Faculty in the Health Policy and Management Program at Providence College bring a broad range of perspectives into the classroom. Students will learn from both published scholars and experienced practitioners in the field. Faculty regularly seek to involve students in their ongoing research through collaborative learning exercises and projects. In addition, all of the faculty in the program have "real world" experience in either the public or private sectors, affording students direct access to the health care community beyond Providence College. Regardless of their background, however, faculty are committed to excellence in teaching. All members of the full-time faculty routinely employ technologies such as the College's Angel course management software in their courses. Students regularly praise the accessibility of their faculty members and regard themselves as partners in a learning experience.
The program currently has four full-time faculty, and has hired two new tenure-track faculty since 2008. Our current faculty include:
Dr. Tuba Agartan (PhD, Binghamton University, 2008), Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, joined the faculty in September 2008. Her principal teaching and research interests lie in the areas of comparative health policy (Europe, Turkey), international health, and the sociology of health and illness.
Dr. Robert Hackey (PhD, Brown University, 1992), Professor of Health Policy and Management, has been a member of the PC faculty since 1999. His principal areas of teaching and research include health care reform, hospital regulation, health planning and certificate of need regulation, and health care in popular culture.
Dr. Deborah Levine Levine (PhD, Harvard University, 2007), Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, joined the PC faculty in September 2009. Dr. Levine was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University prior to joining the PC faculty. Her areas of interest are the history of medicine, medical technology, and obesity.
Dr. Paul Pezza (PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1988), Professor of Health Policy and Management, is the director of the HPM program and joined the faculty at Providence College in 1978. Dr. Pezza is on sabattical during Spring 2008.
In addition, the program brings the expertise and experience of practicing health lawyers, nursing home administrators, and others into the classroom as part time faculty:
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Anthony Bartolotta, MBA, AT&T (Computing and Information Systems in HPM)
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Louis J. Pugliese, MA, Director of Quality Improvement, Eleanor Slater Hospital (Administration of the Extended Care Facility, Management of Human Resources)
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Timothy Fitzgerald, MBA (Financial Management of Health Care Institutions, Strategic Management, Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations, Aging and Health)
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David Gagnon (Strategic Management, Maternal and Child Health)
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Andrea Galgay, MBA (Principles of Health Care Management)
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Richard Zabbo, JD / Attorney (Health Law)
This page was last updated on August 26, 2009.