Maya Hammoud

Maya M. Hammoud
Born
Lebanon
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationsObstetrician-gynecologist, medical educator

Maya M. Hammoud is a Lebanese-American physician who is a professor of obstetrics-gynecology and Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medicine.[1][2] She is known for her leadership in medical education, particularly her work in reforming the residency application and selection process in the United States.[1]

Early life and education

Hammoud was born in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States at the age of 17.[3] She worked at a Kmart cafeteria and helped out at her father’s gas station while she pursued her education.[4] Hammoud has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with minors in French and psychology, an MD, and an MBA, all from the University of Michigan.[5]

Career

Hammoud has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan since 2000 and was promoted to a full professor in 2014. She was also faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar from 2006–2009 where she first served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and was then promoted to Senior Associate Dean for Education.[6] She has been the senior adviser for medical education innovations at the American Medical Association (AMA) since 2016[7] and the J. Robert Willson Research Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School since 2020.[8] In 2018, she became the first Muslim president of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics.[9] She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) from 2021–2025.[10]

Hammoud has played a central role in reforms to the U.S. residency application system and has advocated for holistic review, implicit bias training, and equity in residency selection.[11] She is the principal investigator of an AMA “Reimagining Residency” $1.75 million grant focused on improving the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education for OBGYN.[10] She helped develop the Alignment Check Index within FRIEDA AMA Residency & Fellowship Programs Database to improve alignment between applicants and residency programs.[12] She was a key player in developing ResidencyCAS, a novel residency application system for OBGYN outside of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), which was also later adopted by emergency medicine.[13]

As senior adviser for medical education innovations at the AMA, she has played a significant role in establishing health systems science as a key part of medical education[14] and building academic coaching programs.[15] She launched and directed the Health Systems Science (HSS) Academy from 2016 to 2022[16][17] and created the annual AMA Academic Coaching Implementation workshop.[18][19] This was launched in 2019 and is ongoing.

Her scholarship includes over 100 peer-reviewed publications, as well as co-editing several books on health systems science and coaching.[20]

Awards and recognition

  • Arab American and Chaldean Council's Excellence in Health Care Award (2005)[6]
  • AMA Women Physicians Section Inspiration Award (2019)[21]
  • 2020 Crain’s 2020 Notable Women in Health[1]

Selected publications

  • Wolff M, University of Michigan Medical School, Jackson J, University of Michigan Medical School, Hammoud M, University of Michigan Medical School and American Medical Association (2019). It Takes Two: A Guide to Being a Good Coachee. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.
  • "The Master Adaptive Learner – 9780323711111". US Elsevier Health. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  • Skochelak, Susan E.; Hammoud, Maya M.; Lomis, Kimberly D. (2020-05-19). Health Systems Science. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-69462-9.
  • "Value-Added Roles for Medical Students - 9780323759502". MEA Elsevier Health. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  • "Coaching in Medical Education – 9780323847261". US Elsevier Health. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  • "Health Systems Science Education: Development an – 9780443110962". US Elsevier Health. Retrieved 2025-10-08.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Maya Hammoud-Notable Women in Health". Crain's Detroit Business. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  2. ^ "Dr. Maya Hammoud became the 52nd President of APGO!". Lebanese Ministry of Information. Archived from the original on 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ^ "Hammoud family". Crain's Detroit Business. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  4. ^ "Dr. Maya Hammoud first Muslim appointed as president of national OB-GYN education association". ArabAmericanNews. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  5. ^ "Dr. Maya Hammoud elected at-large member of NBME Executive Board". ArabAmericanNews. 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  6. ^ a b Hammoud, Maya (2008). "HPV vaccine: Not immune to controversy". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 101 (2): 123–124. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.01.009. ISSN 1879-3479. PMID 18299132.
  7. ^ "Shorter Bio for Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA" (PDF). Association for Hospital Medicine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 Oct 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  8. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering; Division, Health and Medicine; Health, Board on Global; Education, Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional; Forstag, Erin Hammers; Cuff, Patricia A. (2022-10-05), "Speaker Biographical Sketches", Exploring the Role of Health Professional Students and Trainees as Members of the Health Workforce During Crises: Proceedings of a Workshop, National Academies Press (US), retrieved 2025-10-08
  9. ^ mkobryn@apgo.org (2018-05-31). "Welcome New APGO President Maya M. Hammoud, MD, MBA – APGO". APGO –. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  10. ^ a b "NBME Announces New Officers and Members Elected to Its Board of Directors | NBME". www.nbme.org. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  11. ^ Hammoud, Maya M.; Andrews, John; Skochelak, Susan E. (2020-02-11). "Improving the Residency Application and Selection Process". JAMA. 323 (6): 503. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.21212. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 31971540. Archived from the original on 2020-01-23.
  12. ^ "Are you in tune with a residency program? Get a new way to check". American Medical Association. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  13. ^ Brouillette, Monique (2025-03-01). "Emergency Medicine Looks for an Alternative Residency Application Platform: Is This the End of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Monopoly?". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 85 (3): A9 – A11. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.12.018. ISSN 0196-0644.
  14. ^ Borkan, Jeffrey M.; Hammoud, Maya M.; Nelson, Elizabeth; Oyler, Julie; Lawson, Luan; Starr, Stephanie R.; Gonzalo, Jed D. (July 2021). "Health systems science education: The new post-Flexner professionalism for the 21st century". Medical Teacher. 43 (sup2): S25 – S31. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2021.1924366. ISSN 1466-187X. PMID 34291713.
  15. ^ Wolff, Margaret; Morgan, Helen; Jackson, Jasmyne; Skye, Eric; Hammoud, Maya; Ross, Paula T. (Feb 2020). "Academic coaching: Insights from the medical student's perspective". Medical Teacher. 42 (2): 172–177. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2019.1670341. ISSN 1466-187X. PMID 31630595.
  16. ^ "Health Systems Science Academy 2019–2020 Scholars Program" (PDF). American Medical Association. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 Aug 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Health Systems Science Academy 2022–2023 Scholars Program" (PDF). American Medical Association. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  18. ^ "2025 AMA Academic Coaching Implementation Workshop" (PDF). American Medical Association. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  19. ^ "2024 AMA Academic Coaching Implementation Workshop" (PDF). American Medical Association. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  20. ^ "hammoud maya – Search Results – PubMed". PubMed. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  21. ^ "2019 Inspiration Award Honorees" (PDF). American Medical Association. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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