Spring 2022 Department Faculty Biography Book St. Mary’s Hall #230 3700 Reservoir Road NW Washington, DC 20057
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION CORE FACULTY Robert Friedland, PhD .......................................................................................... 3 Carole Roan Gresenz, PhD..................................................................................... 4 Derek M. Griffith, PhD ......................................................................................... 5 Sean Huang, PhD .................................................................................................. 6 Vanessa Hurley, PhD ............................................................................................. 7 Bette Jacobs, PhD ................................................................................................... 8 Christopher King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE ............................................................. 10 John Kraemer, JD, MPH ..................................................................................... 11 Fr. Michael Rozier, SJ, PhD ................................................................................ 12 Michael Stoto, PhD .............................................................................................. 13 Ryung Suh, MD................................................................................................... 15 Adjunct Department Faculty ................................................................................ 16
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ROBERT FRIEDLAND, PHD HCMP Director Associate Professor rbf4@georgetown.edu Dr. Robert Friedland has had a wide range of research and public policy experience, including Chief Economist for Maryland's Medicaid program; Senior Research Associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute; Director of the American Association of Retired Person's Public Policy Institute; Research Director, National Academy of Social Insurance; and Economist on the staff of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, better known as the Pepper Commission. Friedland founded the National Academy on an Aging Society and Directed the Center on an Aging Society at Georgetown University. His book Facing the Costs of Long-Term Care, was awarded the 1992 Elizur Wright Award by the American Risk and Insurance Association. Friedland is the former Chair of the board of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a former Commissioner on The American Bar Association, Commission on Law and Aging, and was on the Board of the Health Assistance Partnership, and the Editorial Board of Aging Today. Dr. Friedland is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and a fellow in AcademyHealth and the Gerontological Society of America. He teaches Healthcare Economics, and Reimbursement Policy, and Policy Analysis. Education The George Washington University - PhD, Economics The George Washington University - MPhil, Economics The George Washington University – BA, Economics
Expertise/Interests Health Care Policy, Economics, Health Care Financing Hours of Availability: Tuesdays, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST and 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST. Meetings also available by appointment.
Last Updated: August 2020
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CAROLE ROAN GRESENZ, PHD Professor crg70@georgetown.edu Carole Roan Gresenz holds the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professorship in the Department of Health Systems Administration and serves as a Senior Advisor for Strategic Health Initiatives in the Office of the President. She served as the Interim Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies from 2019-2021. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Brown University and a B.A. in economics from Loyola University Maryland. She joined Georgetown after many years with the RAND Corporation where she most recently held the position of Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department. In that role, she provided leadership to a department of approximately 235 researchers. She is also the former Director of RAND's Health Economics, Finance and Organization program and former Associate Director of RAND's Institute for Civil Justice. Her recent research examines how Alzheimer’s Disease affects the financial well-being of individuals and families during its early stage prior to diagnosis; assesses the effects of aggressive versus conservative treatment of low-risk prostate cancer on mortality, adverse side effects and episode treatment costs; and includes a project exploring the usefulness of social media data for estimating firearm-related outcomes. She serves on the editorial boards of Health Services Research and Medical Care Research and Review. Education Brown University - PhD, Economics Loyola College in Maryland – BA, Economics Expertise/Interests Health Economics, Labor Economics Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: January 2022
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DEREK M. GRIFFITH, PHD Professor Founder and Co-Director of Racial Justice Institute Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity dmg161@georgetown.edu Dr. Derek M. Griffith is a Founder and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute, Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, and Professor of Health Systems Administration and Oncology. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith’s program of research focuses on developing strategies to achieve racial, ethnic and gender equity in health. Dr. Griffith is a contributor to and editor of two recent books – Men’s Health Equity: A Handbook (Routledge, 2019), and Racism: Science and Tools for the Public Health Professional (APHA Press, 2019). He has been interviewed for and quoted in national news outlets such as Ebony, NPR and The Washington Post. Dr. Griffith has co-authored or provided expert review of reports from the American Psychological Association, Promundo-US, and the World Health Organization. He has been the principal investigator of research grants from the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several institutes within the National Institutes of Health. Author of over 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts, Dr. Griffith serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Men’s Health, Ethnicity & Disease, Health Education & Behavior, the International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health, Psychology of Men and Masculinities, Public Health Reports, and SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, and he has been a guest editor of