Latha Chandran, MD, MPH

"Snowballing Academic Excellence: The Power of Networking, Mentorship and Collaboration"

Now in its eleventh year, Dr. Latha Chandran established the Women in Medicine Program at Stony Brook while participating in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) course as part of her institutional project.

8.00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.  ♦  HSC, Level 2, Lecture Hall 4

Biography

Latha Chandran MD, MPH is the Vice Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Founding Director of the Donoho Academy of Clinical and Educational Scholars (ACES), David and Miriam Donoho Distinguished Teaching Professor and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, in Stony Brook, NY. She received her medical degree from Kerala University, Medical College Trivandrum, India and her MPH from Johns Hopkins University. After her residency and chief residency at Stony Brook University Hospital, Dr. Chandran joined the Division of General Pediatrics and soon became the Division Chief in 1995. In 2005, Chandran became the first clinician educator to receive tenure in the Educator Scholar track at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Dr. Chandran has served as the Vice-Chair for Education in the department as well as the Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Chandran has several years of academic leadership experience. During her tenure as Division Director of General Pediatrics (1995-2006), she led a successful expansion of primary care access ensuring financial solvency and appropriate trainee education. Within the division, she established an accredited Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Training Program with a Certification in Patient Care Quality Scholarship. She has experience serving on medical school admissions committee as well as academic promotions and tenure committee and was instrumental in creating institutional guidelines to facilitate promotion of clinician educators using an educator portfolio template.

Since 2003, Dr. Chandran has served in various capacities in the School of Medicine Office of the Dean. In her current role as the Vice Dean, she is responsible for all aspects of undergraduate medical education, including Curriculum, Admissions, Accreditation and Student Affairs. She is also responsible for faculty affairs and faculty development programs. Institutionally, she has successfully led several strategic planning committees, educational award committees, and curricular reform initiatives. In 2011, Dr. Chandran was the leader of the school’s Liaison Committee on Medical Education Accreditation Site Visit Preparation team and led the school through a transformative team building process that has been published in Academic Medicine. In 2013, she was named the Founding Director of the Academy of Clinical and Educational Scholars (ACES) at Stony Brook School of Medicine. In 2016, Dr Chandran was inducted into the SUNY Distinguished Academy after being promoted to Distinguished Teaching Professor. In 2017, she was endowed as the David and Miriam Donoho Distinguished Teaching Professor at Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Nationally, Dr. Chandran is the co-director of a large, three- year national faculty development and certification program -- the Academic Pediatric Association (APA)’s Educational Scholars Program, a program with a huge national impact over the past 11 years. She served as the elected Chair of the Education Committee of the APA 2015-2016. Dr. Chandran has extensive leadership training and experience and has served as a faculty advisor for the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program. Dr. Chandran is a board member at the National Board of Medical Examiners and has served on several journal editorial boards. She conducts site visits with the LCME teams to various medical schools across the country. Dr. Chandran is board certified in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and is the recipient of many teaching awards including the President’s and Chancellor’s teaching awards as well as the Mentor of the Year award. Her areas of expertise include faculty development, curricular innovations, educator portfolios and educational scholarship.