fessor both of epidemiology and of medicine. She cared for patients, taught, and mentored, while pursuing her research and serving in increasingly senior positions. She held the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professorship, and her lead- ership roles included chair of the Department of Health Sci- ences Research and a member of the Mayo Clinic Executive Board. Her career at Mayo Medical School culminated with her appointment, in 2012, as dean. adding that only 12 percent of the deans of American medical schools are women. Does that put her in the spotlight? "No-- it's more like being under a microscope. But I'm used to it; there are no surprises," she says. time to serve as a role model for the women coming along behind them," she adds. And she hopes, as dean at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, to have that opportunity. Health System and Medical Education been Dr. Gabriel's passion. "It stems from my interest in the we must change the way we educate future physicians," she says. "I wanted to play a role in changing the health care system, by Medical School seemed to provide that opportunity: it is in the The recent integration with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which has many professional schools, and the affiliations Sciences created a climate of change and promise. floor and be part of the transformation of the medical school. If the job description required keeping everything as is, I probably wouldn't have come," she says. forming medical education can the nation successfully over- haul its health care system. In New Jersey, she sees the poten- tial for a statewide, integrated system, with health-related schools, hospitals, and state government working together, all with a shared focus on community and patient health. care would be cross-disciplinary, without professional silos, insti- tutional barriers, and bureaucratic obstacles. At this point, Dr. Gabriel's visions for health care and medical education become inseparable. Transformation of medical school curricula is essen- providers in the nation's fast-changing health care system. as practicing physicians," she says, observing that by breaking from the traditional pyramidal model, with the physician at the top, students will appreciate the value that each discipline sion, to the community. "This is the direction we want to go as at Mayo Medical School, led by Dr. Gabriel, follows this edu- cational model. The revised curriculum is designed to prepare making people and communities healthier, and offering more Learning and Community Service medical school's education team to discuss the curricu- that promise to be the foundation of a curriculum that builds on the school's strengths and answers its needs. Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire, the Class of 2015 reported nearly 100 percent participation in curricular activities where the students learned alongside peers from other health professions. posal to the American Medical Association (AMA) that would support embedding students in the existing teams of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group's Home Visit Service. As a Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to help advance the AMA's innovative work aimed at transforming care delivery in a changing environment. "The patient's home is a novel learning environment, a care setting that most stu- |