Thank you to our Fall 2024 Supporters of Healthcare Management at UT Dallas
September 10 – Crystal Brown, Vice President Operations/COO with Methodist Mansfield Medical Center on Professional Development
October 16 – Timothy Wilson, SVP Population Health Management with P3 Medical Group on Improving Patient Care
October 25 – George Peng, Director of Clinic Operations with USAF Medical Services Corp on Managing Large Diverse Healthcare Systems
November 6 – Jared Shelton – President of Texas Health – Harris on Healthcare Current Events
Thank you to our Spring 2024 Supporters of Healthcare Management at UT Dallas
March 6 – Protiviti Global Business Consulting Panel
Arison Than – Senior Consultant
Cody McShan – Associate Director
Mandy Drake – Healthcare Practice Manager
Ronak Bhakta – Manager
Stephanie George – Senior Healthcare Consultant
April 3 – Penn Medicine Health System “Health Leadership -The Inside Story”
Craig Gronczewski, MD, MBA, FACHE, Chief Medical Officer with Penn Medicine Health Systems
Mini Virmani, MPH, MS, CLSSGB, Director of Clinical Effectiveness & Quality Improvement
March 22 – Health Innovations Resource Fair
Kingsley Bryce – Affordable Medical Supplies
Mary McDaniel – Cognizant Health Sciences
Sam Maley – Parallon
J’nean Addison – -Metrocare Services
John Burruss – Metrocare Services
Tim Upshaw – Metrocare Services
Jeremy Moore – Metrocare Services
La Shonda Worthey – Dallas County Health and Human Services
Ganesh Shivaramaiyer – Dallas County Health and Human Services
Anuja Batura – Dallas County Health and Human Services
Michelle Ferguson – Regency Integrated Health Services
Brett Barnett – Regency Integrated Health Services
Vicki Palm – Regency Integrated Health Services
Eesha Charanyia – Texas Health Dallas
Sheree Crockett – Texas Health Dallas
Andrew Couture – Texas Health Dallas
March 24 – AI Lecture, part of Health Innovations Week
Kris Fitzgerald, chair of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering
March 26 – Healthcare Management Leadership Banquet
Harvey Castro – Medical Intelligence
Kris Fitzgerald, chair of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering
Thank you to our Fall 2023 Supporters of Healthcare Leadership and Management at UT Dallas
August 18 George Ritcheske on Embracing our Strengths Leadership Orientation Seminar
November 19 Professional Development Luncheon for Fall 2023
John Whittemore Executive Director of American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas chapter
Mike Waters the former President of Hendrick Health System
James Berg of American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas chapter
Phil Wentworth of American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas chapter
September 21 Personal Branding Event for Fall 2023
Andrea Askins with UT Southwestern
Nick Prince with Christus Health
October 20 Case Competition
The American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas chapter and Texas Health 2nd place case competition student winners: Sai Lakhan Kyasa, Tulasi Rayapati, and Fernando Fuerte
Thank you to our 2023 Supporters of Healthcare Management and Leadership at UT Dallas
John Whittemore Executive Director of North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives
Mike Waters the former President of Hendrick Health System
James Berg of North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives
Phil Wentworth of North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives
Spring 2023 Professional Development Seminar
Larissa Hagge at Parallon HCA
Ajith Pai at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
Priya Mekala at UT Southwestern
Past Events, Publications, Interviews and Reviews
Thurgood, K.L. (2023, Dec), Enterprise Leadership: A new model. Journal of Business and Economics (ISSN2155-7950). Published , JBE20231017-1(Published Jan 2024).
Refereed Conference Publications or Abstracts: Thurgood, K.L. (2023), Conference proceedings, MBAA International, Enterprise Leadership in a VUCA world: A New Model.
Thurgood, K.L. (2023), Interview, Healthcare Leadership Excellence podcast: Episode 63: Leadership Strategy and Burger King SOP with Dr. Keith Thurgood (coachinggroupinc.com)
Thurgood, K. L. (2023), Healthcare Symposium sponsored by BYU, Leadership in Healthcare
Spring 2023 Professional Development Seminar
Larissa Hagge at Parallon HCA
Ajith Pai at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
Priya Mekala at UT Southwestern
Panel Moderator, (September 2022), Healthcare Supply Chain Efficiencies and Emerging Technologies, University of Texas, Dallas. Watch the video
June 2022 DC Trip
James Ramsey, trip guide and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Shema Mbyirukira, Lecturer with the Archer Center
Alejandra Defilipis, Global Marketing Director for the Pneumococcal Vaccines at Merck & Co
Len Friedman, Director of the Executive Master of Health Services program at Milken Institute School of Public Health Administration program.
John Budd, Associate Principal with ECG Consultants and President of National Capital Healthcare Executives Chapter of the ACHE
Lynelle Johnson, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of EHR Modernization
Paula Paige Director of Communications U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of EHR Modernization
Winston Dennis, Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael S. Heimall, Medical Center Director at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Tom Leary, Government Relations and Executive Director of HIMSS Foundation
Jeff Coughlin, Government Relations Director
Evan Dunne, HIMSS Federal & State Affairs Coordinator
Dan Blum, Advocacy & Community Chair, HIMSS NCA Chapter
Chantal Worzala, Principal at Alazro Consulting, LLC
Catherine Codispoti, EVP and chief people officer at Children’s National Hospital
Jane L. Campbell, fourth President/CEO of the United States Capitol Historical Society and former Ohio state legislator
Steve Livengood, Public Historian & Chief Guide of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Michael Nestor, Scientific Engagement Lead for Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Del Smith, co-founder and CEO of Acclinate
Shemia Holloway, Public Affairs Liaison at Children National Hospital
Sean Virgile, Commercialization Business Analyst at Children’s National Hospital
Megan Cundari, Senior Director of Federal Relations with American Hospital Association
Cameron Krier Massey, Founder and President of scout GR.
Keynote Speaker, Blueprint for Practice Automation (Hospital Administration) (2021)
March 2021 Cleveland Clinic
Cassandra Ciarlillo
Benjamin Grothe
Curry Cates
Kyle Underwood
Casey Lawrence
Gina Cronin
James Ramsey, trip guide and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Interview, Dallas Business Journal (Oct 2019), The Future of Healthcare.
Reviewer, Journal of Leadership Studies – ScholarOne Manuscripts (2023-Current)
Reviewer, International Academy of Business and Economics. (2015- 2018).
Reviewer, Academia.edu (2020-Present)
Panel Discussion, General Electric, The Future of Health Care (February 2020).
Panel Discussion, BYU Management Society, The Future of the Affordable Care Act (December 2020).
Keynote Speaker, Dallas Financial Association, The American Healthcare System (2019)
Panel and Round Table Facilitator (Nov 2019), DFW Hospital Council and Richardson Chamber of Commerce, CEO Impact on the Social Determinates of Health.
Thurgood, K.L (2015, April 22), Hic Sunt Leones: Effective Leadership and The Challenge Of Change. European Journal of Management (EJM). ISSN: 1555-4015, October 2015.
Thurgood, K.L. (2015). The Journey: Effective Leadership Development and Succession Planning (ISBN 978-3-639-76509-0). The Scholars Press. OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG.
Thurgood, K.L. (2014, October 10). Leadership and Character: Why it Matters. Paper presented at the 2014 Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management. Proceedings published 2015.
Thurgood, K.L. (2014, October 10). The Defining Characteristics of Effective Leaders. Published by the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management.
