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Women in Academic & Clinical Leadership Across the World
“It is IMPOSSIBLE !!”
WACEM21 Presents Inspiring Lessons from Women Leaders in Academic & Clinical Medicine.
Women are leading the way in Academic and Clinical Medicine with a unique set of leadership skills.
This is a phenomenon across disciplines and countries in different stages.
While Many across sections of learned society around the world are professing demands for Gender Equality, it is time to move forward by getting inspired from Women Leaders who have defied the norms and rejuvenated optimism in the fact that…. ”Regardless of the Challenges…. Leading, Inspiring and Transforming is Possible”.
It is Time for a New Framework for Women Leadership in Academic & Clinical Medicine.
The Transformers of Tomorrow Making it Happen Today

Dr. Lisa Moreno-Walton
President, The American Academy of Emergency Medicine, USA

Major General Dr. Vibha Dutta
SM Director & CEO, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India

Dr. Tarang Gianchandani
CEO, Sir. HN. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

Dr. Silvana T Dal Ponte
Head of Emergency Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Dr. Veronica Tucci
Director For Research in Emergency Medicine, HCA/USF OAK HILL Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Florida, USA

Dr. Madurangi Ariyasinghe
Emergency POCUS Leader, Sri Lanka

Dr. Pia Daniels
Director for Emergency Preparedness, SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine, New York

Dr. Nidhi Garg
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA

Dr. Shruti Chandra
Program Director of Digital Health & Tele Health Education, Jefferson University, USA

Dr. Nana Afia Nsua Boateng
Head of Emergency Medicine Department, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge Accra, Ghana

Dr. Kim Leighton
Executive Director, Itqan Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center, Department of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Afrah Ali
Faculty of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland, Home of The Dr. R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, USA

Dr. Prerna Batra
Director Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India

Dr. Veronica Sikka
Chief of Virtual Care in the United States of America Veterans Affairs (VA), Sunshine Healthcare Network, VISN 8, USA

Dr. Maura Sammon
Director of Global Health, Temple University School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Samiddhi Samarakoon
Deputy Director of National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Professor Dr. Zeynep Cakir
Chair of Emergency Medicine , Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey