2026 Education Conference and Celebration Schedule

Conference Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
Armstrong Medical Education Building
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Conference will be blended in-person and via Zoom

Morning Sessions

Time Schedule
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. ET

Welcome - Welcome and Plenary Address will be offered in-person in AMEB 402 and virtually via Zoom

  • Joseph Cofrancesco, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Director, Institute for Excellence in Education; Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education Professor of Medicine, JHUSOM; Professor, Acute and Chronic Care, JHUSON
  • Sanjay V. Desai, MD, Vice Dean for Education, JHUSOM
  • Rita D’Aoust, PhD, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, JHUSON
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. ET

Plenary Address

Brian T Garibaldi

Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP
Director, Center for Bedside Medicine
Charles Horace Mayo Professor
Professor, Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Topic: Reinvigorating the Bedside Clinical Exam

In-person:
Armstrong Medical Education Building
1600 McElderry Street
Baltimore, MD 21205 

10:30 - 12:00 p.m. ET

Oral Abstract Presentations - Offered in-person in AMEB 402 and virtually via Zoom

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Moderators: Julia F. Shalen, MD
                     Ashley M. Paul, MD
                     Tina Zhang, MD  

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET

Lunch and Awards Presentations - Offered in-person in AMEB 402 and virtually via Zoom  

Afternoon Sessions

Choose either Track A or Track B

TRACK A

TRACK B

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

Poster Presentations - Offered virtually via Zoom

Zoom Room 1
Faculty Moderator: Tai Hairston, MD, MEHP 

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Zoom Room 2
Faculty Moderator: Alexandra Abbate, MD 

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Abstract Review Committee

  • Julia Shalen, MD, MAEd, (Chair) Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Co-Director, Medical Education Pathway, Program Director, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship, JHUSOM
  • Belinda Chen, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director, Faculty Development Programs in Curriculum Development, JHBMC
  • W. Christopher Golden, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, JHUSOM; Director, Pediatrics Core Clerkship; Medical Director, Newborn Nursery, JHH
  • Tai Hairston MD, MEHP, Fellow, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, JHUSOM
  • Scott Lifchez, MD, Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Director, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Service, JHBMC
  • Ashley M. Paul, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurology; Clerkship Director, Neurology Core Clerkship, JHUSOM
  • Tina Zhang, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Co-director, Medical Education Pathway, JHUSOM

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET - Offered Virtually via Zoom

Foundations of Educational Scholarship

 Facilitator: Stephen Sozio, MD, MHS, MEHP

2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET

 Afternoon Workshop - Offered virtually via Zoom

Topic: Strategies for the use of AI in Medical Education Research

Faculty:  Julia Shalen, MD, MAEd
              Austin Tremblay, PhD, MFA
              Nathan Graham, PhD, MFA

 

 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. ET

Educational Scholarship Shark Tank - Offered in-person in AMEB 402 and virtually via Zoom 

Finalists will be selected to present proposals to our panel of Education Scholarship Sharks, who may distribute $10,000. The best proposal may get it all, the money may be divided among projects, or it may not be given at all! 

Sharks:

  • Jessica Bienstock, MD
  • Rita D'Aoust, PhD
  • Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
  • Jed Wolpaw, MD, MEd
  • Scott Wright, MD

 

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