Prestigious national award points at Medical School education leader

Louito C. Edje, M.D., MHPE, FAAP, is recipient of the ELUM Compass Award, a special award given as part of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program’s 30th anniversary celebration. 

ELAM is a prestigious national leadership fellowship for women which aims to increase and sustain the number and impact of women in leadership positions in the health sciences. The program has more than 1,600 alumnae (ELUMs) in high-level leadership positions (including provosts, deans, chief officers, and chairs) at 300 health institutions across the country. 

Edje is senior associate dean of medical education, and the inaugural David M. Wu, M.D. and Bernadine E. Wu, M.D., Endowed Professor and a professor of family medicine and learning health sciences, in the Medical School. A 2023 ELAM alumna, she is being honored for her work and activities that are trail blazing toward some or all of the following quadruple aims:

• Improving the health of populations

• Enhancing the experience of care for individuals

• Modeling appropriate use of health care resources

• Attaining joy in work 

The award will be presented on May 1 during the ELAM 30th anniversary gala in Philadelphia.