People
Jim Huntzicker, PhD, MM
Head, Division of Management
Phone: 503-346-0365
Fax: 503-346-0376
E-mail: Jim
Biography
James J. Huntzicker is Professor and Head of the Division of Management in OHSU's School of Medicine. He has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California (Berkeley) and a Master of Management in McGill University's International Masters for Health Leadership program...read more
Hilary Bradbury-Huang, PhD
Professor, Division of Management
Phone: 503-346-0367
Fax: 503-346-0376
E-mail: Hilary
Biography
Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Division of Management at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Her research, scholarly activism and teaching focus on the human and organizational dimensions of creating healthy communities. At OHSU she teaches in the OHSU-PSU joint MBA in Healthcare Management program and in the physician leadership development...read more
Assistant Professor, Division of Management
Phone: 503-346-0368
Fax: 503-346-0376
E-mail: Steve
Biography
Steve has over 35 years experience in healthcare management. He has served in a variety of progressive leadership roles in community hospitals, national health systems and physician clinics, most recently as CEO of a specialty hospital...read more
Ron L. Sakaguchi, DDS, MS, PhD, MBA
Professor, Division of Management
Phone: 503-346-0840
Fax: 503-346-0376
E-mail: Ron
Biography
Ron Sakaguchi is Professor in the Division of Management in OHSU's School of Medicine. In 2008 he completed an MBA at Babson College in Wellesley, MA with a focus on entrepreneurship. Ron brings a clinical, research and management background to the courses he teaches in the MS and MBA programs, which include marketing and innovation, strategic decision making, and the six-month capstone experiences. He has a PhD in biomaterials and biomechanics from the University of Greenwich, in London, England; an MS in prosthodontics from the University of Minnesota; a DDS from Northwestern University; and a BS in cybernetics/systems science from UCLA.
Prior to joining the division of management, he was the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at the OHSU School of Dentistry. He has published over 120 peer reviewed articles and abstracts and has been funded by the NIH since 1992. A new edition of his Elsevier textbook on biomaterials was just released...read more
Niki Steckler, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Management
Phone: 503-346-0366
Fax: 503-346-0376
E-mail: Niki
Biography
Niki Steckler, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Division of Management in Oregon Health & Science University's School of Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. Dr. Steckler's expertise is in communication and collaboration across disciplines and organizational boundaries...read more
David Dilts, PhD, MBA, CMA
Director of Strategy Alignment, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Professor, Division of Management
Co-director, Center for Management Research in Healthcare
E-mail: David
Biography
Dr. Dilts is Director of Strategy Alignment for the Knight Cancer Institute, Professor of Healthcare Management for the Division of Management and co-director of the Center for Management Research...read more
Karen Eden
Biography
Karen Eden, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at OHSU. Dr. Eden earned her B.S. degree in Mathematics from Ball State University. She then earned a Masters degree in Biomechanics, Physiology...read more
Daniel Handel
Biography
Dr. Handel is the Director of Clinical Operations for the Emergency Department. His area of research interest focuses on ways to decrease ED crowding and improve access to care...read more
Vishnu Mohan
Biography
Dr Mohan is a graduate of the certificate and MBI programs at DMICE, and is now involved in OHSU’s effort to advance the meaningful use of health information technology (HIT) by educating professionals...read more
David A. Pollack
Biography
David Pollack, MD, holds joint appointments in the departments of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. He has been a community psychiatrist in Oregon for 34 years. In 1987, he joined the Public Psychiatry Training Program...read more
Lauretta Young
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Lauretta Young, MD is currently retired after 25 years of service at Kaiser Psychiatry Dept. During her tenure she held various clinical and administrative roles including physician hiring director, residency training director, head of consult service...read more
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Paul Abel, Ph.D., is currently managing partner of b l u e r e s e a r c h and has been leading research in the medical and technology industry for over 14 years. He uses market research to help clients in health care and IT understand their markets...read more
Claire Celeste Carnes
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Claire Celeste Carnes is the Regional Director of Marketing and Communications, Providence Health & Services, Oregon. She currently manages the marketing and communications...read more
