Celanie Christensen, MD, MBA’24, knew there was a shortage of physicians in her specialty in Indiana when she enrolled in the Physician MBA Program. When 1 in 36 kids have autism, Dr. Christensen recognized the field needed to grow, or she needed to find a way to leverage other resources and networks, to support these children.
Chief medical officer for the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, MBA ’17, shares how he applied his business training to solve healthcare challenges and think more strategically about his work.
Gagan Pawar, MD, MBA’22, was a year into the Physician MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business when she was offered the role of interim CEO. She reached out to the program for help preparing for the role.
As he expanded his private practice, Sukir Sinnathamby, MD, MBA’18, discovered he needed new skills to manage the business that he simply did not have as an experienced physician.
Shortly after graduating from the Kelley School Physician MBA Program in May 2022, Anuj Goel’s new leadership hoped he could use his new business training and clinical expertise to improve the geriatric psychiatry unit and help it run more efficiently.
Trauma surgeons are accustomed to managing emergencies and leading teams through difficult situations. Sometimes that leadership involves speaking up about uncomfortable truths.
While Sam Kim, MD, MBA’18, was accustomed—like all physicians—to keeping up with continuing medical education and the latest research in his field, he began seeing a shift in his practice from delivering medicine to a greater importance on understanding the economics of healthcare.
As the regional vice president of health services for Humana in the south-central region of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, Giridhar Chilukuri, MD, MBA’19, uses the skills he gained in the Physician MBA each day.
As a physician in executive leadership, Ann Marie Nelson, DO, MBA’15, realized expanding her business knowledge could position her to improve healthcare and create a greater impact for patients.