Who are our graduates?
They are some of the brightest leaders across the U.S. They are people like you who wish to engage in a rigorous course of study while retaining work and life responsibilities. They are people like you who wish to continue a practice-focused career rather than the academic career sought by most PhD students.
What are they saying?
100% of graduates who rated our program, rated their overall education experience as ‘excellent.’

Meghan McCarthy
System Director of Community Health, PeaceHealth

Cheris Kline
Lead Product Manager-TruProvider at TriZetto Healthcare Products

Henry Thompson
CEO, Community Health Center of Richmond, NY

Robert Peterson
CEO, Millinocket Regional Hospital, ME

Jennifer Strahan
President at J. Osley and Company | Congressional Candidate for GA-14

Douglas Whitman
Program Lead, Master of Health Administration Program/Assistant Professor of Health Administration

Edward Sharpless
Founder and Managing Director, SHC Pacific

Michael Griffin
CEO & President, Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans

Jeremy Lyman
CEO, Blue Mountain Hospital

Michael Malaise
Sr VP of Communications and External Relations, Parkland Hospital

Cardwell Feagin
Chief Operating Officer at Viva Health

Armika Berkley
Vice President/Healthcare Executive, Ambulatory and Impatient Strategy and Medical Center Operations, Kaiser Permanente

Jon Law
Chief Strategy Officer, University Medical Center El Paso

Grant Tribble
President and Chief Operating Officer – Benson’s Inc.

Mark Lombardi
Managing Director, USCAN Business Leader at GE Healthcare Financial Services

Tara Dixon
President at Research and Evaluation Group (EvalGroup)

Isabell Pacheco
Chief Operating Officer of Interoperability Institute

Gemini O. Majkowski, Col, USAF, BSC, DSc
IMA to the Commander, 711 Human Performance Wing and Chief, Air Force Biomedical Science Corps Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Leon E. Moores, DSc
President, Inova Physician Enterprise

Christi G. Pierce, DSc
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Michael A. Wiechart, DSc
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, TeamHealth Inc.

Naof Alansary, DSc
Director, Healthcare Management Program, The University of Dammam

Khanhuyen Vinh, DSc
Administrator, H. Vinh, MD, PA

Patrick Falvey, DSc
Chief Operating Officer, Baptist Health

Preston Simmons, DSc
Chief Executive Northwest Washington Region, Providence Health and Services

Lucas Higman, DSc
Partner, Press Ganey

John R. Lovett, DSc
Director, Student Life, The University of Alabama

Mark Slyter, DSc
President & CEO, Arizona East Valley & Mercy Gilbert, Dignity Health

Alfonso Gatmaitan, DSc
Executive Health Advisor, AWG Advisors

Shawn Ulreich, DSc
Chief Nurse Executive and VP Clinical Operations, Spectrum Health Hospitals

Yanni Yu, DSc
Product Director, HEOR at Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals

Joseph Webb, DSc
Chief Executive Officer, Nashville General Hospital at Meharry

Faraz Ahmed, DSc
Senior Vice President Primary Care, Confluence Health

Cindy Reistroffer, DSc
Program Line Administrator, Bronson Health Care

Tom McDougal, DSc
Chief Executive Officer and President, Gylen Castle, LLC

Emily Koudelka, DSc
Director, Finance and Business Development, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Kenneth Cochran, DSc
President and CEO, Opelousas General Health System

Polly Davenport, DSc
SVP/ Chief Regional Officer - Northwest Region at AMITA Health

Kerry Gillihan, DSc
President, Home Care Services Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Timothy Harlin, DSc
Executive VP and CEO, UTMB Health System

Thomas Hunt, III, DSc
Professor and Chairman, Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Joseph John, DSc
Executive Administrator and Vice President, Surgical Services, Emory Health Care

Rick Wallace, DSc
Program Director & Professor, Health Organizations Administration, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK

Barbara Guerard, DSc
Senior Vice President, Health Services, Peoples Health

Raymond Snead, Jr., DSc
Chief Financial Executive

Mary Temm, DSc
President, Temm & Associates, Inc.

Kathleen Adams, DSc
Director, Revenue Cycle Solutions, Warbird Consulting Partners

Mark Anderson, DSc

James Burkhart, DSc
Senior Partner, CSuite Solutions, LLC

Forrest Daniels, DSc
Deputy Director of Operations, D.C. Department of Health

Edward Heath, DSc
Chief Executive Officer, Muhlenberg Community Hospital

Virginia Razo, DSc
Chief Executive Officer, Curry Health Network

John McWhorter, III, DSc
Chief Operations Officer, OhioHealth

Lisa Jones, DSc
Vice President of Clinical Services, Owensboro (Ky.) Health

Vance Chunn, DSc
Chief Executive Officer, Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc.

Betty Mortensen, DSc
President, Innovative Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Holly Jarek, DSc
Vice President, Nursing Home Administrator, Seven Hills Pediatric Center

Deana Nelson, DSc
Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Strategy Officer, Lakeland Regional Health

Ian McFadden, DSc
President and CEO, HRM Solutions, LLC

Tiffany Cabibbo, DSc
Executive Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Mount Nittany Health System

Stephen Cullen, DSc
Chief Operating Officer, King Aerospace, Inc.

Timothy Attebery, DSc
Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology

William Breen, DSc
CEO, Honeycomb Management Services, LLC

Rita DiLeo, DSc
Professor, University of Scranton

Dawn Ahner, DSc
Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer, Renown Health

Keith Brady, DSc
Founder and Principal - KDB Healthcare

Phillip Mazzuca, DSc
Principal Advisor, Operations Group, Community Health Systems

Charles Hagood, DSc
Partner/Practice Leader, Press Ganey Consulting

William Tuttle, DSc
Assistant Professor, Health Administration, Baptist College of Health Sciences

Muhammad Al-Midani, DSc
CEO and Owner, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center
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“This degree is the best return on investment for an executive with an MHA.”
— John McWhorter, Health System COO (DSc Alumnus, 2012)
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“I believe it to be an excellent learning experience that improved my ability to make evidence-based decisions.”
— Joseph Webb, Hospital CEO (DSc Alumnus, 2013)
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“The DSc credentials allow me as a physician to be considered for administrative health system posts. These same credentials allow my voice to be heard around the board table.”
— Thomas Hunt, III, MD, Chair of Orthopedic Surgery (DSc Alumnus, 2014)