AAN Leadership Development
Cultivating Leaders. Building Neurology's Future.
|LocationCultivating Leaders. Building Neurology's Future.
|LocationThis empowering and inspirational leadership program is designed to help mid-career participants tackle gender disparities head-on, create a peer network with other women AAN members, and advance to the top levels of leadership in their fields and within the Academy.
The 2024 application period is now closed. If you would like to be notified when the next application period opens, please complete the interest form below.
No other program in the country matches this caliber of all-expenses-paid leadership development opportunity that incorporates quality training, personalized coaching and mentoring tailored specifically to women neurologists.
The Women Leading in Neurology program will kick off in person in early February 2024, continue with in-person programming in April 2024, and program graduation in September 2024. The AAN covers all program-related expenses for the selected participants.
An eligible applicant must be a certified neurologist and active AAN member residing in the United States.*
Eligible 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 2024 Women Leading in Neurology program is supported in part by:
Advocate Level
Benefactor Level
Associate Level
Merz Therapeutics, LLC ▪ Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Friend Level
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ▪ Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. ▪ Amneal Pharmaceuticals
This program was an invaluable experience that helped me know myself more deeply, articulate my strengths and values more clearly, and identify and improve areas of needed growth in my personal and professional life. The executive coaching provided me with much-needed guidance, assessing my current position and helping me forge a pathway forward. The professional relationships and friendships developed through the program will continue long after its completion. Even as we were forced into meeting virtually during the pandemic, the program continued to be just as powerful.
Sarah J. Hon, DO, FAAN
2020 Women Leading in Neurology Graduate
This program gave me a confidence to step forward and take on new challenges without being afraid to fall. I feel reinvigorated in my work and honored to be a neurologist and a contributing member of the AAN, an organization obviously dedicated to improving gender equality and increasing diversity in their leadership ranks.
Renee Pazdan, MD, FAAN
2017 Women Leading in Neurology Graduate
For additional information please contact Sarah Dietman, Member Leadership Development Program Manager, at (612) 928-6182.