About the Macy Faculty Scholars Program

In April 2025, the Macy Faculty Scholars community gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, for three days of sharing scholarship while also finding many opportunities for collaboration and camaraderie. The group was joined by leaders from the Atlanta health professions education community, including Drs. Joe LeDoux and Linda McCauley who served as guest speakers.

In June 2024, the Scholar family welcomed its newest members—the 2024 cohort—alongside special guest speakers Dr. Kimberly Manning and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice for the Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting. Held for the first time in Atlanta, Georgia, the gathering offered the opportunity to explore an overarching theme of humanity in health professions education.

In June 2023, the Macy Faculty Scholars family—Scholars, National Advisory Committee members, staff, and special guests—gathered in New York City to engage in meaningful conversations about the state and future of health professions education, share updates on their scholarly work, and find fellowship and connection with their educator colleagues and friends. This report provides a summary of the meeting.

The 2022 Annual Meeting brought the Macy Faculty Scholars family back together in person in New York for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The gathering celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Macy Faculty Scholars Program, welcomed program founder and past president Dr. George Thibault, and featured project presentations, small-group career discussions, and a commemorative anniversary dinner. This report provides a summary of the meeting.

For a second year, the Macy Faculty Scholars, National Advisory Committee members, and institutional Scholar mentors met virtually in June 2021. The 2019 and 2020 cohorts presented updates on their educational innovation projects, mentors and Scholars reflected together in small groups, and the meeting closed with a conversation about the future direction of the program. This report provides a summary of the meeting.

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macy Faculty Scholars Program held its first-ever virtual Annual Meeting in June 2020. Scholars, National Advisory Committee members, and mentors of the 2019 Scholars joined by videoconference to share project and career updates, reflect on an unprecedented year, and discuss the Macy Foundation’s newly announced strategic plan. This report provides a summary of the meeting.

In June 2019, the Macy Foundation convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the National Advisory Committee, and mentors of the 2018 Scholars in New York for a meeting designed and led by the Scholars themselves, opening with a panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This report provides a full summary of the meeting.

In June 2018, the Macy Faculty Scholars, the National Advisory Committee, and mentors of the 2017 Scholars gathered in New York to share project updates, take part in a workshop on the learning environment, and honor departing Macy President Dr. George E. Thibault. This report provides a full summary of the meeting.

In June 2017, the Macy Foundation convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the program’s National Advisory Committee and the mentors of the 2016 Scholars in New York to discuss issues they are encountering in their careers, participate in career development breakout sessions, and learn from their shared experiences. This report provides a full summary of the meeting.

In June 2016, the Macy Faculty Scholars, the program’s National Advisory Committee and the mentors for the 2015 Scholars convened in New York to discuss issues they encounter in their career and learn from shared experiences.

In June 2015, the Macy Foundation convened the Macy Faculty Scholars, the program’s National Advisory Committee and the mentors for the 2014 Scholars in New York to discuss the landscape of health professions education, the hurdles educators face when implementing interprofessional education at their institution, and ways to manage career transitions. This report provides the full summary from the meeting.

In June 2014, the Macy Foundation convened the Macy Faculty Scholars and the National Advisory Committee at the Roosevelt House in New York, welcoming the program’s first alumni cohort and hearing project presentations from the 2012 and 2013 Scholars. This report provides a full summary of the meeting.

In June 2013, Macy convened the Macy Faculty Scholars and the program’s National Advisory Committee in New York to discuss the landscape of health professions education reform and the range of new programs and approaches that are being tested in health professions institutions across the country. This report provides the full summary from the meeting.