Gregory Charles
BiographyGreg Charles earned his M.A. in Development Banking from the American University in Washington D.C. and his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He has over 12 years of experience in managing corporate financial operations and reporting...read more
Steven Cheng
Biography
Steven Cheng, PhD, is currently a senior research associate in the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. His research interests are in process modeling/simulation, supply chain networks, and decision making within healthcare...read more
Biography
Tom is a native of Portland. After graduating from Jesuit High School he attended Stanford University where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences. He returned to Portland to attend OHSU where he completed his MD degree in 1979...read more
Jeanne Enders
Biography
Jeanne Enders, Ph.D. is a social and organizational psychologist on the management faculty at Portland State University. Her graduate training is in human interaction strategies and small group process. Jeanne teaches in the areas of business ethics, organizational behavior...read more
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Gudrun is the CEO and founder of Box One, Inc., an organization that provides custom financial training for companies and universities, with a focus on the medical and biotech market. For the past 25 years her training has centered on helping session participants...read more
Keith Griffin, MD
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Dr Griffin worked at Kaiser Permanent for thirteen years, was Assistant Chief of the Mental Health Department for eleven years, and then Acting Chief. He also worked as a Physician Implementation...read more
Denise Hoover
Biography
Denise Hoover is a leader in the Human Resources division of Salem Health, a not-for-profit regional health system in the mid-Willamette Valley. She is responsible for employee wellness...read more
Brian McCarthy
Biography
Brian K. McCarthy is a member of the full-time faculty in the Portland State University Graduate School of Business.He teaches marketing and managerial communication...read more
Mike Neal
Biography
Mike Neal is recently retired from Intel Corporation where he held a variety of senior management positions in sales, marketing, and most recently as Director of Product Quality. Although his roots go back to ecology and biometrics...read more
Rick Olson
Biography
Rick Olson, M.D., has been active in physician leadership and hospital regulatory issues for most of his 30 years of practice. He was Chief of Internal Medicine at Bess Kaiser Medical Center and Chief of Staff at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center...read more
Jeff Oltmann
Biography
Jeff Oltmann has over 20 years of experience in engineering, line management and program management with industry leaders such as Sequent, IBM, Prisma and Gould. He built a 50 person hardware development organization delivering boards...read more
Susan Prows
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Dr. Prows is Vice President of Applied Science for Insignia Health (www.insigniahealth.com), based in Portland Oregon. To OHSU's Division of Management, she brings a unique blend of experience from academia, public policy... read more
Jesse Reeder
Biography
Jesse has been teaching leadership and communications at the Oregon Graduate Institute which later merged with OHSU for 14 years. Previously Jesse served as Chief Executive of EWEB, the water and electric utility for Eugene, Oregon, and as CEO of Innovative Learning Group...read more
Jim Scott
Biography
Dr. Scott is a board certified family practitioner. He has always had a passion for patient centered care and quality improvement in health care. He practiced in rural Oregon for 20 years, where he was a founder in 1976 of the Siuslaw rural Health Center, and innovative...read more
Thoi Truong
Biography
Thoi Truong is a thirty-year veteran of the transportation and global supply chain services management industry with Con-way Inc. Thoi was formerly Manager of Intelligent Systems Engineering (founded in 1993) before he became Executive Logistics Consultant...read more
Rob Vissers
Biography
Robert J. Vissers is the Medical Director of Emergency Services and Chair of Quality at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency...read more
Biography
Larry Wasserman received his undergraduate degree in Psychology (1975) and his graduate degree in Health Care Fiscal Management (1979) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Larry's work experience includes public accounting, chief financial officer...read more
Ori Wolman
Biography
Ori Wolman is a senior program manager at Intel Corporation in the security center of excellence, and is currently the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and Design for Security (DFS) Program manager with a full ownership of the SDL process for all of Intel's product lines...read more
