Recognizing the need to bolster retention on the physician-scientist career path, in 2020, the ASCI formed the Physician-Scientist Development Committee (PSDC) which monitors, creates, and supports programming for early-career physician-scientists. PSDC projects include:

  • Increasing longitudinal programming for our Early-Career Awardees, including our Young Physician-Scientist Awardees and our Emerging-Generation Awardees, which includes:
    • Leadership development workshops
    • Virtual and in-person networking opportunities
    • Panel discussions on topics including Funding, Publishing, Hiring, and Negotiating
    • The Physician Scientist Pathway Series, which brings our early-career awardees and members together with an esteemed and established colleague to converse about the physician-scientist career path
    • Presidential Panels connect early-career awardees with past, present, and future ASCI Presidents to informally discuss the physician-scientist career path
    • Multidisciplinary peer review groups

2024-2025 Committee Leadership:

Anna Ryan Hemnes, MD
Co-Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Oliver Eickelberg, MD
Co-Chair
University of Pittsburgh
Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD
Vice Chair
Weill Cornell Medicine
Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Vice Chair
University of Texas Medical School
Julie Bastarache, MD
Councilor Volunteer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD
ASCI Immediate Past President
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

2024-2025 General Assembly:

Kjersti Aagaard, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD (Washington University)
Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
Cesar Arias, MD, MSc, PhD (Houston Methodist, Texas Medical Center)
Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS (University of Washington)
Brian DeBosch, MD, PhD (Washington University)
Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Julie Goodwin, MD (Yale University)
Rajan Jain, MD (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)
Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD (Washington University)
Harmeet Malhi, MBBS (Mayo Clinic)
Steven Mansoor, MD, PhD (Oregon Health & Science University)
Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
Eric Schmidt, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Benjamin Singer, MD, PhD (Northwestern University)
David Stoltz, MD, PhD (University of Iowa)
Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Consulting Members:

Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD (2024 Seldin~Smith Awardee)
Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA (2023 YPSA)
Maria Basil, MD, PhD (2024 YPSA)
Mona Mashayekhi, MD, PhD (2023 E-Gen)
Kathryn Gessner, MD, PhD (2024 E-Gen)
Cynthia Tang (APSA President)
Rohini Guin (APSA President-Elect)

Please direct any questions about the Physician-Scientist Development Committee to programs@the-asci.org.

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