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The 2019 Colloquium has concluded. Please check back for information on future events.

We hope you can join us on Friday, June 7th for our inaugural colloquium and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the program.

In response to your requests for continuing dialogue and interaction with your colleagues in the DSc program, we invite you to the inaugural DSc Colloquium on Healthcare Leadership. The Colloquium will highlight organizational innovations and analytical work you, our DSc graduates and students, have undertaken in your organizations. Following this event, we will celebrate 10 years of the Executive Doctor of Science (DSc) in Healthcare Leadership program.

General Information

  • Presenters

    Sarah A. Long, MSc, CRCP, DSc Student (2018 Cohort)
    Director of Research Operations, Augusta University
    Presentation: Integrating Research Processes, Systems, and Organizational Structures during a University and Healthcare System
    Consolidation: A Three-Year Post Consolidation Assessment

    Raymond A. Snead, Jr., DSc, FHFMA, FACHE
    Chief Financial Executive
    Presentation: The Value Proposition of Clinical Intervention

    Mary Temm, DSc, MHSA, FACHE, PCMH CCE
    President, Temm & Associates Presentation: Patient-Centered Medical Home – Model for Value Based Care and Patient Engagement

    Charles Hagood, DSc, MBA
    President/Partner, Strategic Consulting Division, Press Ganey
    Presentation: Lean implementation and selected patient outcomes in acute care hospitals

    Khanhuyen Vinh, DSc, MHA
    Administrator, H. Vinh, MD. PA
    Presentation: The Effects of Hospitalists on Hospital Length of Stay

    Michael Wiechart, MBA, DSc Candidate
    Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, TeamHealth
    Presentation: A Crisis of Care: A Predictive Model for Evaluating the Causes, Costs and Consequences of Work-Life Balance Among Emergency Room Physicians

    Cynthia Reistroffer, DSc, MBA, RN
    Program Line Administrator, Primary Care, Bronson Health Care
    Presentation: Patient Activation: Examination of the Relationship between Care Management with Coaching for Activation and Patient Outcomes

  • Schedule

    Friday, June 7

    11:30 am – Lunch

    12:30 pm – Colloquium presentations begin

    5:00 pm – Colloquium ends

    6:00 pm – 10th Anniversary Celebration

  • Pricing

    Colloquium
    FREE, but you must still register

    Anniversary Celebration
    $100 per person

  • Locations

    Colloquium
    UAB School of Health Professions
    Executive Learning Center (SHPB 640)
    1716 9th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294

    Anniversary Celebration
    UAB National Alumni Society House
    1301 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294

Questions?

Contact Leandra Celaya at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 205-934-3588.