This year ASGE is celebrating its 8th year of developing female leaders through its Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program. The LEAD program represents an investment by the Society in the development of diverse junior women in GI. To date more than 130 women have participated in the program.
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The presidential initiative of Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, MASGE, she recalls telling the first class in 2014, “Look around you and see the future leadership of our profession.” From academics to private practice, you will recognize many of them as leaders in the field of GI today.
The LEAD Program is a 12-month program offering female gastroenterologists an opportunity to enhance their leadership and career development skills through education, coaching and building professional networks.
“My goal in creating this program was to provide the knowledge and skills needed to develop a path that would drive more female gastroenterologists in leadership professionally and within ASGE. I am so pleased to see how far the program has come,” said Dr. Schmitt.
Now underway, meet the 2021 class. This year’s program chairs, Jennifer Maranki, MD, FASGE and Brintha Enestvedt, MD, MBA designed the program and serve as mentors to the participants for the entire year. Dr. Maranki said, “Every year the program is different with the same end goal in mind: to work with participants to develop their leadership skills and personal influence in their careers.”
Learn more about the positive impact of women in gastroenterology from LEAD alumni Anne Marie Lennon, MD, PhD, FASGE, ASGE Governing Board Councilor, and Ferga Gleeson, MD, FASGE, ASGE Member Engagement Chair from their interviews for The Advocate.
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