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WhartonMBA Program inHealth Care Management2017RESUMEBOOK

ContentsProgram Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32Internship Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Health Care Program Mentors . . . . . . . . . . . 34-37Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39Thank you for your interest in the Wharton MBA Programin Health Care Management. For further information,resumes, and appointments, contact:June Kinney, Associate Director,MBA Program in Health Care ManagementThe Wharton SchoolUniversity of Pennsylvania3641 Locust WalkPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6218215.898.6861 Fax 215.573.2157email: aleszczc@wharton.upenn.eduFor information on the Wharton HealthCare Management Alumni Association, visitwww.whartonhealthcare.orgFor detailed information on the Health CareManagement Department educational programs, visithttp://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/healthcare/

2017Health Care ManagementM.B.A. GraduatesThe University of Pennsylvania was founded byBenjamin Franklin in 1740. Although the Universitycarries the name of the Commonwealth, it is nota state university but an independent, private,nonsectarian institution. As one of the country’searliest educational institutions, it has consistentlyinitiated advances in teaching and research andhas steadily generated specialized fields of highereducation. Penn, as the University is commonlyknown, was the first American university to formdepartments of botany, hygiene and public health,surgical research, and research medicine. TheUniversity School of Medicine, formed in 1765,was the first in North America, as was the teachinghospital founded in 1874. The world’s firstpsychological clinic was opened at Penn in 1896.The Wharton School, in the same spirit ofinnovation and excellence, was the world’s firstcollegiate school of business and management.Founded in 1881 with a gift from Joseph Wharton,the Philadelphia industrialist and philanthropist,the Wharton School undertook the pioneer stepsin elevating training for business significantlyabove its previous level as noncollegiate commercialeducation. In 1921, the formation of the GraduateProgram signaled the advancement of businessadministration at Wharton to the highest levelsof professional education.Today, the Wharton School has more than 270faculty members teaching in both the graduateand undergraduate divisions and conducting acontinually expanding volume of research. The1,700 students in the master’s degree programmay choose from among more than 200 coursesand over 18 majors and concentrations, a varietyreflecting the fact that the Wharton educationcomplements the career goals of the individual.This brochure is provided to introduce you tothe 2017 Wharton Health Care ManagementProgram graduates.We encourage you to consider these individualsfor employment.3

Program DescriptionThe Graduate Program in Health Care Managementis a full-time two-year MBA curriculum offeredby the Health Care Management Department ofthe Wharton School. The program, the principaleducational effort at the Leonard Davis Instituteof Health Economics, is designed to providemanagerial and technical expertise to studentsinterested in the health care management field.By combining the skills of the Wharton disciplineswith sensitivity to the needs of health care providersand recipients, the Wharton MBA health caregraduate can effectively manage the delivery ofhealth services and products at all levels.The Program has produced graduates who havechosen careers in hospitals and other medicalinstitutions, pharmaceutical, biotechnology andmedical device companies, financial services,entrepreneurial ventures, consulting firms,insurance firms, private health industry, andfederal, state, and local government. Manyof these MBA graduates now hold positionsas chief executive officers, directors, and otherkey decision makers in health care organizations.4The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics(LDI) is an interdisciplinary center for researchand education in the organization, financing,and delivery of health care. Through LDI, Universityof Pennsylvania faculty and staff work togetheron issues concerning health policy, healthinsurance, managed care, hospitals, corporations,pharmaceutical companies, and other healthrelated organizations. Established in 1967, theInstitute appropriately bears the name of the lateLeonard Davis, one of the foremost innovators inprivate health insurance in the United States. Hewas the founder of Colonial Penn Group, Inc., acompany that has pioneered in insurance for olderAmericans. Both Mr. Davis and Mrs. Sophie Daviswere generous benefactors to the University ofPennsylvania, contributing basic support for theactivities of the Leonard Davis Institute.

CurriculumThe Wharton Management CoreAll students are required to complete the Wharton ManagementCore. The Wharton School’s core curriculum is designed toincrease crossfunctional integration, extend global experience,strengthen leadership training, and introduce new courseson key management issues. The core curriculum providesgroundwork in basic management disciplines: economics,finance, financial and cost accounting, management science,managing people and organizational design, marketing,operations management, the governmental and legalenvironment of business, statistics, and strategy.Fixed Core: Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership Marketing Management Quality and Productivity Regression Analysis for Business Microeconomics for Managers Management CommunicationFlexible Core:Accounting Financial Accounting or Financial and Managerial Accounting or Accelerated Financial AccountingFinance: Corporate Finance Corporate Finance or Accelerated Corporate Finance or Introduction to Corporate FinanceFinance: Macroeconomics Macroeconomics and the Global EconomicEnvironment or Introduction to Macroeconomics and the GlobalEconomic EnvironmentLegal Studies & Business Ethics Responsibility in Global Management or Responsibility in Professional ServicesManagement Managing the Established Enterprise or Managing the Emerging EnterpriseMarketing Dynamic Marketing Strategy or Strategic Marketing SimulationsOperations Business Analytics or Information Technology and Business Transformation or Innovation or Operations Strategy Communications Advanced Persuasive Speaking or Advanced Persuasion and Data Display or Pitching Your BusinessGlobal Immersion ProgramThe Wharton Global Immersion Program is an optionalhalf-credit elective course that provides first-year studentswith an in-depth exposure to international businesspractices and first-hand insights into a foreign culture.The Health Care Major Courses and ElectivesThese courses promote an understanding of concepts,institutions, and issues involved in the organization,financing, and delivery of health services and productsin the United States. Health care electives are selectedconsistent with individual career objectives and interests.Required Health Services System Health Care Field Application ProjectElectives Comparative Health Care Systems Financial Management of Health Care Organizations Managed Care, Market Structure, andHealth Care Delivery Health Care Marketing Health Care Reform Management and Economics ofPharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry Medical Devices Management of Health Care for the Elderly E-Health: Business Models and Impact Management of Health Care Services Businesses Health Care Entrepreneurship Private Sector Role in Global Health Health Care Services Delivery:A Managerial Economic Approach Advanced Study ProjectThe Health Care Summer InternshipThe internship is a three-month management experiencewhich provides the health care major an opportunityto work with a senior executive in an organization ofparticular interest to the student.MBA ElectivesOpportunities are available for the health care majorto pursue a second concentration in fields such as entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, or operations, or topursue specialized knowledge in areas such as health carefinancing or within specialized segments of the health careindustry including managed care organizations, hospitals,pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medicaldevice companies, specialty services organizations, andlong term care organizations. Graduate courses areavailable throughout the University.5