Cindy Gadea, MPA
Miami,USA
Summary
Exemplary experience and achievements as an academic program administrative director. Results-driven leader with strong background in strategic management and organizational growth. Skilled in developing and implementing effective business strategies, optimizing processes, and driving team performance. Known for adaptability, effective collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes in dynamic environments. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with focus on fostering productive and positive team culture.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, Continuing Medical Education
University of Miami
Miami, FL
07.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the senior level administration and overall academic operations of the Prehospital and Emergency Training Division (PETD) of the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education (the Gordon Center)
- Course Management: Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of training courses, ensuring accurate scheduling, recordkeeping, and management of course materials, databases, and enrollment processes
- Accreditation Management: Manage processes for continuing education credit, including compliance with accreditation bodies
- Operations Management: Contributing to data reporting, budget planning, and strategic improvements to processes, systems, and operations
- Collaborating with leadership on goal-setting and administrative efficiency
- Personnel Management: Managing the administrative team, including recruitment, training, performance evaluations, and professional development
- Partnerships and Collaboration: Facilitating contracts, managing relationships with external organizations, and supporting partnerships with educational and healthcare institutions
- Communications and Marketing: Promoting educational products, overseeing marketing strategies, and serving as a liaison to internal and external stakeholders
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL
05.2019 - 07.2024
- Define and officiate all program policies governing medical students; investigate and remediate any adverse actions involving student interactions with residents and/or medical staff
- Collaborate with key college leadership to review and evaluate strategic program initiatives, refine operational procedures, and governance structure
- Liaise communications with external professional associations, societies, and schools
- Monitor overall student performance and operations
- Identify high-priority initiatives; develop work plans and timelines
- Budget oversight and authoritative control of expenses/revenue for each affiliated school
- Assist Graduate Medical Education department with Annual Institutional Review as it pertains to Undergraduate Medical Education
- Governed Covid-19 operations and pandemic related policies affecting students/faculty
- Actively serve as a member of several internal committees facilitating leadership in communication of information and discussions supporting Undergraduate, Graduate, and Continuing Medical Education strategic directives
- Composed a comprehensive undergraduate education recruitment/marketing strategy for Residency Programs across affiliated schools
- Led cross-functional discussions with respective internal department heads in development, coordination, and execution of targeted marketing activities
- Fostered student contacts with Program Directors and facilitated presentations of Residency Program information at local schools
- Teamed with Chief Academic Officer to expand academic affiliations from three to five schools
- Facilitated meetings between school leadership (associate deans and directors) and Memorial’s teaching faculty leads
- Involved in negotiation process and finalizing a pay structure based on number of students that join the program each academic year
- Support staff efforts in assessing student backgrounds and legitimacy in credentialing approximately 300 students each academic year
- Facilitate planning and coordination of events for nine Annual Residency Open Houses extended to students enrolled in local schools
- Events include hospital tours, meetings with Program Directors and current Residents, and information about Residency Programs
- Streamlined clinical rotation processes for each affiliated school
- Gained approval to establish eleven ‘Clerkship Directors’ to accommodate processes
- Garnered funding from each school academic partnership and together with Chief Academic Officer, selected Directors who receive a stipend at each academic year end for coordination tasks
- Partnered with Chief Academic Officer in implementing a payment structure for schools not previously paying and for new partnering schools
- Researched structures used by other teaching hospitals; calculated total number of new additional students and total number of weeks assigned to arrive at an optimal amount
- Grew the Undergraduate Medical Education budget by an additional $80K in fiscal year 2023
Program Manager
Florida International University
Miami, FL
10.2015 - 04.2019
- Presided over educational program framework and activities accommodating 4th year medical students through graduation for Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
- Onboarded and supervised a Program Coordinator and an Administrative Assistant to support re-ordering of program components to better accommodate 40 additional students (80 to 120)
- Joined Associate Dean for Clinical Medical Education in diligent efforts to reach out to affiliated hospitals/clinics and new sites as well as gain acceptance to increase the number of students for clinical rotation experience
- Administrative authority over all 4th year students’ schedules, curriculum, and coordination of clinical rotations at affiliated hospitals/clinics
- In conjunction with affiliated schools, controlled in-house orientation for students entering 4th year education program, and credentialing processes
- Oversight of accurate/complete evaluations and documentation of clinical rotation experience required for graduation
Program Coordinator
Florida International University
Miami, FL
05.2011 - 10.2015
- Defined and prescribed a curriculum course selection and schedule for 4th year students; edited syllabi and curriculum documents
- Collaborated with Director of Accreditation to design/update accreditation materials and submitted to Liaison Committee on Medical Education
- Periodically presented an updated overview of curriculum, policies, and expectations to Graduate Medical Education Office staff
- Coordinated clinical rotation schedules for 4th year students with affiliated hospitals/clinics
- Supervised an Administrative Assistant in collection of all student grades and evaluations
- Re-organized internal processes to accommodate doubling of class size from 40 to 80 students
- Teamed with Associate Dean for Clinical Medical Education to offer students a wider selection of specialties/subspecialties and increase the number of students each facility would accept at training intervals
Education
Executive Ed.D. - Higher Education Leadership
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL05.2027
Master of Public Administration -
Florida International University
Miami, FL12.2013
Bachelor of Science - Communication
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL12.2010
Skills
- Budget Management
- Committee Leadership
- Departmental Supervision
- Interpersonal Communication
- Operational Refinement
- Program Management
- Recruitment/Marketing Strategy
- Relationship Building
Accomplishments
- Created an Undergraduate Medical Education Committee consisting of Chief Academic Officer and eleven Clerkship Directors. Committee convened quarterly to strategize improvements to the medical student experience across all specialties/subspecialties within six-hospital Memorial Healthcare System., 06/01/22
- Improved functionality of faculty preparedness by re-structuring and optimizing clinical rotation program for Memorial Healthcare System with establishment of a ‘Clerkship Director’ role within the Undergraduate Medical Education department.
Affiliations
- National Society of Leadership and Success, Presidential Member, 01/2025 to Current
- Mentorship at Memorial, Memorial Healthcare System, Mentee, 01/2024 – 06/2024
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, Memorial Healthcare System, 09/2023
- Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, Memorial Healthcare System, Member, 06/2022 - 07/2024
- Continuing Medical Education Committee, Memorial Healthcare System, Member, 06/2022 - 07/2024
- Graduate Medical Education Committee, Memorial Healthcare System, Member, 05/2019 - 07/2024
- Leadership Education Advancement Program, Florida International University, Graduate, 04/2015
- Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society, Florida International University, Member, 01/2023
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Director, Continuing Medical Education
University of Miami
07.2024 - Current
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
Memorial Healthcare System
05.2019 - 07.2024
Program Manager
Florida International University
10.2015 - 04.2019
Program Coordinator
Florida International University
05.2011 - 10.2015
Master of Public Administration -
Florida International University
Bachelor of Science - Communication
University of Miami
Executive Ed.D. - Higher Education Leadership
University of Miami
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