AAN Leadership Development
Cultivating Leaders. Building Neurology's Future.
|LocationCultivating Leaders. Building Neurology's Future.
|LocationThe AAN recognizes the importance of having leaders who reflect the demographics of its members and the patients they serve. This program provides a meaningful professional developmental experience that fully engages members from underrepresented neurology groups. Through this empowering and inspirational leadership program participants develop their critical leadership skills.
The 2024 application period is now closed. Notifications will be sent in summer 2024.
No other program in the country matches this caliber of all-expenses-paid leadership development opportunity that incorporates training, personalized coaching and mentoring tailored specifically for underrepresented neurology groups.
The program will kick off October 22-24, 2024, and participants will graduate in person in June 2025.
Eligible applicant must be a certified neurologist and active AAN member residing in the United States.*
The AAN Leadership Development Programs intentionally aim to choose a broad range of applicants that reflect the diversity of both the population and the communities we engage with. We strongly encourage applicants from various backgrounds to apply, embracing diversity in factors such as race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and individuals with disabilities.
* if you have unique circumstances and feel you are an exception to the eligibility criteria for this program, please contact us.
AAN members interested in participating in the program should submit the following documents in PDF format, in addition to your responses to the essay questions, as part of the application process:
Preference will be given to applicants who have not completed any of the intensive AAN Leadership Programs. We consider the diversity and experience of the whole cohort beyond individual attributes to provide the best learning environment.
The AAN's Diversity Leadership Program has given me the opportunity to better understand what is indispensable for a successful career as a physician and leader in our field. This program has revealed how essential it is to align my passions and core values, as well as my personal vision and life mission, to the strategic implementation of actionable plans that will result in equitable health care, which is my goal. Truly, I feel blessed and I am grateful for my participation and collaboration with other leaders in our field. I urge physicians who identify as underrepresented in medicine to apply!
Clarimar Borrero-Mejias, MD
The Diversity Leadership Program was a transformative career experience. I gained a stronger understanding of the AAN opportunities, a network of peers that have become friends, and a clearer plan of how to build a career that serves my priorities and society at large.
Gerson Suarez-Cedeño, MD
To promote greater diversity and inclusion, the AAN has developed a strategy to engage AAN members from underrepresented groups.
The 2024 Diversity Leadership Program is supported in part by:
Advocate Level
Associate Level
EMD Serono
Friend Level
Lilly
For additional information please contact Amy Nostdahl, Associate Director, Member Leadership Development at (612) 928-6033.