Our Faculty

  • Katherine Milligan

    Program Director, Master of Health Care Delivery Science
    Additional Roles
    • Adjunct Professor, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Action Learning Project
    Education
    • BA, Dartmouth College, 1990
    • AM, University of Pennsylvania, 1992, PhD, 1998
    • MBA, Tuck School of Business, 2007
    Area of Expertise
    • Effectiveness of corporate wellness programs
    • Health care economics

  • Robert A. Shumsky

    Faculty Director, MHCDS
    Additional Roles
    • Professor of Operations Management, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Health Care Operations Management
    Education
    • AB, Harvard University, 1988
    • MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
    • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
    Area of Expertise
    • Operations management

  • Ron Adner

    David T. McLaughlin D'54, T'55 Professor, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Founder & CEO, Strategy Insight Group
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Strategy for Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • ME, BME, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1993
    • PhD, MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
    Area of Expertise
    • Strategy
    • Innovation
    • Entrepreneurship

  • Paul Argenti

    Professor of Corporate Communication, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Management and Leadership of Health Care Organizations
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • BA, Columbia University, 1975
    • MA, Brandeis University, 1979
    • MBA, Columbia University, 1981
    Area of Expertise
    • Corporate Communication
    • Corporate Strategy
    • Corporate responsibility
    • General Management

  • Pino Audia

    Professor of Management and Organizations, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Personal Leadership
    Education
    • BA, Università della Calabria, 1989
    • MBA, Università Bocconi, 1990
    • PhD, University of Maryland, 1996
    Area of Expertise
    • Organizational behavior
    • Organization Theory
    • Strategy implementation
    • Leadership

  • Amber Barnato

    Susan J. and Richard M. Levy 1960 Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    Program Courses
    • Population Health and Preventative Care
    Education
    • BA, University of California, Berkeley, Physiology, 1989
    • MPH, University of California, Berkeley, 1997,
    • MS, Stanford University, Health Services Research, 2001
    • MD, Harvard Medical School, 1994
    Area of Expertise
    • Variation in end-of-life intensive care unit (ICU) and use of life-sustaining treatment

  • Carrie Colla

    Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
    Additional Roles
    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow
    • National Academy of Medicine
    • American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Health Economics and Policy
    Education
    • AB, Dartmouth College, 2001
    • MA, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
    • PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
    Area of Expertise
    • Health Economics
    • Health Policy

  • Glyn Elwyn

    Professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
    Additional Roles
    • Director, Patient Engagement program
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Co-production of Health Care
    Education
    • BA, University of Wales, Bangor, 1976
    • MB BCh, University of Wales College of Medicine, 1982
    • MRCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, 1986
    • ; MSc, University of Wales College of Medicine, 1997; FRGCP, Royal College of General Practitioners, 2000
    • MSc, University of Wales College of Medicine, 1997
    • FRGCP, Royal College of General Practitioners, 2000
    • PhD, Nijmegen University, 2001
    Area of Expertise
    • Patient Engagement
    • Shared Decision Making
    • Decision Aids
    • Informed Medical Decisions

  • Mark Frisse

    Visiting Professor, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Effective IT for Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • BS, University of Notre Dame, 1974
    • MD, Washington University in St. Louis, 1978
    • MS, Stanford University, 1987
    • MBA, Washington University in St. Louis, 1997
    Area of Expertise
    • Information Retrieval Inter-operability and Health Information Exchange
    • Clinical Medicine
    • Information Technology
    • Digital Libraries
    • Outcomes Research Hypertext
    • Informatics

  • Paul Gardent

    Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Director, MBA-MPH program, Tuck School of Business
    • Senior Associate, Center for Leadership and Improvement, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Management of Organization Change
    Education
    • BA and BS, University of New Hampshire, 1970
    • MBA, Tuck School of Business, 1976
    • Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts License
    Area of Expertise
    • Health care leadership and administration
    • Health care quality and performance improvement
    • Health strategy, finance, and public policy
    • Public health

  • Vijay Govindarajan

    Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    • Strategy for Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • BC, Annamalai University, 1969
    • MBA, Harvard University, 1976
    • DBA, Harvard University, 1978
    Area of Expertise
    • Globalization
    • Innovation
    • Execution

  • Bob Hansen

    Norman W. Martin 1925 Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
    Program Courses
    • Health Economics and Policy
    Education
    • BS, Northern Michigan University, 1979
    • MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
    • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984
    Area of Expertise
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Public policy and management

