. | Director of Medicine Retardation/Autism |
| 2001 | Mid Career | Rebecca Horvat, Ph.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2001 | Mid Career | Belinda Vail, M.D. | Co-Interim Chair, Family Medicine |
| 2002 | Mid Career | Sally Rigler, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| 2003 | Early Career | Barbara Atkinson, M.D. | Executive Dean |
| 2004 | Early Career | Marcia Nielsen, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2004 | Mid Career | Connie Marsh, M.D. | Clinical Associate Professor |
| 2004 | Mid Career | Linda Nelson, M.D. | Associate Professor and Division |
| 2005 | Early Career | Lisa Gilmer, M.D. | Clinical Assistant Professor |
| 2005 | Mid Career | Alison Dobbie, | Associate Professor and Associate |
| 2005 | Mid Career | Jo-Ann Harris, M.D. | Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and |
| 2005 | Mid Career | Deborah McPherson, M.D. | Associate Program Director |
| 2005 | Mid Career | Geetha Raghuveer, M.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2005 | Mid Career | Pam Shaw, M.D. | Clinical Associate Professor |
| 2006 | Early Career | Fang Fan, M.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2006 | Early Career | Mary McDonald, M.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2008 | Early Career | Paige Geiger, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2008 | Early Career | Hannah Maxfield, M.D. | Assistant Professor |
| 2008 | Mid Career | Heidi Chumley, M.D. | Senior Associate Dean Medical Education |
| 2008 | Mid Career | Beth Levant, Ph.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2009 | Early Career | Carrie Wieneke, M.D. | |
| 2009 | Mid-Career | Ann Davis, Ph.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2009 | Mid-Career | Grace Shih, M.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2009 | Mid-Career | Julie Wei, M.D. | Associate Professor |
| 2010 | Early Career | Yelizaveta Shnayder, M.D. | Doctor |
| 2010 | Early Career | Grace Liejun Guo, Ph.D. M.B.B.S. | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Early Career | Mukta Kumar, M.D. M.P.H. | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 |
Mid-Career |
Rongish Brenda, PhD TOP 10 Things I Learned |
Associate Professor |
| 2010 | Mid-Career | Ladesich Linda, MD | Associate Professor |
| 2011 | Early Career | Eck Leigh, MD Top 6 Highlights from My Experience |
Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Early-Career | Choi In-Young, PhD | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Early-Career | Pollack Ania, MD | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Mid-Career | Vansaghi Lisa, MD | Associate Professor |
| 2011 | Mid-Career | Patton Susana, PhD | Associate Professor |