Maya Hammoud
Lebanese-American physician
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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
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.