The Healthcare Department hosts guest speakers from government, nonprofit, and healthcare organizations. These professionals shared their experience and insight with our students, helping them to better understand the challenges facing today’s leaders. Here are some of our guest speakers.

"Health Care's Journey to Greater Quality and Patient Safety" with Vinod K. Sahney, Ph.D, Former Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and board member, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
March 31, 2010.

Vin Sahney's PowerPoint Presentation (pdf)

"Leading Innovation in Consumer E-Health," lunch and panel discussion with:

• John Halamka, M.D., CIO Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Robert Havasy, Business Analyst Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
• John Kelly, Director for eBusiness Architecture, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Moderated by: Thomas Sullivan, M.D., Cardiologist, former President Massachusetts Medical Society
April 14, 2010

Click here to view Mitchell Weisberg's photo album of the event.

"Healthcare Reform and Other Hot Topics in Healthcare" with Paul Levy, Former President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
April 20, 2010

View Paul Levy's lecture (.wmv)

Course: Health Systems I

• Deborah Devaux, Senior Vice President, Health Care Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

• Paul Lanzikos, Executive Director, North Shore Elder Services
  Topic: The State of Long-Term Services and Supports in the United States

Course: Health Systems II

• Thomas C. Abreu, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, Planning and Business Development, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  Topic: Overview of the health insurance business in Massachusetts; impact of U.S. and Massachusetts health reform on the health insurance industry

• David A. Lewis, Executive Director, Stone Institute Senior Care Community
  Topic: The Nursing Home business in Massachusetts: past, present and future
  

• Rosemarie Day, MPH, Deputy Director and COO, Commonwealth Connector Authority

• Deborah Devaux, MHSA, Executive Director for Community Transformation, BCBS of Massachusetts

Course: Healthcare Performance Improvement/Patient Safety

• Kelley Hewes, RN, Nurse Resource Manager, Rhode Island Hospital
• Hugh Kelleher, VP, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Course: Managerial Epidemiology

• Brandon Bennett, MPH, Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Topic: Measuring and Improving Healthcare Quality

• Elizabeth Mort, Vice President of Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Topic: MGH Disease Management Program for patients with diabetes

Course: Health Policy

• Brian Rosman, Health Care for All

• Philippe Villars, GrainPro

• Lee Vorderer, The Shriver Center

• John Delman, Consumer Quality Initiatives

• Wayne Stelk, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

• Kevin Mont, Fallon Ambulance Service

• Dr. Kass Braden, The Shriver Center

• John McDonough, Health Care for All
  Topic: Access to Care, Health Disparities, Rationing, Financing Issues, Universal Coverage Nationally and in Massachusetts

• Jim Gleason, The Shriver Center
  Topic: Disability History, Legislation, and Policy Issues

• Steve Spinetto, City of Boston Commission for Persons with Disabilities
  Topic: The New Consumer Paradigm

• Wayne Stelk, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership

• Bob Keane, Department of Mental Health
  Topic: Behavioral Health, Evidence-Based Practice, State Policy Making

• Michael Flanagan, Emergency Preparedness Manager, Caritas Norwood Hospital

• Mary Beth Barry,South Shore Hospice
  Topic: End of Life, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Other Ethical Issues

Course: Health Marketing and Communication

• Deborah Chiaravalloti, Vice President, Public Relations and Marketing, Anna Jaques Hospital
  Topic: Innovative Marketing to Re-establish the Hospital’s Market Presence

• Chris Medici, Chief Communications Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
  Topic: Innovative Marketing to Re-position a Leading Health Insurer

• Jay G. Conway, SVP/Partner, RDW Group, Inc.
  Topic: Reaching Your Customers through Innovative Marketing

Course: Global Health Needs and Organization, and Global Health Policy

• Mark Kripp, Oxfam America
  Topic: Health Care Needs and Delivery in an Undeveloped Country (Haiti)

Course: Health Information Systems

• Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, Clinical Director of Population Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital

• James Noga, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Massachusetts General Hospital, CIO of Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and acting CIO of Partners Healthcare System

