The Program Director Bootcamp is a longitudinal certificate course offered by the Graduate Medical Education office in collaboration with the Academy of Educators.
This program is open to all new and long-standing WashU Medicine residency and fellowship PDs from accredited and non-ACGME accredited programs. The program also welcomes existing APDs and aspiring PDs and APDs looking to enhance their skills, build community with GME leaders, learn new skills, create innovations, and focus on career and professional development.
This program will consist of 11 monthly sessions on Wednesday afternoons from August 2025 – June 2026. Attendance of at least 80% of sessions is necessary to achieve the certificate.
To enroll, faculty will need to complete the application, commit to attending at least 80% of the sessions and submit a letter of support from their department chair or division chief to ensure support for this commitment.
Course Directors: Abby Spencer, MD, MS, FACP and Dominique Cosco, MD
Application Submission: Please visit the GME website to apply.
Program Term: August 2025 – June 2026
Questions: Contact GME@wustl.edu
Elise Bardawil, Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn
Arianna Buckley, Assistant Professor of Radiology
Kate Dunsky, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
David Eisenberg, Professor of Ob/Gyn
Adam Greenblatt, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ryan Guffey, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Jennifer Heeley, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Celina Jacobi, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Erin Kane, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Peter Kang, Associate Professor of Neurology
SueLin Lett, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Baijayanta Maiti, Associate Professor of Neurology
Mary Clare McGregor, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Nidia Messias, Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Allison Mitchell, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Brendan O’Connor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
William Orr, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Matthew Parsons, Professor of Radiology
Martin Reis, Associate Professor of Radiology
Janet Scheel, Professor of Pediatrics
Snehal Shah, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chris Sumski, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Suzie Thibodeaux, Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Naga Yalla, Associate Professor of Medicine
Baback Arshi, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Yang Cao, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Matthew Chapman, Instructor in Psychiatry
Kelly Currie, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Shelby Dickison, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Daniel Emmert, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Jason Frankel, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Ige George, Associate Professor of Medicine
Chrissy Hrach, Professor of Pediatrics
Patricia Jimenez, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chang Liu, Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Jennifer Monroy, Associate Professor of Medicine
Bijal Parikh, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Chip Samson, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Eric Spiegel, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Sean Stickles, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Loc Thang, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Renee Van Stavern, Professor of Neurology
Saiama Waqar, Associate Professor of Medicine
Ashley Weinhold, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Katie Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics