The Health Sector Management (HSM) certificate is one of the main reasons I wanted to pursue an MBA at Fuqua. The HSM program offers academic, professional, and social opportunities that are compelling. I wanted to build on my years of experience working with health providers to learn more about various health care industry subsectors such as medical devices, digital health, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. I also love having a cohort of over a hundred classmates, now friends, that share my passion for health care and are interested in making an impact in different parts of the industry.
I was an engagement manager with Optum Advisory Services—the health care consulting division of Optum and UnitedHealth Group. My day-to-day focused on helping health care provider clients (e.g., hospitals, health systems, and start-ups) improve their financial operations and financial strategy.
I will return to health care consulting and continue to explore the vast health care industry—from payers, digital health companies, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, state health agencies, etc. Eventually, I want to become a key player and decision-maker at a large health care organization. Ideally, my work would focus on solving complex health care issues at the intersection of the public and private sectors.
I interned with McKinsey & Company; I worked with a client whose focus was getting more COVID-19 vaccine shots in arms. It was a phenomenal study—one that challenged me to leverage everything I’ve learned about health care from my time at Optum and Fuqua.
