Dr. Elza Mylona

Ph.D., University of Southern California; M.B.A., William & Mary University

Bio:

Elza Mylona, PhD, MBA, is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development and a Professor of Foundational Sciences at Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health Medical School in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  She holds a PhD and a post-doctoral degree from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from William and Mary.

Dr. Mylona has extensive leadership experience in medical school administration, educational and faculty affairs, with a focus on continuing professional development, educational planning, program implementation/evaluation, organizational development  and strategic planning. Most recently, she served for two years, as Vice Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Founding Chair of the Department of Medical Education, at University of Texas at Tyer providing oversight to all academic and faculty matters. Prior to this role, she served for a decade as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she developed a robust faculty affairs and professional development office dedicated to the support and completion of processes related to all phases of the faculty life cycle. The office was involved in all matters related to the medical and health professions faculty, including recruitment, appointment, promotion and tenure; campus governance; department & faculty reviews; leadership development; and diversity, gender, and equity, including salary equity. The office became the main resource for faculty, department chairs, and clinical affiliates—and a valuable resource for consultation and mentoring of faculty and department chairs.

In 2018, she took the lead role in the establishment of the office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness to assist the institution in consolidating all its strategic planning, accreditation, and review processes, along with critical institutional research assets, under one portfolio. Dr. Mylona has held other educational leadership roles as an Assistant and Associate Dean at the Stony Brook University, Medical School and the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine.

Dr. Mylona has focused most of her career on the development and career advancement of faculty. She has created several longitudinal training and mentoring programs for faculty including women in medicine and sciences. She is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences and has served as a co-investigator on federally funded research projects related to faculty development. Her scholarly work focuses on faculty engagement; working collaborators across the country she has studied the evolution of faculty affairs offices as well as drivers of faculty satisfaction, predictors of faculty retention, mentoring as predictor of satisfaction and retention and issues related to part-time work in academic medicine.

She has served in many leadership roles in a variety of professional associations including Chair of the Group of Faculty Affairs (AAMC/ GFA), The Generalists in Medical Education (TGME), and the Northern Group of Education Affairs (AAMC/NEGEA) and has received multiple awards for innovation, servant leadership and institutional commitment.