Adair Heyl, Ph.D.

Vice Chair of Education

Positions

2011-               Vice Chair of Education, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, the University of Louisville KY

2011-2011       Director of Faculty Affairs, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA

2009-2011       Vice Chair of Education, Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA

2003-2009       Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA

2002-2009       Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA

1999-2003       Director of the Women in Medicine and Science Mentoring Program, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA

1999-2003       Director of Office of Women’s Affairs, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA

1978-1999       Independent Business Contractor

1977-1978       Director, Mental Health Clinic, Menominee Indian Reservation, Keshena WI

1974-1975       Instructor of Child Development: A&T State University, Guilford Technical Institute, Greensboro NC, and the Continuing Medical Education Center for Pregnant        Teens, Winston-Salem NC

Editorships

2002-2005       Associate Editor, Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association

2003-2005       Editor, JAMWA Connections

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Master of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Doctor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Honors

1977-present Omicron Nu national honor society

2011              Co-president of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women at Emory University

Selected Abstracts

Heyl PS, Heyl AR, Briton BS, Slotnick RN, Hopson SC, Lee LW. Reproductive Hazards in the Medical Environment, 2002 Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)/Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics & Gynecology (CREOG), Dallas, TX, March 6-9, 2002.

Emery N, Heyl A, Liu L, Major D, McFarlin S, Mihalecz M.  Formal and Informal Mentoring Among Men and Women in Medical School.  Academy of Management 2001 Conference, Washington, DC, August 3-8, 2001.

Selected Poster Presentations

Heyl AR & Schmidt E. Improving Residency Training in OBGYN Emergencies Utilizing Simulated Team    Drills. MODSIM World 2007, Virginia Beach, VA September 11-12, 2007.

Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition. Research Expo 2006, Ted Constant Convocation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, April 5, 2006. (Schmidt, Scerbo, Heyl, Kapur)

Facilitated Mentoring: Means for Promoting Lifetime Learning, 2002 Southern Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting (SGEA), Charleston, SC, March 14-15, 2002.

Mentoring Women in Medicine, 111^th AAMC Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 27-November 1, 2000.

Developing a Women in Medicine Mentoring Program, AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting in Richmond, VA, March 9, 2000.

Selected Publications

Ballagh SA & Heyl AR. Communicating with women about menstrual cycle symptoms. Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2008;53:837-846.

Heyl AR & Schmidt E. Improving Residency Training in OBGYN Emergencies Utilizing Simulated Team Drills. MODSIM World 2007, Virginia Beach, VA September 11-12, 2007.

Schmidt  EA, Scerbo MW, Kapur G, Heyl AR. Task sequencing effects for open and closed loop laparoscopic skills. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, February 8, 2007 (presented); paper published in conference syllabus.

Heyl AR. Climbing the Ladder: Making the Most of Mentoring. JAMWA. Spring 2005;60(1)11-14.

Heyl AR. We Must Improve the Statistics. JAMWA. Winter 2004;60(1)3. (Editorial on domestic violence)

Heyl AR. The Transition from Career to Retirement: Focus on Well-being and Financial Considerations. JAMWA. Fall 2004;59(4)235-237.

Heyl AR. Rx for Negotiating. JAMWA. Spring 2003;58(2)120.

Research Support

NIH/NICHD U01 HD066439A (Taylor, RN, Emory University, P.I.)
“Atlanta Center for Translational Research in Endometriosis (ACTRE)”
Role on project: Co-Investigator
Funded effort: 5%   8/2010-7/201; Amount: $309,000 Annual Total Costs

“Quality Control/Assurance Utilizing Obstetrical Simulated Team Drills” 2006-2007
Role on project: Principle-Investigator

“Training Optimization Paradigms for OBGYN Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition” 2005-2006
Role on project: Principle-Investigator