Q&A with Industry Experts

Shaden Marzouk, MD, MBA ’11HSM ’11Senior Vice PresidentClinical OperationsCardinal Health Describe an experience from your time at Fuqua that stands out to you as unique or helpful. I think the Mentored Study program at Fuqua was fantastic. From the opportunities available, to the matching process, to the knowledge I gained, it was one of my best experiences […]

Ali Hashemi Co-Founder, Managing Partner Avicenna Partners What is your fondest memory from your time at Duke? One fall semester, we had an unseasonably warm December… i tied up a hammock between two trees in the Sarah P Duke gardens, and studied for my organic chemistry finals – in style. What advice would you give […]

Blake Long, MD, MBA ’15 HSM ‘16 (expected) Chief Clinical Officer Mosaic Health Solutions Name a health care company you think is doing exciting work, and why? IBM Watson is not thought of as a health care company, but it is one of several that are emerging from outside of traditional health care and initiating […]

Natalie Schneider, MBA ‘06 HSM ‘15 Vice President Consumer Experience Anthem, Inc. Describe an experience from your time with Fuqua or HSM that stands out to you as unique or helpful. On our very first day, the professor addressed the class with the statement “This will be a challenging journey and if you are still […]

Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, MD Senior Vice President US Medical Leader Lilly Bio-Medicines Eli Lilly and Company We’re seeing new collaborations in health care to address cost, quality, and access, such as accountable care organizations. What sort of emerging partnerships in the health sector do you perceive to be most compelling? Novel mergers between academic health […]

Secretary Robert McDonaldUS Department of Veterans Affairs What do you wish you knew at the start of your career that took years to understand? My career started the day I matriculated as a new cadet at the United States Military Academy. I already knew then what I believe is the most important lesson for any […]

George Barrett Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Cardinal Health, Inc. What is the biggest challenge in healthcare today, from your perspective? We are a healthcare system going through a major transition. It is going to take time. It is going to be disruptive. In some ways the biggest challenge is to be able to compete […]

Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer Senior Vice President of Oncology Flatiron Health As a preface, I work at Flatiron Health (www.flatiron.com). Flatiron is a health technology company focused on fighting cancer through data and technology. We have developed a suite of software products that are of high value to oncologists, and through these […]