• John Halamka, MD, CIO for Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

• Christopher Shanahan, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor and Director, Community Medicine Unit, Boston University School of Medicine
  Topic: Project Management and Clinician Involvement in Healthcare IT Implementation

Course: Innovation-The Future of Healthcare

• Robert V. Reece, President, Cambridge Research Institute
  Topic: Disruptive Innovation in Health Care and Its Implications for Hospitals and Physicians

• Maura Charlton, Ph.D., Associate Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.
  Topic: A Long Road to a New Medicine and the Value of Medical Innovation

• Sushil Bhatia, Ph.D., President and CEO of Manufacturing Inc. and Executive-in-Residence at the Sawyer Business School
  Topic: How Innovation Happens

• Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System and Harvard School of Public Health
  Topic: Minimally Invasive Surgery and Other Innovations in Surgery

• Arjun Rao, MBBS, MBA (Suffolk 2003), Senior Consultant, Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

• Reed R. Prior, Leads a Team of On-Demand Interim CEO's for Biotech/Medtech Companies at Mackinaw Bioscience Management LLC. Former Chairman & CEO at Virtual Incision Corporation

• Philip Devlin, Vice President and General Manager, Norwood R&D Center, Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions, Covidien, Norwood, MA. Former Vice President Emerging Technologies, General Manager, Aspect Neuroscience, Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.

• Jeffrey P. Doran, Senior Vice President, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

Course: Healthcare Organizational Behavior

• Maureen Broms, Vice President for Quality and Safety, New England Baptist Hospital

Course: Rebuilding Public Trust: Quality and Safety in Healthcare Organizations

• Sherry Strammiello, RN, Chief Quality & Safety Officer, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

• Danna Gaynor, RN, Manager, Quality/Risk Management, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

• Linda Brocato, RPh, Operations Manager, Pharmacy, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

• Anesta Williams, RN, Perioperative Safety and Education, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

• Rachel Jarosz, Quality Improvement IS Administrator, Quality Management, Rhode Island Hospital
  Topic: Using IS to Support the PI/Safety Culture

• Julie W. Jefferson, RN, MPH, Director, Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital
  Topic: The Managers Role in Preventing, Addressing, and Monitoring Hospital Acquired Infections

• Kelley E. Hewes, RN, BSN, Nursing Resource Manager, Nursing Professional Development, Rhode Island Hospital
  Topic: Structured Team Communication Methods: iSBAR
  Topic: Conducting a TCJ Patient Tracer

• Chistine Kearns, RN, NP, Nursing Resource Manager, Nursing Professional Development, Rhode Island Hospital
  Topic: Conducting a TCJ Patient Tracer

• Karen Hopcia, RN, CNS, General Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Topic: Applying Lean Principles in the Healthcare Setting

• Gerard Cronin, Operations Coordinator for the General Clinical Research Center, the BioImaging Core Lab, and White 9, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Topic: Applying Lean Principles in the Healthcare Setting

• Kelley Hughes, RN, Quality and Safety Manager, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI and
  Kelley Karpik, RN, Quality and Safety Manager, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
  Topic: Managing Regulatory and Accrediting Expectations

• Tim Cavanagh, Director, Process Innovation, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT
  Topic: Applying LEAN in Healthcare Management

• Joanne MacIsacc, LEEDAP, IIDA, NCIDQ, Principal, TRO Jung/Brannen, Boston, MA
  Topic: Evidence Based Design

Course: Leadership and Ethics in the Health Organization

• Korey Roth, RN, Director of Professional Development & Patient Care Quality, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Course: Healthcare Strategic Management

• Michael Souza, Vice President Network Development, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Course: Organizational Change in Healthcare

• Ellen Moloney, Senior Vice President Outpatient Services, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

• Jeanette Clough, CEO, Mount Auburn Hospital
  Topic: Leading a Turnaround at Mount Auburn Hospital

• Patrick Jordan, COO, Newton Wellesley Hospital
  Topic: Leading Change at Newton Wellesley Hospital