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MPH Students in the Class of 2004 Awarded
Post-Graduate Administrative Fellowships
Three MPH students in the class of 2004 were recently awarded prestigious
post-graduate administrative fellowships.
Vikram Acharya, a student in the Health Management Program (HMP), was
one of two applicants (out of a field of approximately 85) to be awarded
a David A. Gee Administrative Fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in
St. Louis, Missouri. Barnes-Jewish Hospital was ranked eighth in U.S.
News and World Report’s 2003 Honor Roll list of elite medical centers
in the United States, and is associated with Washington University School
of Medicine. Acharya, whose two year fellowship will begin this spring,
will spend his first year in hospital rotations through various departments,
including quality, finance, and operations, and will spend his second
year doing interim management. He will report directly to the Chief Operating
Officer of Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Shaheen Bhanji, also an HMP student, was awarded an International Administrative
Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic
was ranked fifth in U.S. News and World Report’s 2003 Honor Role
list of elite U.S. medical centers. The thirteen-month fellowship is for
international students who intend to return to their native countries
to work. It enables fellows to meet extensively with key administrators,
participate on a variety of committees and work on projects that are both
beneficial to The Cleveland Clinic and consistent with fellows’
goals. As an international administrative fellow, Bhanji will work with
the fellows who are part of the domestic administrative fellowship program,
and will also participate in additional projects at The Cleveland Clinic’s
International Center. She will begin her fellowship on July 1.
Maximo Gomez, a student in the Division of Health Policy and Administration,
was one of two applicants (out of a field of approximately 150) to be
awarded a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Administrative Fellowship.
MGH, in Boston, Massachusetts, was ranked fourth in U.S. News and World
Report’s 2003 Honor Roll list, and is the first and largest teaching
hospital of Harvard Medical School. The two-year fellowship is comprised
of core rotations which vary in length and expose fellows to every aspect
of hospital administration. Rotations include, among other areas, patient
care services, finance, hospital and ambulatory care, corporate administration/legal
and patient advocacy. Fellows are exposed to senior level decision-making
processes and participate in team decision-making. In each rotation, fellows
are assigned a senior level preceptor. Gomez will begin his fellowship
this summer.
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