Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program

Columbia Business School has become a leader in healthcare business education providing students with a real world understanding of the increasingly complex global healthcare industry. Developed by senior industry executives, this area of study is integrated into the School’s full-time MBA program and offers innovative and insightful healthcare courses, learning and networking opportunities with industry leaders, experiential learning opportunities, and career development and planning. The Program emphasizes critical thinking and encourages the development of new approaches to address the strategic, economic, competitive, technological and sociopolitical challenges facing this important sector. The Program helps students successfully pursue careers in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices & diagnostics, healthcare services, management consulting, investment banking, equity research, venture capital, private equity, and entrepreneurship.  

For information on the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School please visit: http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/healthcare.

PROGRAM LEADERSHIP

	Prof. Cliff Cramer, Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program Managing director, healthcare investment banking, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch Vice President corporate development & planning, Merck & Co., Inc. Co-founder American Healthcare Capital/ VHA Enterprises
	Chris DeNoia '04, Associate Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program Vice President product management and new product development, United Healthcare Asia-Pacific service delivery management, JP Morgan
	Lorraine Marchand '06, Senior Associate Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program President, Biospark LLC Co-Founder, Triana Group, Life Sciences Chief Executive Office, Ocular Proteomics Chief Operating Officer, Clinilabs Vice President, Covance Executive Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb Director, National Institutes of Health
	Prof. Robert Essner, Executive in Residence Retired Chairman/CEO, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Distinguished 33-year career in global pharmaceutical industry

HEALTHCARE FACULTY

	Cliff Cramer Adjunct Professor Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program
	Robert Essner Adjunct Professor Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School
	Linda Green Ph.D. Armand G. Erpf Professor of the Modern Corporation; Decision, Risk and Operations
	Ken Hitchner '92 Adjunct Professor Partner and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
	Frank Lichtenberg Ph.D. Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business; Finance and Economics
	Alex Preker Adjunct Professor Head of Health Industry and Investment Policy Analysis, World Bank Group
	Jack Rowe Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health Former Chairman & CEO Aetna, Inc.; Former President & CEO, Mt. Sinai Hospital (NY)
	Francoise Simon Adjunct Professor

The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program works closely with other staff areas within Columbia Business School to provide integrated support to the School’s faculty and students.