Elaine E. Schulte, M.D, M.P.H, BCC, FAAP, is Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx.  She is Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein School of Medicine.  She received her coaching certification from the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University and is a Board Certified Coach.  Dr. Schulte directs the CHAM Peer Mentorship Program, a volunteer, longitudinal program created to increase the academic productivity and enhance physician engagement.  She also designs and facilitates division and department strategy sessions, provides individual coaching to faculty members, and leads the Department of Pediatrics Well-being Committee.

Dr. Schulte co-founded the Center for Excellence in Coaching and Mentoring (CECM) at the Cleveland Clinic, along with Dr. Andrea Sikon.  The Center focuses on training physicians and scientists to use a “Coach approach”, utilizing a unique goal-based framework founded in positive psychology and relationship-centeredness. Program outcomes demonstrate an increase in participant resilience, engagement and application of the coaching skills across contexts.

In addition to her administrative work, Dr. Schulte is a national expert in adoption medicine.  She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee of the Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care for many years. Dr. Schulte serves as senior advisor and faculty for both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academic Pediatric Association, in a variety of capacities, including the AAP Young Physician Leadership Alliance and the APA’s Advancing Pediatric Leaders Program. She has given numerous national and international presentations and workshops on adoption, physician leadership, coaching and mentoring, and well-being. She maintains an active general pediatric practice, with special interests in learning disabilities and graduate medical education.