Mentoring & Career Advancement

Mentoring is a crucial component to professional wellbeing and success in medicine. With the “M” in FAME standing for mentorship, we’re committed to comprehensive programming on mentorship and coaching. Through educational workshops, departmental outreach, and mentorship matching, FAME is your faculty resource for identifying and creating successful mentoring relationships.

Upcoming Events


Faculty Mentoring Program with mentorcliQ

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Additional Mentoring Resources

Watch Previous Sessions

Access the Program Archive below to view recordings of previous single-session mentorship and career advancement events.


Mentorship Committee

Mentorship Committee (expand to see committee members)
  • Don Benson, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology
  • Xiaodong Chen, PhD, MS, Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • David Eckmann, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology
  • Jill Rafael Fortney, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology
  • Lisa Hickman, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • David Kasick, MD, Associate Professor Psychiatry
  • Abberly Lott-Limbach, MD, Assistant Professor Pathology
  • Desmond Shipp, MD, Assistant Professor Dermatology
Ex-Officio Members (expand to see ex-officio members)
  • Debbie Pond, Program Director, Center for FAME
  • Kathy Tober, Director, Faculty Affairs Operations