Faculty

Principal and Director
Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD – Director
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University

Director
Richard H. Bell, Jr. MD
Emeritus, American Board of Surgery

Co-Principals
John R. Combes, MD – President and COO
Center for Healthcare Governance, The American Hospital Association

Martin J. Hatlie, Esq. – Founder and President
Partnership for Patient Safety

Ben-Tzion Karsh, PhD – Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA – Director
Program in Health Industry Management at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Co-Principals (Australia)
Merrilyn Walton, PhD – Professor
Centre for Innovation in Professional Health Education and Research, The University of Sydney

Tim Shaw, PhD – Associate Professor
Centre for Innovation in Professional Health Education and Research, University of Sydney

Associate
Denys T. Lau, PhD – Director of the Health Services Evaluation and Policy Section
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University

Staff

Alexey Chamkin, MBA – System Analyst/Program Manager/Website Designer
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University

Derek Jarvis – Research Study Programs Coordinator
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University