MBA Program: Alumni

The Alumni of the Health Care Management (HCM) Program number close to 1,400. They are a well-organized network of talented people who are intensely loyal to the HCM Program and to each other. They are involved as leaders and managers in all parts of the health care sector. As alumni, they are generous mentors to HCM students, helpful advisors to fellow alumni on both health care content and career issues, and active contributors to the professional development and intellectual missions of the HCM Program.

All graduates of the HCM Program are members of the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association (WHCMAA), an organization which sponsors a variety of events and activities for members, such as career planning seminars, regional networking events, professional conferences, a website which includes an online directory and job posting service, and international and domestic community service volunteer programs. WHCMAA is considered one the most active and successful alumni clubs among the many clubs of the Wharton Graduate Association. For information on the activities and programs of WHCMAA, please visit www.whartonhealthcare.org

ALUMNI CAREERS 

The Alumni of the HCM Program work in every part of the health care sector in a rich variety of roles. A sample of actual positions, mid- and senior level, held by HCM alumni who graduated from Wharton at least five years ago, will provide an appreciation of the versatility of the degree and the richness of the network.

A Sample of Positions Currently Held by HCM Alumni Who Completed the Program at Least Five Years Ago:

Director, Health Care Strategy and Public Policy General Motors Corporation

President, Chester County Hospital

Managing Director, Warburg Pincus

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Senior Research Associate The Urban Institute

Senior VP and CFO, Children’s Hospital , San Diego

Exec. VP and CFO, Dana-Farber Cancer Center

President, and CEO World Access

President, Risk Mgmt. Foundation of Harvard

Medical Institutions

Regional Vice President, Aetna

President, and COO Brandywine Senior Care

Partner, Accenture

President and CEO, Valley Health System

Executive Director, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

General Partner, J.P. Morgan Partners

Senior Health Policy Analyst, General Accounting Office

Product Manager, Amgen

Vice President, Disease Management Services McKesson, Inc.

General Partner, Cardinal Health Ventures

Director, Assisted Living Miami Jewish Home and Hospital

Vice President, Marketing Cephalon

President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Presidentand CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Professor, Cardiac Surgery, NY Presbyterian Hospital

Chairman, Health Policy Jefferson Medical College

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

Asst. Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, United States Department of Defense

Senior Vice President, Coventry Health Care

Vice President, , Marketing Merck & Co.

Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management

Vice President, A.T. Kearney

Presidentand CEO, California Health Foundation

Vice President, U.S. Medical Pfizer

Chief HIT Venture Officer, Geisinger Health System

Managing Director, Advisory Board Company

Principal, McKinsey & Company

Chief Operating Officer, Fallon Clinic

Group Product Manager, Genentech

Director of Marketing, Cardiovascular Division, Medtronic

Chief Growth Officer, Magellan Health Services

President and Founder, Isis Maternity

Senior Vice President and COO, Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital

Manager, Boston Consulting Group

Senior Director, Marketing Genzyme

Director, Strategic Marketing Stryker Biotech

Vice President, Investment Banking Goldman Sachs & Co.

Senior Director, Corporate Development, Genome Therapeutics Corp