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Department of Health Policy and Management
600 West 168th Street, Sixth Floor New York, NY 10032
tel: (212) 305-0296 fax: (212) 305-3405
e-mail: rs2512@columbia.edu
Professors
- Joseph A. Califano
(in Psychiatry), B.A., L.L.B.
- Mathilde Krim (in Pediatrics), B.S., Ph.D.
- Jane E. Sisk, B.A.,
M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professors
- Lloyd F. Novick, B.A.,
M.D., M.P.H.
- Lawrence
Wolper, B.A., M.B.A.
Adjunct Assistant Professors
- Donald L. Ashkenase,
B.S., M.B.A.
- John E. Baer, B.A.,
M.S., D.P.A.
- Michael Birnbaum, M.Sc. , M.Phil
- Merle C. Cunningham,
B.A., M.P.H., M.D.
- Henry R. Karpe,
B.B.A., M.S.
- Katherine Kaye, B.A.,
M.D., M.P.H.
- Jeffrey S. Markowitz,
B.A., M.P.H., Dr. P.H.
- Marcia L.
Pinkett-Heller, B.A., M.P.H.
- James R. Tallon Jr.,
B.A., M.A.
- Michael L. Ziegler,
B.A., J.D., M.P.H.
Special Lecturers
- Joan M. Leiman, Ph.D.
- Stephen N. Rosenberg,
M.D. (Emeritus)
Senior Lecturers
- Jon R. Cohen, M.D.
- Ellise S. Delphin,
M.D., M.P.H.
- Thomas J. Foley, M.S.
- John Kastan, Ph.D.
- David G. Pockell,
M.S.
- Frederick Putney,
Ph.D.
Lecturers
- Frederick D. Alley, M.S.
- Richard Anderson,
Ph.D.
- Anthony Bale, Ph.D.
- Matthew Borsch, M.B.A.,
M.P.H.
- Susan Browning,
M.P.H.
- Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr.P.H.
- Gary Gambuti, M.P.H.
- Michael Guzmano,
Ph.D.
- Katherine E. Garrett,
M.B.A.
- James T. Harden,
M.B.A., M.P.H.
- David E. Leach III,
J.D.
- Arthur A. Levin,
M.P.H.
- Robin A. Maley,
M.P.H.
- Andrea Ptaszek, Ph.D.
- Annette Ramirez De
Arellano, Dr.P.H.
- Norman D. Schwartzben, M.S.
- Itzhak Sharav, Ph.D.
- Alvin Strelnick, M.D.
- Roger E. Wanerman,
J.D.
Associates
- Hilda Polanco, B.S.
- Robert Spinelli, M.P.H.
- Linda Tauber, M.B.A.
Selected Adjunct Portraits
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Richard Anderson teaches one section of the
Department's introductory course in healthcare economics (P6503), a
requirement for all HPM students. This course provides an intensive
introduction to economics and delves into the unique issues faced by the
healthcare marketplace, including insurance, moral hazard and public goods.
Professor Anderson is also Assistant Professor of Economics at New
Jersey City University
and Lecturer at Rutgers University.
"Teaching this course has allowed me to meet
students from Health Policy and Management and other departments in the
School. I've been impressed with their intellectual curiosity and with
their ability to think through tough concepts in health economics. The
course provides students with a foundation in a topic that should be
familiar to all healthcare professionals."
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Merle Cunningham currently holds positions as
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Service, Lutheran
Medical Center,
as Medical Director, Sunset Park Family Health Center Networks, and as
Acting Medical Director, MIC Women's Health Services, Medical and Health
Research Association. Dr. Cunningham has engaged in extensive research
activities, in addition to work as a provider, medical director, and
management. His most recent publications have addressed managed care and
quality issues. Dr. Cunningham shares with students the advantage of
multiple perspectives on complicated and often nebulous quality issues. The
Quality of Healthcare course provides an overview of the measurement of
quality across different parts of the healthcare system, including primary,
long-term, acute, behavioral health and chronic disease care.
"Quality of care is an important topic in
healthcare. The Quality of Healthcare course provides students with an
overview of the topic and prepares them to intelligently consider and
analyze quality problems and challenges in a number of healthcare
settings."
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Katherine Garrett works as an independent
consultant on quality, performance improvement strategic planning, and
program development. She brings her experience with senior leadership at
healthcare and non-profit organizations and government agencies in New
York and New Jersey
to the classroom in Quality of Healthcare. This course provides an overview
of the measurement of quality across different parts of the healthcare
system, including primary, long-term, acute, behavioral health and chronic
disease care. It is relevant to managers working in a variety of provider
and payor settings. Prof. Garrett brings to students her experience as
Assistant Vice President of Regulatory and Professional Affairs at the
Greater New York Hospital Association and as Senior Director of Corporate
Policy and Corporate Quality Management Services.
