Faculty
The MHA faculty members are drawn from the USC full-time faculty and are making substantial contributions to both research and the profession of health administration. Other faculty members are active practitioners in the greater professional community and contribute to a practical, learning-lab classroom environment.
William Barcellona
Adjunct Associate Professor
Vice President, Government Affairs, California Association of Physician Groups
Grace Cheng Braun
President and CEO, WISE & Healthy Aging
Thomas Collins, Dr. Ed.
Adjunct Professor
Former President and CEO, Memorial Health System
Lois Friss, Dr. P.H.
Emeritus Professor
William Gil
Adjunct Associate Professor
President and CEO, Facey Medical Foundation
Elizabeth Graddy, Ph.D.
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
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
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
Former President, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association;
Founding President, Sutter Health
S. Randal Henry
Principal Investigator and Health Science Specialist, Veterans Administration of Greater Los Angeles
Patrick E. Kapsner, MPA, FACMPE
Adjunct Professor
Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Park Medical Group
Catherine Kay, J.D.
Adjunct Professor
Health Attorney
C. Patrick Lash
Healthcare Finance Consultant
LaVonna B. Lewis, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor
Melissa Succi Lopez
Executive Master of Health Administration Instructor
Joyce Mann, Ph.D.
Academic Advisor and Director, International Education Programs
Glenn Melnick, Ph.D.
Blue Cross of California Professor of Healthcare Finance
Robert Myrtle, D.P.A.
Professor
Michael B. Nichol, Ph.D.
Professor
John Raffoul
Chief Financial Officer, White Memorial Medical Center
Ellen Riley
Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Vice President, Kaufman Hall
Terri Rosas-Nichols
Manager, Ambulatory Clinical Information Systems, University of California, Davis
Leonard D. Schaeffer
USC Judge Robert Maclay Widney Chair and Professor, SPPD;
Chairman, Surgical Care Affiliates;
Senior Advisor, TPG Capital;
Founding Chairman and CEO, Wellpoint
Susan Sinclair
Adjunct Associate Professor
Managing Principal, Market One Corporation
David Sloane, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs
Arthur Sponseller, J.D.
Senior Vice President/COO, California Healthcare Association
Donna Staal
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Managing Director, CADREM L.L.C.
Robert Tranquada, M.D.
Emeritus Professor
Clyde Wesp, Jr.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Joseph Health System
Kathleen Wilber, Ph.D.
Professor
(Joint appointment with the School of Gerontology)
Vivian Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Henry Zaretsky
Adjunct Professor
Principal, Zaretsky and Associates