Celebrating 10 Years! Marking a Decade of Courage, Connection, and Transformation for Women in Medicine!
Brave Enough Women's CME Conference 2026:
Faculty
Dr. Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE
Dr. Sasha is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Sasha, CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, is a well-published researcher in cardiac anesthesiology and gender equity, author, and international speaker. In 2016, Sasha was awarded the national American Medical Association's Women Physicians’ Inspiring Physician Award by her peers. Sasha’s greatest passion is empowering and encouraging others to achieve wellbeing in their professional and personal lives.
Dr. Brittney Terry
Dr. Brittney is a board certified pediatrician who received her medical degree from Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine after receiving her undergraduate degree from East Tennessee State University. She completed her residency at James H. Quillen College of Medicine. Dr. Terry grew up in Roan Mountain and knew she wanted to be a pediatrician from the time she was a little girl. Interacting with children and their families, watching kids grow and making them well again is what she values most about being a doctor. She has special interest in wellness promotion, including obesity prevention, promoting and supporting breast feeding and child abuse prevention.
Aimee L. Lowe
Aimee is the founder of Lowe Legal Group, PC LLO, a boutique law firm that provides legal services for executives and physicians, businesses, and entrepreneurs. She has worked with businesses, professionals, and physicians for over 17 years as executive advisor, general counsel, defender, litigator, negotiator, and strategist. She has negotiated hundreds of physician contracts and has helped countless open new and side businesses. Before forming Lowe Legal Group, Aimee was an equity shareholder and partner with several law firms, served as a judicial clerk with the Nebraska Court of Appeals, and was on staff as Adjunct Faculty member with the Creighton University School of Law.
Dr. D’Anna Mullins
Dr. D’Anna is a hematologist / medical oncologist practicing in the Columbus, Ohio area. She obtained her MD and PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Toledo, with a dissertation on lung cancer genetics. She went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency at The Ohio State University Medical Center, followed by a Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.
Dr. Barbara Edelheit, MD
Dr. Barbara is an accomplished pediatric rheumatologist, educator, and passionate advocate for gender equity in medicine. She serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where she has made significant contributions to both clinical care and academic leadership. At Connecticut Children’s in Hartford, CT, Dr. Edelheit holds several key leadership roles, including Division Head of Rheumatology, past Board Chair of the Connecticut Children’s Specialty Group, and Vice President of the Medical Staff.
Dr. Jennifer M. Hall, DO
Dr. Jennifer is the Owner/CEO of Blooming Wisdom Psychiatry, PLLC in Vermont. She is dual board certified in adult and geriatric psychiatry with more than 15 years of experience helping older adults achieve optimal mental health and wellness through holistic, person-centered care, by focusing on medication optimization, psychotherapy, and lifestyle interventions. Jennifer has had the privilege of serving as mentor for medical students, psychiatry residents, and early career faculty at the University of Vermont.
Dr. Tessa Cook
Dr. Tessa is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of Practice Transformation in the Department of Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She has completed her doctoral work in quantitative image processing in the Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory (PICSL). During her residency, Dr. Cook developed RADIANCE, only the second open-source radiation exposure monitoring tool used worldwide in 2010. She is an active member of multiple radiology societies, including the ACR, SIIM, AAR, and RSNA.
Dr. Christina Adams
Dr. Christina is an OB-GYN physician with 20 years of experience in both academic and private practice in the Jacksonville, FL area, and is currently working clinically as an OB Hospitalist in St. Augustine, FL. She is also a burnout and career transition coach for women physicians who want to improve their self-compassion, work/life integration, boundary setting, and leadership skills. She is the host of the Navigating Possibility podcast, and her primary coaching focus centers on those considering career transitions within medicine.
Dr. Hili Metjian
Dr. Hili's clinical interests include bronchiectasis and chronic respiratory failure. She is a co-medical director with the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation National Database Registry. Several years ago she became interested in the management of chronic respiratory failure due to neuromuscular diseases, especially in patients with ALS. She is passionate about providing evidence based care in her patients with chronic respiratory diseases.
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