Session A: For Undergraduates/Medical Students/Residents

      Moderator: Patricia Sylla
      Panel: Christopher Burnett, Kellie McFarlin, Sarah Samreen, Scott Gallagher

• Preparing for Success during the Pandemic Aftermath
  • Virtual/Zoom Interviews: Making a Good Impression Online
  • Professionalism: A Look in the Mirror – Do people see me the way I see myself?
  • Medical School/Residency/Fellowship Application Process – Selecting and Evaluating Programs Online
• Social Media: The Rules of Online Engagement
• Financial Planning
  • Loans/Debt

Session B: For Fellows/Attendings

      Moderator: Leigh Neumayer
      Panel: Dana Telem, Kim Kirkwood, Laila Rashidi, Melissa Phillips

• Financial Planning (from the perspective of someone in the medical field)
  • Personal Financial Planning
    • Loans/Debt: Why they don’t matter
    • Investment – Basics that most people ignore
• Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Practice
  • Transitioning jobs & Onboarding
  • How to negotiate with administration –
  • How to start your practice and increase referral base
  • Improve and achieve clinic workflow
• Mentoring the Next Generation (high school/undergrad/med students)
  • Relating to GenZ – how is it different? Should it be different?
  • Reality vs. expectation – how to discuss the hard side of surgery (especially as a woman) without discouraging future surgeons

• COVID-19 Photo Slideshow
• The Change of the ‘Healthcare Ecosystem’: Global Labor, Revenue Shortages, Retirement, and Burnout

      Moderator: Julie Ann Sosa
      Panel: Aurora Pryor, Kim Kirkwood, Leigh Neumayer, Nancy Gantt, Patricia Numann, Patricia Sylla

• Historical Expectations of Women Surgeons: Balancing Authenticity with ‘Fitting In’
• Women and Leadership – Leadership Styles
• Lack of women in academic surgery/research

9:00-9:45 am | Panel: Is the Scale Balanced? Are there shifts in our numbers, opportunities, and/or barriers?

      Moderator: Lynn O’Connor
      Panel: Julie Ann Sosa, Laila Rashidi, Mary Dillhoff, Sandra Wong

• Myths about Women Surgeons
• Are More Women Joining the Field or are Men Leaving? How does this impact?
• Pipeline of women ascending to leadership
• Negotiate what you are worth

9:45-10:30 am | Panel: Diversity/Equity/Inclusion: Meritocracy in Surgery

      Moderator: Sanziana Roman
      Panel: Dana Telem, Kellie McFarlin, Laila Rashidi, Megan Jenkins, Melissa Hogg, Omaida Velazquez   

• How to Address and Embrace Diversity
• Why representation and networks matter
• Sexism and Handling Microaggressions
• How to Handle Gender Identity: Pronouns matter
• Addressing Bias: Acknowledging women surgeons based on competence, performance, and outcomes

      Moderator: Aurora Pryor
      Panel: Alisa Coker, Cristina Ferrone, Krista Haines, Mary Killackey, Paresh Shah

• Lessons Learned: Recognizing Positives and Negatives in the Aftermath
• Utilizing COVID as an Accelerant: Motivation to Move Forward
• Altering the Way We Practice and Communicate

11:30 am -12:15 pm | The business of surgery: COVID Era

      Moderator: Dana Telem
      Panel: Paresh Shah, Darla Hutton, Linda Richetelli-Pepe, Maureen Ayral

• The Business of Surgery
  • New determinants of care
  • Innovation has accelerated post Covid – how to integrate new models into practice
• How to invent, disclose, develop, commercialize IP
• Digital Transformation: using Data Transparency to your advantage
• How COVID has changed the payer aspect
• Financial planning is critical to success

      Moderator: Janet Tuttle Newhall
      Panel: Caitlin Houghton, Julie Ann Sosa, Mary Dillhoff, Mary Killackey, Melissa Phillips

• Be Bold – recognize the importance of believing in yourself (gaining confidence, asking for you want)
• Mental Offloading – managing your energy and your boundaries
• Health and Wellness – self-care is not selfish; how to move beyond self-reliance to empowering and equip others to work for you
• How to reinvent yourself and your brand

      Moderator:Vivian Gahtan
      Panel: Cristina Ferrone, Pam Hodul, Scott Gallagher

• Tips on Applying to Medical School or Residencies
• Online Interviews
• How to shine on your application

Balancing Career and Family

      Moderator:Vivian Gahtan
      Panel: Alisa Coker, Aurora Pryor, Dana Telem, Heather Sinner, Lynn O’Connor, Nancy Gantt

• Family Planning: When is the best time to have kids?
• Super Parent: Making time for family and yourself

Importance of Having Mentors

      Moderator: Vivian Gahtan
      Panel: Alisa Coker, Iswanto Sucandy, Mary Killackey, Paresh Shah, Patricia Numann, Sandra Wong

• Mentor/Mentee Relationship
• Not to Fear, Mentors are Here: How to approach experienced surgeons

      Moderator: Leigh Neumayer
      Panel: Kandace Kichler, Laila Rashidi, Megan Jenkins, Patricia Sylla

• Tips on Applying to Programs
• Online Interviews
• How to shine on your application

Family Dynamics: Balancing Career and Family

      Moderator: Leigh Neumayer
      Panel: Kandace Kichler, Kellie McFarlin, Laila Rashidi, Melissa Phillips, Sarah Samreen

• Panel: Single vs. Married Life
• Fertility
• The myth of the equal distribution of household tasks – carrying the mental workload of the home

New Expectations for Fellows After the Pandemic

      Moderator: Leigh Neumayer
      Panel: Kandace Kichler, Krista Haines

• Job seeking and preparing to negotiate
• How to build a practice
• Financial planning readiness

      Moderator: Janet Tuttle Newhall
      Panel: Marie Catherine Lee, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Melissa Hogg, Omaida Velazquez

• Academic Leadership – Guiding the next generation
• Administrative Leadership – Making the business of medicine your business
• Research Leadership – How to navigate the transition out of ‘young investigator’

Family Dynamics

      Moderator: Janet Tuttle Newhall
      Panel: Marie Catherine Lee, Melissa Hogg, Vedra Augenstein

• Single vs. Married Life
• Fertility
• The myth of the equal distribution of household tasks – carrying the mental workload of the home

Redefining Surgical Research and Education

      Moderator: Darla Hutton, Intuitive Surgical

• Artificial Intelligence centric surgical training?
• Future technologies for training resident/fellows