"Defining quality in healthcare is notoriously
difficult. Mailman students consistently rise to this challenge, however,
asking intelligent questions and considering different definitions of
quality along the continuum of care."
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Marcia Pinkett-Heller teaches Health Education
Training courses in the Department of Health Policy and Management during
the summer sessions. Her courses, Educational Interventions in the Health
Care Field and Health Education: Training Techniques and Approaches,
are popular electives for policy and management students as well as
students in other departments. Marked by role-playing simulations and group
work, Prof. Pinkett-Heller's courses focus on education, training, and
group development in health organizations. In addition to teaching at the Mailman
School, Prof Pinkett-Heller
serves as Chair, Department of Health Sciences, New
Jersey City University,
as Assistant Professor, New Jersey
State College, and as Guest Lecturer, University
of Michigan, School
of Public Health. In addition,
she serves on a number of committees in activities ranging from academic
searches to professional development.
"My courses in health education and training are
unique in that we use role-playing and group exercises in addition to
lectures and reading assignments. The quality of students
at the Mailman School make this format successful. I'm consistently impressed
with their energy, which combines with their enthusiasm and interest in
healthcare topics to produce a unique classroom experience."
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Linda Tauber, a Certified Public Accountant, began
teaching Accounting and Budgeting for Health Administration (P6529) in Fall
2002. Her course offers a comprehensive introduction to accounting topics,
focusing on the financial statements. It is taken as a requirement by
students in the management track and as an elective by students seeking
some exposure to financial management topics. Professor Tauber is an
Assistant Professor of Accounting at the City University of New York as
well as a Corporate Trainer for Lehman Brothers. In addition to her
academic experience, Professor Tauber's teaching is informed by her
extensive experience as a Public Accountant and Auditor.
"Teaching the introductory finance class, and
overview of accounting and budgeting, my student have had a range of
exposure to these topics. Students consistently excel, regardless of their
backgrounds. Each student leaves the course with a solid foundation,
whether or not they plan to continue on to more advanced finance
topics."
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David E. Leach III has been the Deputy Regional
Attorney at the New York Office of the National Labor Relations Board since
1988. In this capacity, he litigated major cases involving the NewYork
Times and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. In his
present position, he is responsible for representing case decision writing,
and serves as the settlement coordinator and the training coordinator for
the New York Region of the Board. As an Adjunct Lecturer at the Mailman
School of Public Health, Prof. Leach has taught a course in Collective
Bargaining in the Healthcare Industry (P8560) each year since 1985. A very
popular course, it includes an overview of labor law, supported by reading
and discussion of labor issues specific to health care. As the final
assignment, students participate in a mock labor negotiation. In addition
to his position at the Mailman School,
Prof. Leach is Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn
Law School
and lectures before various international labor groups.
"As a lawyer who enforces the statutory
protection offered workers in this country, I spend a great deal of time
dealing with thorny legal issues and hotly contested disputes. It has been
a treat for me to leave that world and spend time with intelligent and amazing
students who have taken my class over the years. They have allowed me to
see that law I work to uphold through their eyes. Each of these students
has had a great impact on me, especially the students who have come from
other countries, bringing with them experience and knowledge of how
employment issues are handled in their homelands. The sharing of these
experiences has enriched the classroom experience."
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Hilda H. Polanco , CPA, is the managing
director of Fiscal Management Associates, LLC. Over the last twelve years,
Hilda has built a specialized consulting practice focused on helping
not-for-profit health and human services organizations create and maintain
effective fiscal systems and policies, cost-efficient technology systems,
and a human resource infrastructure that supports their program, fiscal and
operating demands. A recognized expert in the finance field, Hilda has
conducted fiscal workshops for New York State's Department of Health AIDS
Institute and FIT. She has also conducted fiscal workshops and trainings
for not-for-profit organizations under the auspices of The Robin Hood
Foundation, The After-School Corporation (TASC) and The Tiger Foundation.
Hilda has taught Accounting and Budgeting for Health Administration (P6529)
in the Executive MPH program. Her course offers managers practical
instruction in financial and managerial accounting, positioning them to
improve their organizations' performance in these areas. Her course is
highly tailored to the experiences and needs of students.
"Working with the executive MPH students is a real
pleasure. They have a wide range of experiences and each bring to the table
an interesting perspective. Because of my experience consulting to a wide
variety of not-for-profit and human services agencies, I am able to tailor
the course, cases and examples to meet students' needs. By the end of the
course, they are positioned to be better managers and policy makers."
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