The Healthcare Department hosts guest speakers from government, nonprofit and healthcare organizations.  These professionals shared their experience and insight with our students, helping them to better understand the challenges facing today’s leaders.  Here are some of our guest speakers.           

Special Event for Healthcare Alumni and Students

Paul F. Levy is President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Mr. Levy took over BIDMC in January 2002, when its viability was in question.  Today, BIDMC is prospering, serving as a model for leadership and quality in healthcare.   

On February 12, Mr. Levy gave a presentation at a special event to students, faculty and friends of the Suffolk University Healthcare Programs.  He spoke about his experience at BIDMC and some of the challenges facing healthcare organizations and leaders.  Here are some of his most memorable remarks:

"We will be the exemplars of an academic medical center that is known for a few things. First, we will be the place where you go and are treated warmly, respectfully, and compassionately, where there is more than a tolerance of diversity, there is a celebration of diversity. Second, we want you feel you have had good service. Third, we will be a place where you feel better when you walk out than when you came in.”

Mr. Levy also mentioned his blog as a vehicle for communicating with internal and external stakeholders. 
The blog is available at: http://www.runningahospital.blogspot.com/.

Course: Rebuilding Public Trust: Quailty and Safety in Healthcare Organizations
Rachel Jarosz, Quality Improvement IS Administrator, Quality Management, Rhode Island Hospital
Topic: Using IS to Support the PI/Safety Culture

Julie W. Jefferson, RN, MPH, Director, Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital
Topic: The Managers Role in Preventing, Addressing, and Monitoring Hospital Acquired Infections

Kelley E. Hewes, RN, BSN, Nursing Resource Manager, Nursing Professional Development, Rhode Island Hospital
Topic: Structured Team Communication Methods: iSBAR
Topic: Conducting a TCJ Patient Tracer

Chistine Kearns, RN, NP, Nursing Resource Manager, Nursing Professional Development, Rhode Island Hospital
Topic: Conducting a TCJ Patient Tracer

Karen Hopcia, RN, CNS, General Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Topic: Applying Lean Principles in the Healthcare Setting

Gerard Cronin, Operations Coordinator for the General Clinical Research Center, the BioImaging Core Lab, and White 9, Massachusetts General Hospital
Topic: Applying Lean Principles in the Healthcare Setting

Course: Healthcare Strategic Management

Elizabeth Chen, President, New England College of Optometry
Topic: Where is the Thread? Product, Customers, and Risks

Sharon Freeman, Suffolk MPA Graduate and Program Manager, Tufts University School of Medicine
Topic: Developing a Strategic Plan for the Town of Georgetown

Course: Health Marketing and Communication

Deborah Chiaravalloti, Vice President, Public Relations and Marketing, Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport
Topic: Innovative Marketing to Re-establish the Hospital’s Market Presence

Chris Medici, chief communications officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
Topic: Innovative Marketing to Re-position a Leading Health Insurer

Dave Monti, Senior Vice President, RDW Group, Inc., Boston

Steve Angel, VP Business Development, RDW Group, Inc., Providence

Jay G. Conway, SVP/Partner, RDW Group, Inc., Providence
Topic: Reaching Your Customers through Innovative Marketing

Course: Organizational Change in Healthcare

Jeanette Clough, CEO, Mount Auburn Hospital
Topic: Leading a Turnaround at Mount Auburn Hospital 

Patrick Jordan, COO, Newton Wellesley Hospital
Topic: Leading Change at Newton Wellesley Hospital  

Course: Global Health Needs and Organization

Mark Kripp, Oxfam America
Topic: Health Care Needs and Delivery in an Undeveloped Country (Haiti)

Course: U.S. Health Policy

John McDonough, Health Care for All
Topic: Access to Care, Health Disparities, Rationing, Financing Issues, Universal Coverage Nationally and in Massachusetts

Jim Gleason, The Shriver Center
Topic: Disability History, Legislation, and Policy Issues

John Delman, Consumer Quality Initiatives, Inc.

Steve Spinetto,City of Boston Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Topic: The New Consumer Paradigm

Wayne Stelk, MBHP

Bob Keane, DMH
Topic: Behavioral Health, Evidence-Based Practice, State Policy Making
      
Michael Flanagan; Emergency Preparedness Manager, Caritas Norwood Hospital

Kevin Mont, Fallon Ambulance
Topic: Health Care Personnel, Emergency Response, Infectious Diseases and Superbugs

Dr. Kass Braden, The Shriver Center
Topic: Genetics and Early Life Issues
 
Mary Beth Barry, South Shore Hospice
Topic: End of Life, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Other Ethical Issues