Healthcare Leadership Development Initiative

Events

We at SMU Cox also believe that group learning is a powerful tool, which is why our healthcare leadership programs leverage group learning to help you learn to work as a team. Join us and take the first step towards transforming your learning experience today!

  • Upcoming Program: AI for Healthcare Leaders

    AI for Healthcare Leaders

    The upcoming AI for Healthcare Leaders program – hosted through SMU Cox's Executive Education – is designed to equip senior-level professionals with the know-how and skills to navigate and leverage AI technology to improve business performance and patient outcomes. Join us for this 3-day event (April 11, 12, and 19, 2024).

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  • 2023 Healthcare Conference

    October 5 - 6, 2023

    In October 2023, SMU Cox hosted a healthcare conference: Patient-Centered Care: Access and Cost, where we brought together the brightest minds in healthcare to discuss the industry's most pressing challenges. Our keynote speakers and panelists provided actionable insights and strategies that you can implement in your organization. This was an opportunity to connect with like-minded healthcare leaders and learn from their experiences. The event was open to the public

  • April 2023: Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare

    April 2023: Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare

    Our Healthcare Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making conference brought together nearly 60 healthcare industry decision-makers to explore sustainable approaches to developing healthcare industry leaders and addressing ethical challenges in healthcare. This two-day program featured a fireside chat with McKesson CEO and Cox Executive Board Member Brian Tyler, conducted by former Baylor Scott & White CEO Jim Hinton.

    The event was a building block in the Cox School’s new Healthcare Initiative and focused on a sustainable approach to developing healthcare industry leaders.

     

  • October 2022: Healthcare Roundtable

    October 2022: Healthcare Roundtable

    The SMU Cox Healthcare Roundtable was a foundational event for how SMU Cox can help shape the future of the healthcare business and develop healthcare industry leaders. 
    McKesson CEO and Cox Executive Board Member Brian Tyler and former Baylor Scott & White CEO Jim Hinton established their roles as co-chairs in the Initiative. The event was facilitated by Vishal Ahuja, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Operations Management at SMU Cox and Adjunct Faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Shane Goodwin, Associate Dean, Executive Education, and Graduate Programs and Finance Professor of Practice. 

    Key takeaways include:

    • Dallas can and must play a leading role in transforming healthcare
    • Healthcare leaders will play a vital role in the transformation and industry innovation
    • SMU Cox can partner with healthcare leaders to deliver on this vision