About Us
IGNITE MED is a 501 (c ) (3) organization created for women medical students to provide them with enhanced skills and additional training to ensure career success in medicine. The secondary goal of the program is to reduce burnout and attrition of women in medicine by improving individual resilience and addressing institutional and cultural issues in medicine that contribute to physician burnout. IGNITE MED provides an online didactic curriculum, group coaching, mentorship, and opportunities to conduct original research with the goal of publication. The didactic curriculum is delivered by physician educators and can be accessed through an on-demand format. Curricular topics include managing microaggressions, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, leadership, work life balance, depression and suicide, reproductive life planning, managing student debt, personal finance and entrepreneurship. Group coaching is conducted by physician certified coaches with ten students participating in six weekly one-hour sessions conducted by Zoom. IGNITE MED is designed for women but welcomes all medical students to participate.
Mission Statement
To be the premier physician led organization dedicated to ensuring women medical students will thrive as physicians practicing in their chosen specialty through the delivery of a curriculum that guides skill enhancement, the development of a supportive community and interaction with women physician role models.
Vision Statement
We seek to ensure that all women can practice medicine in their specialty of choice without gender discrimination and with the skills necessary to balance the often-conflicting demands of work and family responsibilities while enhancing personal resilience and resistance to burnout
Board of Directors
Executive Board IGNITE MED
Julia A. Files, MD FACP NCMP
Founder and President, IGNITE MED Professor of Medicine Vice Chair, Academic Appointments and Promotions Committee, Mayo Clinic Consultant, Medallion Program, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Molly Kraus, MD, FASA
Vice President, IGNITE MED
Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic | Phoenix, AZ
Angela M Donaldson, MD
Treasurer, IGNITE MED
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Joint Appointment in Department of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic, Florida
Agrwal, Neera, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Neera Agrwal is an Assistant Professor in Medicine in the Mayo Clinic Alix College of Medicine and Science, Arizona. She joined Mayo Clinic in 2005 and is a Consultant in Medallion Program, Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic since 2019. Prior to that, she worked in Hospital Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Agrwal is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
Jillian Maloney, MD
Chair of Strategic Development
Co-Chair of Fundraising
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic Arizona
Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine.
Dr. Monica Harbell
Co-Chair of Fundraising IGNITEMed
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Alyssa Streff M.D.
Co-Chair, Student Engagement IGNITEMed
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Amelia Bueche, DO
Executive Director, IGNITE MED
Associate Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Ariela Marshall, MD
Chair, Curriculum
Dr. Marshall is a classical hematologist at the University of Minnesota, the Curriculum Chair of IGNITEMed, and the Chief Innovation Officer at Women In Medicine 510(c)(3). As Curriculum Chair, she oversees the creation of a dynamic and inclusive curriculum teaching medical students who identify as women the skills they need to become successful leaders in medicine. She is an internationally-known advocate for gender equity, physician fertility, women’s rights, and work-life integration.
Dr. Lopa Misra, DO
Chair of Institutional Recruitment for IgniteMed.
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Associate Dean of Admissions, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Chair, Institutional Recruitment
As Chair of institutional recruitment, she leads strategic partnerships and outreach efforts to expand access, mentorship, and career development opportunities for future physicians. She is passionate about advancing equity, medical education, and building inclusive pathways into the physician workforce.
Paru S. David, MD, FACP, MSCP
Chair, Student Engagement IGNITEMed
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chair, Women’s Health Internal Medicine
Director-FRAMES (Foundations of Reasoning and Application in Medicine and Science)
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Randa Tao, M.D.
Chair of Research, IGNITE MED
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Academic Rank
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Randa Tao, MD, is an Associate Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and the Associate Program Director of the radiation oncology residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Dr. Tao earned her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health Research Scholar Program during medical school. She completed her residency training at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Member at Large IGNITE MED
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Women’s Health Internal Medicine
Member at Large IGNITE MED
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University
Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA, FACP, NCMP, IF
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Penny and Bill George Director, Mayo Clinic Women’s Health, Division of General Internal Medicine
Medical Director, The North American Menopause Society
Anjali Bhagra, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Mayo Clinic
Consultant and Vice Chair, Faculty Development, General Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Juliana (Jewel) Kling, MD MPH NCMP FACP IF
Member at Large IGNITE MED
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Women’s Health Internal Medicine
Associate Chair of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, Department of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Dean, Alix School of Medicine
Susan M. Moeschler, MD
Member at Large IGNITE MED
Professor of Anesthesiology
Consultant, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic