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Master of Science in Health Care Management Welcome Packet 2016 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Table of Contents Welcome from the Vice Dean of Education……..…………… 2 Meet the Faculty ……………………………………………….. 3 Program Summary……………………………………………… 7 Overview of Orientation Schedule ……………………………. 9 Academic Calendar …………………………………………….. 10 Getting Started ………………………………………………….. 11 Student Clubs …………………………………………………… 14 Career Development Office …………………………………… 15 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Honor Code ……… 16 Health Insurance. .……………………………………………… 17 Baltimore Campus Information ……………............................ 18 Housing & Hotel Information …………………………………... 22 Pre-Arrival Checklist ……………………………………………. 23 Contact Information …………………………………………….. 24 1 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Welcome from the Vice Dean of Education Dear Master of Science in Health Care Management Class of 2017: It is with great excitement and joy that we welcome you to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Your decision to attend this program is an important step to becoming a business leader in the health care industry. When you graduate you also will be ready to make contributions to the community and the economy as a leading citizen conducting business with humanity in mind. You are now part of a great institution. As the first research university in the United States, the Johns Hopkins University has a long tradition of innovation and impact in diverse fields – from health, life sciences and engineering to the social sciences, policy studies, and the performing arts. The Carey Business School aspires to the same culture of excellence in all that it does. Your Master of Science Health Care Management Program will provide you with theories, concepts and frameworks while challenging and preparing you to apply your knowledge of business and health care management. You will be taught by our renowned faculty. In addition, you will have opportunities to interact and network with current students, alumni, the rest of the Johns Hopkins University with its multiple centers of excellence in health and health care, and professional associations. You will be joining a community of engaged students who take great pride in the school’s tagline of teaching business with humanity in mind. To this end, the school offers a rigorous educational experience that aims to transform business education by reflecting the principles of humanity, compassion, and innovation in every aspect of our programs. Our focus is on producing leaders who understand how business shapes the future and influences behavior across industries, continents, and cultures. Please take a moment to review the enclosed packet as you prepare to start your Master of Science Health Care Management Program. Faculty, staff, and fellow students will be happy to help you navigate and access the wide variety of resources available to you. As a new student, also please take time to familiarize yourself with the important University policies and regulations located in the student handbook. You have the good fortune to have access to extraordinary support from the leadership of Johns Hopkins University, the Carey Business School, and most importantly, a dedicated team of faculty and staff. We are individually and collectively committed to your success in this program. Again, welcome to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Kevin D. Frick, PhD Vice Dean of Education 2 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Meet the Faculty Toby Gordon, ScD, Associate Professor Toby Gordon, ScD (Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2010 and is an Associate Professor with expertise in the areas of healthcare policy, management of hospitals and health systems, and technology commercialization. Toby has joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Health Policy and Management and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Surgery. Toby serves as the Academic Program Director of the Healthcare Management Programs, directs the Discovery to Market technology commercialization course and is the Deputy Director for Business Strategies for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is currently the section editor of Medical Technology for the journal Surgical Innovation, and serves as a healthcare expert for the European Commission. Her professional background prior to Carey includes serving as Vice President of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, consulting academic medical centers, teaching, conducting outcomes research in surgery focused on the relationship between cost and quality and serving as a health care expert for the European Commission. Shrikant S. Panwalkar, PhD, Associate Professor Shrikant S Panwalkar, PhD (Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in January 2011 after a long career in academics and consulting. He is an Associate Professor in the practice track with expertise in the areas of operations research and scheduling. His Honors and Distinctions include: Associate Editor – OPSEARCH 1983- 97. His selected publications include: "Single operation earliness-tardiness scheduling with machine activation costs,” IIE Transactions. 34, 509-513, 2002, (SS Panwalkar and SD Liman); “The Lessons of Flow Shop Scheduling Research”, Operations Research, 40, 7-13, 1992 (RA Dudek, ML Smith and SS Panwalkar). His teaching interests include: Operations Management, Project Management, Decision Models, Statistics / Quality Management. 3 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Chester Chambers, PhD, Assistant Professor Chester Chambers, PhD (Operations Management, Duke University) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2009. He is an Assistant Professor in the research track with expertise in the areas of Operations Strategy, Dynamic Programming, and Decision Modeling. His list of publications includes works in Management Science, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering, and Decision Sciences. Before joining the Carey Business School, Dr. Chambers served on the editorial board of Manufacturing and Services Operations Management from 2004 to 2005. He was the recipient of Cox Research Fellowship in both 2005 and 2006 as well as the Dunleavy Research Fellowship in 2007 and 2008. Dr. Chambers is also a senior editor for Production and Operations Management. His teaching interests are: Manufacturing Strategy, Management of Service Operations, Supply Chain Management, Managing Operations in E- Commerce, and Advanced Decision Modeling. Stacey Lee, JD, Assistant Professor Stacey Lee, JD (University of Maryland School of Law) has been an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School since 2008. As the former in-house counsel for two health care corporations and an attorney with a background in securities and commercial litigation, Stacey Lee provides Carey Business School students with insights into the legal and ethical challenges they will encounter as business managers. Professor Lee practiced law for nearly a decade before joining the Carey Business School. Her honors include: Faculty Fellow – Greenwall Fellowship Program in Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Health Policy, 2011-2012; Health Law Scholar – Selected by the American Society Law Medicine & Ethics and the Saint Louis University Center for Health Law Studies, 2010. Her teaching interests include: Business Law, Negotiation, Ethics, and Social Responsibility. 4 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT Ruxian Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor Ruxian Wang, PhD (Operations Research, Columbia University), joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2013. Before returning to academia, he worked at Hewlett-Packard for several years. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the research track with expertise in the areas of assortment management, pricing, revenue management, and supply chain management. His Honors and Distinctions include: Practice Award of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section, 2012. His selected publications include: Wang, R. 2013. "Assortment Management under the Generalized Attraction Model with a Capacity Constraint", Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 12 (3) 254-270; Wang, R. 2012. "Capacitated Assortment and Price Optimization under the Multinomial Logit Choice Model", Operations Research Letters, 40 (6) 492 – 497; Gallego, G., R. Wang. 2014. "Multi- Product Price Optimization and Competition under the Nested Logit Model with Product-Differentiated Price Sensitivities", Operations Research, forthcoming; Gallego, G., R. Wang, J. Ward, M. Hu, J. Beltran. 2014. "Flexible-Duration Extended Warranties with Dynamic Reliability Learning", Production and Operations Management, forthcoming. His teaching interests include: Operations Management and Data Analytics. Roman V. Galperin, PhD, Assistant Professor Roman V. Galperin, PhD (Management and Economic Sociology, MIT Sloan School of Management) joined Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2013. His research interests include: organization of professional work, labor markets for experts, and effects of worker identity on organizational performance. Prior to joining Carey Business School, Dr. Galperin was an NSF-ASA Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University and an Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University. His Honors and