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Biographical Information Fred Hagigi is a Professor in the Department of Health Services. He is the Director of the Executive Education Programs in Healthcare Management & Policy and the EMPH Program. In 2007, he received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCLA Academic Senate on Teaching, and in 2005 he received the Public Health Student Association Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Hagigi teaches Healthcare Financial Accounting, Financial Management, and Applied Field Project / Consulting. He has taught courses in healthcare marketing and healthcare quality improvement at UCLA, and courses in operations management and consulting at The University of Utah’s Schools of Business and Engineering. He has lectured at various national and international meetings on healthcare systems and delivery. He currently lectures and consults with international delegates who are visiting Los Angeles to learn about the U.S. Healthcare system and curriculum development in healthcare management. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Management and a B.S. in Finance from The University of Utah, and received an MBA in International Business and Finance from Texas A&M. He received his MPH and DrPH in Healthcare Management & Policy from UCLA’s School of Public Health, with a Marketing Strategy cognate at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Prior to joining UCLA’s faculty in 1998, he consulted with private and governmental organizations for over 25 years, including projects with DOE, SBA, Commerce, Utah Division of Corrections, Utah Economic Development, LA County Health Services, and VA Healthcare. He has also consulted with multi-specialty medical groups, IPAs, and Managed Care Organizations. His current consulting project with the Veterans Administration concentrates on translating research into practice and demonstrating the business case for increased healthcare quality. As a consultant with the Management Development Institute at UCLA’s Anderson School, he developed the financial component of a curriculum on building the management capacity of NGOs, work that is supported by Johnson & Johnson. He taught financial management to representatives from eleven African nations in Kenya. His primary research focuses on marketing strategies within public and private organizations, healthcare delivery system analyses, and organizational performance measurements. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a Certified Management Consultant. |
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