Faculty Updates

Dr. Brad Beauvais

• In 2017, Dr. Beauvais published articles in Health Care Management Review, The Journal of Healthcare Management, The American Journal of Medical Quality, Quality Management in Healthcare and has a forthcoming article in The Journal of Health Administration Education.
• He and his research partners also have a paper under review at Health Services Research and forthcoming research pertaining to the influence of patient safety performance on financial outcomes.
• One of his research efforts, “Doing Well by Doing Good - Evaluating the Influence of Patient Safety Performance on Hospital Financial Outcomes,” has been selected for the 2018 Forum on Advances in Healthcare Management Research, conducted in conjunction with ACHE’s annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership.
• Dr. Beauvais continues to offer extensive service to CAHME, serving as the CAHME Standards Council Chair and Candidacy Committee member.
• Dr. Beauvais has been a primary proponent overseeing the transition to a brand new set of accreditation criteria – the same criteria Trinity’s HCAD Program will be required to meet in our next round of accreditation.
• He has also recently launched an ACHE Fellow Advancement Course for the South Texas Chapter of ACHE with the culminating course to be held here on the Trinity University campus. He intends to continue to facilitate this course on an annual basis.
• He also serves on the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) Foundation Board as a primary proponent for their ‘Heroes on Horses’ program that provides a supportive outlet for Veterans battling addiction, PTSD and other conditions.

Dr. Amer Kaissi 

• Dr. Kaissi recently published the book Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders.
• The book uses evidence-based approach, story-telling and research results to examine humility, compassion and generosity in health care leadership.
• It argues that when these traits are combined with ambition, strength and accountability, leaders can achieve high performance individually, for their teams and for their organizations.  
• Dr. Kaissi is currently completing a certification in “Physician Executive & Career Coaching” from the Physician Coaching Institute.
• He continues to provide his executive coaching services to HCAD graduates and other executives and physicians. 

Dr. Jody Rogers

• Dr. Rogers continues to teach and coach leadership through the American College of Healthcare Executives and with the Army Medical Department.
• He conducted monthly two-day leadership workshops for Military Physicians and for other health care professionals.
• He attended The Leadership Challenge Forum in San Diego where he co-chaired a session of topics around the leadership practice of Enabling Others To Act.
• He conducted a two-day ACHE cluster in New York City in July for 32 health care executives on the topic of courage in leadership.
• He presented at the Texas State Convention for Respiratory Therapists in Waco, TX in mid-July.
• Dr. Rogers will teach a course in Leadership and Conflict Management to the Second Year students this semester. Working with John Hornbeak and other professors, students will enroll and complete an IHI leadership online course during the semester. Students will receive a course certificate once the course is completed.
• Dr. Rogers intends to start a leadership coaching and development program for executives at KSAT News in San Antonio, TX.

Dr. Ed Schumacher

• Dr. Schumacher completed his fourth year as Department Chair while maintaining an active teaching load.
• In the Fall Semester, he teaches Statistics and Operations Management to the On Campus students and Statistics to the Executive class.
• In the Spring Semester he teaches Health Economics to the On Campus students. In conjunction with Dr. Shay’s class, the students once again participated in the “Tiger Tank” innovation competition. This year, the competition was held at Geekdom in downtown San Antonio.  
• In the Summer Semester, Dr. Schumacher taught a revised course, Health Information and Data Analytics, which exposed students not only to issues in health IT but also gave the students a deep dive into data analysis with several large projects -- projects created with the help of our alumni.
• For the third year in a row, Dr. Schumacher gave a two-part talk to incoming medical residents, medical students and medical school faculty at UT Health in San Antonio.  
• The first talk covered the history of the US health care system and focused on the misaligned incentives inherent in the system.  
• The second talk attempted to look into the future and discussed how health policy and market trends were attempting to align these incentives.  
• He gave a similar talk to a group of ED physicians at the med school in May.
• In February, Dr. Schumacher moderated a panel on Disruptive Innovation at the ACHE South Texas HealthCare Landscape Conference.

Dr. Patrick Shay

• Dr. Shay published "Clustered and Distinct: A taxonomy of local multihospital systems" in Health Care Management Science, 20(3), pp. 303-315.
• He presented in two different education sessions at AUPHA's 2017 Annual Meeting in June: "Maximizing Innovation: Using Lightning Lab activities to exercise students' creative muscles" (with Abby Kazley from MUSC and David Masuda from University of Washington) and "Cultivating Creative Curriculum: Innovative learning opportunities in the classroom and beyond" (with Tamara Herchel from University of Florida, David Masuda from University of Washington, and Stan Salinas from California State University-Chico).
• He presented a poster with Dr. Schumacher at AUPHA's 2017 Annual Meeting: "Unleashing innovation: The Tiger Tank Pitch Competition" winning "Best Poster" at the AUPHA 2017 Annual Meeting.
• He presented "Health care reform: Where are we?" to the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Meeting in August.
• He participated as an invited panelist at two professional development seminars at the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in August: "Emerging Scholars Consortium" and "Health Care Management Research Incubator: Research in the Rough."
• He received an "Outstanding Reviewer Award" within the Academy of Management's Health Care Management Division in August.
• He began service as a Faculty Liaison with Trinity University's Alumni Association Board as well as an Advisory Board Member of Trinity University's IMPACT Magazine.
• He joined as one of six members of the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division's Teaching Committee as well as a member of the Upsilon Phi Delta Committee with AUPHA.
• Dr. Shay had another great year with the HCAD Program, with highlights including students' annual Pecha Kucha presentations, getting to witness our First Year team win 2nd place at the Cleveland Clinic Case Competition in April (and touring the Cleveland Clinic!), the best Tiger Tank Pitch Competition yet and a fantastic (er, smashing) trip to London!

Dr. Mary Stefl

• Dr. Stefl coordinated the Trinity trip to London in July 2017. 
• She co-chaired first Annual Campaign for Health Care Administration, which raised nearly $50K.
• She co-authored a chapter for book on the history of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration dealing with the role of women.
• She continued active involvement in San Antonio community, e.g. board member of Goodwill San Antonio, Project Quest.