Foundation

Bishop Fellowship Program

The Bishop Fellowship Program was inaugurated in 2000 to prepare senior family medicine faculty to assume positions of greater responsibility in academic medicine and health care leadership. It was developed because of the vision of F. Marian Bishop, PhD, founding member and former president of the Foundation, and is supported by the F. Marian Bishop Charitable Trust. This 1-year program offers 2 program options; working in partnership with the American Council on Education’s ACE Fellowship program, or working within a self-directed curriculum. 

The ACE Option continues the 10-year relationship between the Bishop Fellowship Program and the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship.  Bishop/ACE Fellows will participate in all ACE Fellowship activities.  Up to 2 Bishop/ACE Fellows may be selected in each program year.

The Self-directed Option enables Fellows to pursue a self-designed curriculum that allows flexibility to work on-site or visit a variety of health care and/or educational institutions in the United States, or, on a limited basis, internationally that are consistent with the goal of their curriculum  Up to 2 Fellows may be selected in the self-direction option each program year.

"Marian Bishop had the wonderful wisdom to endow a fellowship dedicated to the development of leaders in family medicine. The Bishop Fellowship, just one program of the STFM Foundation, provided me the experience and confidence to effectively serve as Dean. Now it is up to all of us to assure we continue to do our part in educating new generations of family physicians who will practice in a more equitable and just health care system. Please join me in making your generous contribution to our discipline's future."

-Jeff Susman, MD, Dean
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine