Three tenets from Wharton’s EMBA Program propelled this alumnus to become a future-forward, positive leader for the health care industry.

It was a medical staff meeting in 1993 that did it. Managed care had taken hold of the reimbursement system. Physicians were being challenged to think differently. I was the chair of OB-GYN at one of the top community academic centers in the country, and I was running a meeting with colleagues who were unanimously decrying any change to the “perfect” physician-centered system. It was bizarre to hear smart people say change would be catastrophic, even though we had priced medicine out of any reasonable market, failed to coordinate a lifetime of care for a patient and had no way to assess our outcomes.

That’s when I decided that if I could deliver a 10-pound baby successfully, I should be able to master the skills needed to help lead an optimistic future for myself and colleagues. I decided to study at the Wharton MBA for Executives (EMBA) Program, which led to an abrupt transformation in my career that has culminated in my being chosen to lead one of the oldest and most prestigious health science universities and health systems in the country.

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