a number of journal special issues or supplements. He has received three noteworthy honors: (a) Tom Bruce Award from the Community-Based Public Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association in recognition of his research on “eliminating health disparities that vary by race, ethnicity and gender”, (b) he was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior for his significant contributions to the field of health behavior research, and (c) he was named one of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America by the Cell Mentor’s Community of Scholars. Education DePaul University – PhD, Clinical-Community Psychology University of Maryland at College Park – BA, Psychology and African-American Studies Expertise/Interests Cancer Disparities, Translational Genomics, Qualitative Research, Behavioral Interventions, CommunityBased Participatory Research, Health Behavior, Health Equity, Implementation Science, Men's Health, Precision Lifestyle Medicine, Structural Racism as a Determinant of Health Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: January 2022
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SEAN HUANG, PHD Associate Professor sean.huang@georgetown.edu 202-687-5494 Dr. Sean Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration at Georgetown University. Dr. Huang’s research focuses on the regulation and behavior of hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies domestically and internationally, including the relationship between a health care provider’s governance structure and the quality of care. His academic pursuits also involve the application of corporate finance and industrial organization to health care delivery systems. He teaches Financial Management. Education University of Michigan - PhD, Health Economics University of Michigan - MA, Economics National University of Taiwan - BA, Finance/International Relations Expertise/Interests Health Economics, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Markets, Long-Term Care Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: August 2020
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VANESSA HURLEY, PHD Assistant Professor vh151@georgetown.edu 202-687-4209 Dr. Vanessa Hurley is an assistant professor within the Department of Health Systems Administration in the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Her research interests lie at the intersection of organizational learning and quality improvement, with a particular focus on health care collaboratives and their role in elevating patient-centered innovations. In addition to conducting research in partnership with the High Value Healthcare Collaborative, she has also worked with the UC Berkley Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research during her time as a doctoral student in health policy and management at UC Berkeley. In addition to having worked as a health policy analyst for the New America Foundation, she has also served as a project manager and quality improvement consultant within rural and community health care settings across the Northeast. Dr. Hurley teaches Strategic Management for graduate students in the MHSA program and Health Care in America II: Introduction to Management and Leadership for undergraduate HCMP students. Education University of California at Berkeley - PhD, Health Policy Tufts University - MS, Biomedical Science Dartmouth College - MPH, Health Policy Dartmouth College - AB, English Expertise/Interests Health Administration, Health Care Management, Organizational Behavior Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: February 2022
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BETTE JACOBS, PHD Professor bette.jacobs@georgetown.edu Bette Jacobs is Professor, Health Systems Administration; Distinguished Scholar and co-founder at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; and a Fellow and Visiting Professor at Campion Hall University of Oxford. A Native American whose body of work spans community, academic, service, and corporate leadership, she is recognized for contributions in successful start-ups, financial integrity, and interdisciplinary innovations. She served with distinction as Dean for the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies for 11 years overseeing unprecedented programmatic growth within the University. Previous executive experience includes vice presidency for Honda of America Manufacturing; founding faculty member and Associate Director of Applied Research at the Civitan International Research Center; and Acting Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at California State University. Jacobs’ extraordinary cross-disciplinary and cross- sector leadership has fostered innovation and improved systems. Her personal and professional activities emanate from crossing childhood cultural boundaries triangulating a colonized, missionized tribal history through pathways in education, business, and service. Strong cultural roots anchor and animate her work to advance the common good with practical abilities to do so. Dr. Jacobs is a scholar skilled in operations. She established enduring innovative models in business and education and sorted or refined programs in both. Dr. Jacobs has published numerous articles and chapters including “Bridging the Divide Between Genomic Science and Indigenous People” in the Journal of Legal and Medical Education, hosted a colloquium featuring the US Health and Human Service position statement on Personalized Medicine, and has testified before Congress. Her honors include ceremonial/commencement recognition at Heritage College on the Yakima Indian Reservation, Chang Gung University in Taiwan, Anhui University in China, and James Cook University in Australia. She has designed and implemented corporate safety, human resource, construction, and efficiency projects using best-in-class quality standards. Dr. Jacobs has presented at the Institute of Medicine, the American Statistical Association, EUWHO for medical students at the World Health Organization, and for wide variety of management meetings associated with health, engineering, and culture. She served as expert panel member for reports to shape policy for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, and National Academy of Science. She chaired NIH study sections and consulted on the design and launch of process engineering and for imaging facilities. She has mentored students and fellows in many fields in places as representative as Wyoming, Texas, England, China, and Japan. Dr. Jacobs is long time member of organizations such as the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in to Science, work groups such as the International Group on Indigenous Health Measurement, and served on Boards ranging from Environmental Health and Safety to Reading is Fundamental. Dr. Jacobs has been involved with social entrepreneurship throughout her career. Her current scholarship and teaching on non-profit governance incorporates the entire scope of a diverse and unique experience. Since her sabbatical at Oxford University, this body of work reflects deeper understanding of the British Charity Model that shaped the foundation used for US and International aid. She has pursed areas where harmony across nonprofit, public, and commercial sectors contribute to improving the human condition. In addition, her research is
