Alley-Sheridan Scholarships:
Medical innovation doesn’t always happen in a lab. Sometimes it happens in an unexpected place, like an unassuming red barn in rural New York.
It was there in 1955 that David Sheridan developed the bubble principle that revolutionized how catheters, cannulae and tubes are used in operative procedures and patient care. While the bubble principle was one of Mr. Sheridan’s most significant inventions, it was not his only one. In fact, he held or shared more than 50 patents for innovations that greatly improved medical care throughout his lifetime.
Fortunately, Mr. Sheridan collaborated with others throughout his life. Dr. Ralph D. Alley, former head of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Albany Medical Center, was one of them. Moved by his collaborator and friend’s commitment to thoracic surgery, Dave Sheridan donated $1 million to the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education to establish the Alley-Sheridan Fund. Over the past 18 years this fund has supported over 200 thoracic surgeons through scholarships to the Leadership and Health Policy Programs both at the Kennedy School and most recently at Brandeis University.
Brandeis University
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management Course, June 13 – 19, 2010
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) is pleased to announce the 2010 Alley-Sheridan Scholars who will attend the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at the Heller School of Public Policy and Management at Brandeis University.
Karl J. Borsody, M.D.
Kettering Cardiovascular Group
Dayton, Ohio
R. Duane Cook, M.D.
Leesburg – Ocala Heart Institute
Leesburg, Florida
Cosmin Dobrescu, M.D.
Bronson and Borgess Hospitals
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Robert A. Frank, M.D.
Ochsner Medical Center
Gretna, Louisiana
Eric S. Lambright, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
V. Seenu Reddy, M.D.
University of Texas HSC
San Antonio, Texas
Frank W. Sellke, M.D.
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
Timothy L. Van Natta, M.D.
Harbor – UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
Benny Weksler, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TSFRE is providing these scholars with $2,500 toward the $5,200 cost of the course.
Program Overview
This intensive one-week program trains clinical leaders in health care policy and management. It aims to provide health care professionals with the skills essential to creating innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness and efficiency of health care service delivery.
The program includes sessions offering the latest in national and state health policy along with business theories and frameworks adapted to the challenges of health care management. Program curriculum and content is developed under the guidance of Stuart Altman, Ph.D., Dean of the Heller School and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy and draws on the unique strengths of the Heller School and the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy.
Curriculum
The curriculum is based upon the case method of adult learning, as modeled in the training of clinical and business professionals alike. There will be in-class simulations, group work, and class discussions. The program consists of several modules woven together and applied toward the participant's institutional, professional, and personal goals. The modules build upon each other encompassing the themes of health policy and management and application of frameworks.
A unique feature of this program is that in addition to lecture, discussions and case analysis, the program can include an action-learning component post-workshop. If they so wish, participants will identify a strategic issue to work on once they return to their home institutions, and report on it to the group by means of a Brandeis facilitated electronic exchange of materials. During this time, they will have access to core faculty designated to guide them through this process.
Who Should Participate
Enrollment in this program will be limited to ensure a quality learning experience, one in which participants learn from close contact with faculty and each other. Providers of health care with substantial experience in the health care system will benefit most from this program. Every practitioner has already learned much about health care policy and management by virtue of delivering care within this system; this program will help solidify and crystallize these learnings, and enable participants to be effective change agents in these crucial areas.
Alley-Sheridan Scholarships will be available for the 2011 Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management Course. Check back often for instructions to apply to next year’s program.
