• Northcentral University, Doctor of Business Administration, concentration Healthcare Administration
• New York Institute of Technology, Master of Business Administration, General Business
• St. Joseph’s College, Bachelor of Science, Health Administration

See CV.

My areas of emphasis is increasing healthcare system performance, reducing operating costs and increasing revenues while concurrently improving clinical quality, efficiency and productivity by utilizing World Class Manufacturing concepts (Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Evidence Based Medicine) to optimize patient outcomes and deliver great patient care. Areas of expertise:

* Operational and Financial Performance * Supply Chain Management
* Revenue Cycle Implementation * Productivity Improvement
* Customer Relations * Physician Alignment
* Turnaround Management * Process Optimization
* Strategic Planning * Cost Reduction

My teaching interests are broad across healthcare administration, with a focus on leadership skills, strategic management, marketing and quality of life. My objective is to bring that body of knowledge into the classroom in order to provide real-world type experience.

• Board Certified in Healthcare Management and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives
• American College of Healthcare Executives Regents Advisory Council 2010-2016
• American College of Healthcare Executives Examination Committee 2013-2015
• American College of Healthcare Executives: Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award
• American College of Healthcare Executives and Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives: American College of Healthcare Executives Service Award

• National Association of Health Services Executives
• Association of Healthcare Executives of Georgia
• The National Society of Leadership and Success, 2020-Present

HPAM 7720
This course provides a critical evaluation of marketing from a health care perspective. The role and function of marketing in health care organizations will be discussed using consumer, competitor, and company analyses. Topics include decision making for consumers and the organization, use of marketing research, target markets, positioning and competition, branding of services, and ethical considerations.

Wheatley, B. A. 2010. Leadership Styles of Healthcare Executives: Comparisons of Transformational, Transactional and Passive Avoidant Styles. Published Dissertation, Northcentral University, 179 pp.

INVITED LECTURES
Emergency Management Program: A Hospital Introspective. The University of Georgia College of Public Health, Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense. January 11, 2012.

Leadership in an Era of Reform: Forces Shaping the Future. The University of Georgia College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, October 12, 2011.

Leadership in an Era of Reform: Forces Shaping the Future. The University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs Department of Public Administration and Policy, September 27, 2011.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
April 11-14, 2018
Becker’s Hospital Review 9th Annual Meeting
Presenter: “Thriving as a Small to Mid-Sized Hospital”
Chicago, IL

March 19, 2018
Kaiser Family Foundation
Presenter: “Hurricane Recovery in St. Thomas and the Status of the Healthcare system.”
Washington, DC

See CV.

• Becker’s Hospital Review “60 Rural Hospital CEO’s To Know”|2019
• Becker’s Hospital Review “50 African American Leaders in Healthcare to
• Know”|2018,
• Becker’s Hospital Review “60 Rural Hospital CEO’s To Know”|2017
• Becker’s Hospital Review “50 Rural Hospital CEO’s To Know”|2016
• American College of Healthcare Executives “Life Fellow Status Achievement” |2020See CV.