Dennis D. Pointer & Associates

ABOUT DENNIS POINTER ...

Denny is the Austin Ross - Virginia Mason Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington (Seattle). He has held two previous endowed chairs: John J. Hanlon Professor of Health Services, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University (1991-2002); and Arthur Graham Glasgow Professor of Health Services Management, Department of Health Administration, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University (1986-1991). From 1975 to 1986 he was affiliated with the University of California - Los Angeles where he served as: Professor and Head, Program in Health Services Management, School of Public Health; Associate Director, U.C.L.A. Medical Center; Professor, Anderson School of Management; and Professor of Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine. During his tenure at U.C.L.A. he was a Research Fellow at the RAND Corporation. He has held faculty appointments at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York) and the Baruch School of Management, City University of New York in addition to having served as Associate Director, Department of Teaching Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges (Washington, D.C.).

Denny is the author of eleven books. Really Governing and Board Work have won the James A. Hamilton book of the year award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. His other books include: Getting to Great: Principles of Healthcare Governance; The High Performance Board; The Health Care Industry: A Primer for Board Members; Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance: A Primer for Board Members; and Navigating the Boardroom: 40 Maxims - Things You Must Know and Do to Be a Great Director. Governing the 21st Century Nonprofit Healthcare Organization: Transforming the Work and Contributions of Your Board is scheduled for release in early 2009. He has written 80 scholarly and professional articles.

Principal of Dennis D. Pointer & Associates, Denny has been retained as a governance consultant, retreat facilitator and speaker by over 250 healthcare organizations, commercial corporations, governmental agencies and professional/trade associations. He was a founding partner of the American Healthcare Governance and Leadership Group LLC, now the Center for Healthcare Governance of the American Hospital Association.

Denny received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in hospital and health services administration and B.Sc. in organizational psychology from Iowa State University.

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