Suffolk University - Guest Speakers

Guest Speakers

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: Health Information Systems

Christopher Shanahan, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor and Director, Community Medicine Unit, Boston University School of Medicine

Topic: Project Management and Clinician Involvement in Healthcare IT Implementation

Course: Innovation-- the Future of Healthcare

Maura Charlton, Ph.D., Associate Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.

Topic: A Long Road to a New Medicine and the Value of Medical Innovation

Sushil Bhatia, Ph.D., President and CEO of JMD Manufacturing Inc. and Executive-in-Residence at the Sawyer Business School

Topic: How Innovation Happens

Philip Devlin, Vice President Emerging Technologies, General Manager, Aspect Neuroscience, Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.

Topic: Developing a Successful Product at Aspects Medical Systems

Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System and Harvard School of Public Health

Topic: Minimally Invasive Surgery and Other Innovations in Surgery

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