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informed by political theory, Jesuit Catholic values, and the Honda philosophy and focuses on the non-profit sector as a primary vehicle for the common good. Education University of Texas – PhD, Public Health California State University – MS, Public Health California State University – BS, Nursing Expertise/Interests Organizational Leadership and Governance, Non-profit, Non-Governmental and For-Profit Models, Health Equity, Racial Justice, Policy and Programs as Instruments for the Common Good Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: August 2020
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CHRISTOPHER KING, PHD, MHSC, FACHE Department Chair MHSA Program Director Associate Professor ck806@georgetown.edu As Chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration, Christopher provides visionary leadership and oversight of undergraduate and graduate academic programs. As associate professor, he teaches and contributes to scholarship on the creation of equitable systems of care within the context of national health reform goals. He works closely with public and private providers to bridge the gap between medical care and healthcare. Prior to joining Georgetown University, Christopher served as the first Assistant Vice President of Community Health for MedStar Health, a $6B not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of 10 hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington region. Prior to his work with MedStar Health, Christopher served as a director for Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center in southern Maryland. During his four-year tenure, he managed federal grants, oversaw support services and secured more than $7M in public and private grants to promote health equity and improve the health of vulnerable and underserved populations. His national investigations on screening and barriers to care among cancer survivors by race and ethnicity were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the American Journal of Medical Quality. His thought leadership around Black Lives and the Triple Aim has been published in the Journal of the National Medical Association. Christopher is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and he currently serves as Secretary of the DC Hospital Association Board of Directors. In 2019, he was appointed a Commissioner for the District of Columbia Commission on Health Equity. In 2020, he authored Health Disparities in the Black Community: An Imperative for Racial Equity and most recently, his work on Race, Place and Structural Racism in the District of Columbia was published in Health Affairs. The Washington Business Journal has recognized him as one of the region’s top minority business leaders. Education University of Maryland – PhD, Health Services Administration Towson University - MHSc, Master of Health Science, East Carolina University – BS, School and Community Health Expertise/Interests Health Disparities, Public Health, Racial Equity, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Racial Equity, Systemic Racism and Health Outcomes Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: March 2022
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JOHN KRAEMER, JD, MPH Associate Professor jdk32@georgetown.edu John Kraemer is an associate professor in Georgetown University's Department of Health Systems Administration, and he is also affiliated with the university's O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and African Studies Program. Trained in both public health and the law, his work focuses on the intersection of empirical evidence and public health policy. Substantively, he mainly studies women and children’s health in rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa and road safety for vulnerable road users. Methodologically, most of his work analyzes complex sample survey data. His current and past projects include work with the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon initiative against women's cancers, the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria, and Last Mile Health. At Georgetown, John teaches undergraduate epidemiology and graduate quantitative methods. He also teaches a course on the intersection of democracy, rights, and health and a seminar on the 2014-2015 West African Ebola epidemic. Education Johns Hopkins University - MPH, Public Health Georgetown University - JD, Law/Public Health Baker University - BA, Political Science Expertise/Interests Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Law, International Health, Survey Research Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: August 2020
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FR. MICHAEL ROZIER, SJ, PHD Visiting Jesuit Chair Professor mr1779@georgetown.edu Fr. Michael Rozier, SJ, PhD, is a Visiting Professor and Jesuit Chair for the Department of Health Systems Administration. He also is an assistant professor of Health Management and Policy at Saint Louis University, with a secondary appointment in the Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics. Rozier received his B.A. in chemistry from Saint Louis University in 2003 and upon graduation, he entered the Jesuits. He has earned graduate degrees in philosophy from the University of Toronto, in international health from Johns Hopkins University, and in moral theology from Boston College. He was ordained a priest in 2014 and in 2018, he earned his Ph.D. in Health Management and Policy from University of Michigan. His research focuses on the ethics of population health, the use of moral rhetoric in health policy, and the influence of health technology on people’s self-identity. In 2008, Rozier served as an ethics fellow with the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland and in 2019, he served as a GeoEthics Fellow with the American Geographical Society. Rozier serves on the board of directors of SSM Health Corporation and on the board of trustees of Marquette University. Education University of Michigan, School of Public Health - PhD, Health Management and Policy Boston College, School of Theology and Ministry – Master of Divinity, Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Moral Theology) John Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health - Masters in Health Science University of Toronto, Regis College - Diploma in Philosophical Studies Saint Louis University - BA, Chemistry and Philosophy Expertise/Interests Public Health Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Global Health Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Data Ethics, Policy Framing, Perception of Vulnerable Populations, Social Determinants of Health, Nonprofit Hospitals, Population Health Strategies, Community-Hospital Partnership, EHRs as Social Structures Hours of Availability: Meetings available by appointment
