APA SIG: Mid-Career Faculty

Monday, April 28, 2025

2:00pm – 3:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 307

CE: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Pooja Tandon, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Eliana Perrin, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Matthew di Guglielmo, MD PhD (he/him/his)

Chief, Division of General Academic Pediatrics
NemoursAlfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH

Professor
Pediatrics
John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School part of UTHealth at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):

Pooja S. Tandon, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Matthew di Guglielmo, MD PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

The purpose and mission of this SIG are to foster ongoing mentorship, coaching, peer support, networking, career development, guidance in leadership development, and success of academic faculty who identify as mid-career. We welcome academic faculty from research/scientist, clinical educator, advocacy, and clinician scholar tracks. We welcome MD, DO, and PhD faculty who are Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor rank if “mid-career” issues are at the forefront of their minds!

After a very successful inaugural meeting of the Mid-career SIG at PAS 2024, we plan to build on the positive feedback we received to continue meeting our members’ needs. Those that attended our first SIG meeting reported that they felt “seen” and “validated” and that the SIG gave them a “home” for mentorship through this career period. The most valuable parts of the meeting were the life-hack sharing and the keynote speaker. Members wanted more time learning from each other and talking about strategies for overcoming the challenges they face. With these goals and desires in mind, the SIG chairs and sponsor plan to deliver the following agenda at PAS 2025’s session.

Learning Objectives:

Network with mid-career academic pediatrics faculty from other institutions.
Hear from a keynote speaker about how to navigate mid-career professional restlessness and work towards answering “Am I doing what I want to be doing?”
Learn strategies from peers on how to handle common challenges faced during mid-career.

Presentations:

2:00pm – 2:10pm HST

Introduction to SIG & Session; Review SIG Feedback from Last Year
SIG Speaker: Pooja S. Tandon, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine
2:10pm – 2:50pm HST

How to Navigate Mid-career Professional Restlessness
SIG Speaker: Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS (she/her/hers) – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine
2:50pm – 3:15pm HST

Life-hacks and Peer Advice for Common Challenges During Mid-career
SIG Speaker: Matthew di Guglielmo, MD PhD (he/him/his) – NemoursAlfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
3:15pm – 3:30pm HST

Wrap up and Next Steps for the Mid-career SIG
SIG Speaker: Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH – John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School part of UTHealth at Houston