Stephen Shortell

Stephen M. Shortell is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management and Professor of Organization Behavior at the School of Public Health and Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley. He is also Dean of the School of Public Health at Berkeley. Dr. Shortell received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, his M.P.H. from UCLA, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. A leading health care scholar, Dr. Shortell has done extensive research identifying the organizational and managerial correlates of quality of care and of high performing health care organizations. He has received numerous awards including the distinguished Baxter-Allegiance Prize, the Gold Medal Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Association for Health Services Research. His most recent book collaboration is entitled Remaking Health Care in America: The Evolution of Organized Delivery Systems.