EMHA Faculty
USC faculty members are making substantial contributions to research and education in healthcare, management, policy and related fields. Executive MHA faculty members are drawn from among SPPD's distinguished full-time faculty, as well as selectively from faculty of other schools, such as the School of Pharmacy, Marshall School of Business, Annenberg School for Communications, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and the Keck School of Medicine, among others.
Adjunct Executive MHA faculty members are active and experienced practitioners in the greater professional community, contributing to a practical classroom environment that stimulates the rapid integration of concept with both faculty and participants' on-the-job experiences. In addition to the involvement of seasoned executives as guest lecturers in class sessions, the EMHA also features a stellar roster of periodic special speakers who enrich the learning experience.
SPPD's Executive MHA faculty may include:
William Barcellona
Vice President, Government Affairs
California Association of Physician Groups
Grace Cheng Braun
President & CEO, WISE and Healthy Aging
Thomas Collins, Dr. Ed.
Adjunct Professor
President, Strategic Advisors and
Former CEO and Chairman Former President / CEO and Chair, Memorial Health System
William Gil
President and CEO, Facey Medical Foundation
Lois Green, MHSA
Principal, Lois Green + Associates
Earl Greenia
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Chief Operating Officer, Kona Community / Kohala Hospitals, Hawaii Health Systems Corp.
Howard Greenwald, Ph.D.
Professor
Christine Hall
Attorney at Law, Law Office of Christine R. Hall
Peter Harbage
Senior Program Associate, New America Foundation
President, Harbage Consulting
Michael Harris
Managing Principal, Harris Consulting Inc.
Patrick G. Hays, M.A.
Adjunct Professor and Former President, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association
Jeffry Huffman, M.D., MHA
President and CEO, USC Care Medical Group
Patrick E. Kapsner, MPA, FACMPE
Adjunct Professor and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Park Medical Group
Cathy Kay, J.D.
Adjunct Professor and Health Attorney
C. Patrick Lash
Healthcare Finance Executive
LaVonna B. Lewis, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor
Melissa Succi Lopez, Ph.D.
EMHA Adjunct Instructor
Glenn A. Melnick, Ph.D.
Blue Cross of California Professor of Healthcare Finance and Director, Health Management & Policy Programs, SPPD
Richard A. Merkin, MD (guest faculty)
CEO and Founder, Heritage Provider Network
Robert Myrtle, D.P.A.
Professor
Richard Namerow, MBA
Partner, CSC Global Healthcare Solutions Consulting Group
John Raffoul
Chief Financial Officer, White Memorial Medical Center
Ellen Riley
Senior Vice President, Kaufman Hall
Terri Rosas-Nichols
Manager, Ambulatory Clinical Information Systems
University of California, Davis Health System
Leonard Schaeffer (guest faculty)
Judge Widney Professor and Chair
Founding chairman and CEO, WellPoint Inc.
Susan Sinclair
Adjunct Associate Professor
Managing Principal, Market One Corporation
David Sloane, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Undergraduate Programs
Donna Staal
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Woodland Hills Managing Director, CADREM LLC Corporate Development & Management
Robert Tranquada, M.D.
Emeritus Professor and Immediate Past Chair, L.A. Care Health Plan
Clyde Wesp, Jr., MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Joseph of Orange Health System
Kathleen Wilber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Joint appointment with the School of Gerontology)
Vivian Wu, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Henry Zaretsky
Adjunct Professor
Principal, Zaretsky and Associates