  • Constance Helfat

    J. Brian Quinn Professor in Technology and Strategy, and Area Chair, Strategy and Management, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Associate Dean for Research Innovation, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Strategy for Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1979
    • MA, Yale University, 1981
    • MPhil, Yale University, 1982
    • PhD, Yale University, 1985
    Area of Expertise
    • Business strategy
    • Technology

  • Alexander Jordan

    Psychologist, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Additional Roles
    • Adjunct Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Personal Leadership
    Education
    • AB, Harvard College, 2003
    • MA, Stanford University, 2008
    • PhD, Stanford University, 2009
    Area of Expertise
    • Social and clinical psychology
    • Leadership
    • Ethics

  • Julie Lang

    Clinical Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Faculty Advisor, OnSite Global Consulting, Center for International Business, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Action Learning Project
    Education
    • BS, Iowa State University, 1982
    • MBA, Tuck School of Business, 1993
    Area of Expertise
    • Strategy development and decision making
    • Project management
    • Senior management and boardroom communications

  • Lindsey Leininger

    Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Leveraging Data to Inform Decision-Making
    Education
    • AB, Princeton University, 1999
    • MA, Northeastern University, 2001
    • PhD, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, 2007
    Area of Expertise
    • Data analytics
    • Public Policy

  • William Nelson

    Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    Additional Roles
    • Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • BA, Elmhurst College, 1968
    • M Div, Andover Newton Theological School, 1971
    • PhD, Union Graduate School, 1976
    Area of Expertise
    • Health-care ethics and the relationship between ethics, quality, and value in health-care organizations

  • Ananant Sundaram

    Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Finance Essentials for Leaders in Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • BSc, MSc, Madras Christian College, 1976
    • PGDM (MBA), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 1978
    • PhD, Yale University, 1987
    Area of Expertise
    • Corporate valuation
    • Corporate governance
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Business implications of climate change

  • Alva Taylor

    Associate Professor of Business, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Faculty Director, Glassmeyer/Mcnamee Center for Digital Strategies
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Special Topics in Health Care Delivery Science: Human-Centered Innovation
    Education
    • BS, Cornell University, 1982
    • ME, Cornell University, 1983;
    • MBA, Cornell University, 1984
    • PhD, Stanford University, 2000
    Area of Expertise
    • Business strategy
    • Technology and innovation management
    • Entrepreneurship
    • New product development

  • Gayle Ayala Taylor

    Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • BA, Michigan State University, 1987
    • MBA, Michigan State University, 1990
    • PhD, Florida State University, 1995
    Area of Expertise
    • Service Marketing
    • Marketing Communications

  • Eric Wadsworth

    Assistant Professor and Senior Associate, Office of Professional Education and Outreach, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Finance Essentials for Leaders in Health Care Delivery
    • Management and Leadership of Health Care Organizations
    Education
    • BA, Dartmouth College, 1974
    • ; MBA, University of New Hampshire, 1983
    • PhD Capella University, 2007
    Area of Expertise
    • Cost accounting and finance
    • Health care strategy

  • Ruth Wageman

    Associate Faculty, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
    Additional Roles
    • Director, ReThink Health
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • BA, Columbia College, Columbia University, 1987
    • PhD, Joint Doctoral Program in Organizational Behavior, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1993
    Area of Expertise
    • Organizational behavior
    • Leadership, with a focus on team effectiveness and multi-stakeholder leadership teams working together to transform systems

  • John Wennberg

    Founder and Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    Additional Roles
    • Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) Emeritus for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
    • Professor of Community and Family Medicine, the Geisel School of Medicine
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • MPH, Johns Hopkins, 1966
    • MD, McGill University, 1961
    Area of Expertise
    • Small-area analysis (population-based rates) of the utilization and distribution of health-care services
    • Health care variation and outcomes

  • Michael Zubkoff

    Professor of Health Economics and Management, Tuck School of Business
    Additional Roles
    • Director, MD/MBA Program, Dartmouth
    • Associate Dean, Geisel School of Medicine
    • Professor of Community and Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
    • Faculty Director, Center for Health Care, Tuck School of Business;
    Contact
    Program Courses
    • Science of Health Care Delivery
    Education
    • BA, American International College (Westover Air Force Base Extension Program), 1964
    • MA, Columbia University, 1965
    • PhD, Columbia University, 1969
    Area of Expertise
    • Health Economics
    • Public policy and management