Department of Health Management and Policy

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About the Department

The Department of Health Management and Policy offers dynamic academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students have the opportunity to learn from faculty members who have backgrounds in academic and practice-oriented settings. In their programs, students have rich classroom experiences, as well as hands-on experiential learning opportunities.

Undergraduate Program

The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management & Policy (HCMP) is a four-year program that develops the foundation of a career in health services administration with an innovative curriculum.

Graduate Program

The Master of Science in Health Systems Administration (MHSA) program equips aspiring leaders with skills to shape the future of health care. The CAHME-accredited curriculum is competency-based, practice-centered, and led by faculty active in public health, research, and systems of care leadership.

Support the Department

We are living in an extraordinary era. COVID-19 has amplified health disparities and systemic racism as a public health issue, while senseless killings of Black people have simultaneously led to racial justice activism throughout the nation. Collectively, this moment is the outcome of centuries of inequities that disproportionately compromise the health status and quality of life for people of color.

As a community that works daily to advance the health, prosperity, and the dignity of vulnerable populations, Georgetown University is called now with even greater urgency to act boldly and uphold these foundational commitments. 

Drawing from decades of accomplishments and a university-wide commitment to racial justice, Georgetown’s Department of Health Management and Policy is uniquely positioned to catalyze efforts to eradicate health disparities and move us closer to a world in which all people can achieve their full health potential.

Department Faculty

Prof. John Kraemer
Chair and Associate Professor

Dr. Maria Alva
Assistant Research Professor

Caroline Efird
Assistant Professor

Dr. Gultekin Gollu
Assistant Professor

Dr. Carole Roan Gresenz
Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor

Prof. Sam Halabi
Professor

Dr. Sean Huang
Associate Professor

Dr. Vanessa Hurley
Assistant Professor

Dr. Bette Jacobs
Professor

Dr. So-Yeon Kang
Assistant Professor

Dr. Daniel Kim
Assistant Professor

Dr. Christopher King
Associate Professor

Dr. Ryung Suh
Associate Professor

Dr. Patricia Cloonan
Associate Professor Emerita

Dr. Michael Stoto
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Alishia Echols
Associate Director of Graduate Studies

Tyler Hill Whatley
Program Coordinator

Adjunct Department Faculty

Saad Chaudhry, Luminis Health

Sonia Canzater, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Greg Downing, Holy Cross Hospital

Sara Hejazi, Tandigm Health

Bernard Horak, MITRE

Fred Hyde, Fred Hyde & Associates

Andrew Mulcahy, RAND Corporation

Ruth Pollard, District of Columbia Developing Families Center

Adi Radhakrishnan, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Sheela Ranganathan, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Frederic Selck, Intensity

Ipsita Smolinski, CAPITOL STREET

Angela Thomas, MedStar Health Research Institute

Shannon Wu, American Hospital Association,

Mimi Zhang, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center