Last Updated: April 2022
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MICHAEL STOTO, PHD Professor stotom@georgetown.edu Michael A. Stoto, PhD, a Professor of Health Systems Administration and Population Health at Georgetown University, is a statistician, epidemiologist, and health services researcher. He also holds adjunct faculty appointments in the Department of Family Medicine, the Georgetown University Law Center, and the McCourt School of Public Policy. Dr. Stoto’s research includes methodological topics in epidemiology and statistics including systematic reviews/meta-analysis and other analytical methods for comparative effectiveness research, community health assessment, evaluation methods, and performance measurement. His substantive research interests include public health practice, especially with regard to emergency preparedness; drug and vaccine safety; infectious disease policy; and ethical issues in research and public health practice. Dr. Stoto is an expert on population health and public health assessment, and the associate director of the population health scholars program in the Georgetown University School of Medicine. His work in this area has included systems-oriented evaluations of public health surveillance systems at the local to global level, addressing both statistical methods and public health practice issues. Dr. Stoto has developed methods for evaluating community health assessments and performance measures and helped to develop Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) for a number of hospitals and local health departments. Dr. Stoto recently completed a national study to identify best practices for hospital and community CHNAs. Dr. Stoto is also an expert in public health systems research (PHSR), focusing on applying and developing rigorous mixed-methods approaches to studying and evaluating federal, state, and local public health systems. Much of Dr. Stoto’s recent PHSR work has focused on public health emergency preparedness, and he was the co-Principal Investigator of the CDC-funded Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center based at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Stoto’s work in this area has focused on regionalization in public health, the evaluation of biosurveillance methods, and the development of methods for assessing emergency preparedness capabilities based on exercises and actual events. Dr. Stoto is currently working with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna on the assessment of public health emergency capabilities and capacities during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Stoto’s research has focused on data and metrics to guide decisionmaking, interpretation of test results and policy for testing, and other aspects of public health practice at the local to global levels. Education Harvard University - PhD, Statistics Princeton University - BA, Statistics Expertise/Interests Public Health Practice, Emergency Preparedness, Drug and Vaccine Safety, Infectious Disease Policy Hours of Availability: 13
Fall Semester: Meetings available by appointment only; Spring Semester: Mondays, and Wednesdays 3:15 PM EST – 4:00 PM EST
Last Updated: February 2022
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RYUNG SUH, MD Associate Professor suhr@georgetown.edu Ryung Suh brings three decades of executive management, financial, and organizational leadership experience and expertise and has been teaching at Georgetown since 2003, serving as Chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration from 2014-2019. He built and exited a middle-market health management consultancy that led major transformation efforts for federal health agencies, directed public and private sector enterprise-level modernization and organizational change initiatives, managed a commercial consulting practice serving the life sciences industry, and launched over a dozen successful businesses that have served government and private industry clients. Dr. Suh also served as an infantry and medical corps officer for 26 years with a diverse set of operational, special operations, and military health system responsibilities. He is a combat veteran who has deployed to multiple overseas locations to include service as a Task Force Surgeon during Operation Enduring Freedom, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. His military qualifications include airborne, ranger, jumpmaster, and flight surgeon. Education Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences – MPH Georgetown University McDonough School of Business – MBA Georgetown University Graduate Public Policy Program – MPP Georgetown University School of Medicine – MD, Medicine United States Military Academy – BS, Chemistry Expertise/Interests Business Innovations and Entrepreneurship, Health Care Management and Policy, Organizational Transformation, Population and Public Health, Occupational Medicine Hours of Availability: Daily 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST, by appointment.
Last Updated: February 2022
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ADJUNCT DEPARTMENT FACULTY Saad Chaudhry – Luminis Health LaShanda Cobbs – OptumServe/UnitedHealth Group Greg Downing – Holy Cross Hospital Peter Erwin – Customer Value Partners Jennifer Ford – Department of Veterans Affairs Robin Goldenberg – Georgetown University Sara Hejazi – Tandigm Health Bernard Horak – MITRE Fred Hyde – Fred Hyde & Associates Kishka McClain – MedStar Health Jason Ormsby – Atlas Research Ruth Pollard – District of Columbia Developing Familes Center Purva Rawal – CMS Innovation Center at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Allie Reschovsky – MedStar Health Maureen Schafer – Philips Marshall Strisik – American Kidney Fund Angela Thomas – MedStar Health Research Institute John Wallenhorst – Bon Secours Health System Kathryn Watson – Maxor National Pharmacy Services Mimi Zhang – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Last Updated: March 2022
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