Eugene Litvak, PhD

Biography

Eugene Litvak, Ph.D. is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Operations Management in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he teaches the course “Operations Management in Service Delivery Organizations”. Since 1995 he is leading the development and practical application of the innovative Variability Methodology for cost reduction and quality improvement in health care delivery systems. Application of this methodology has resulted in significant quality improvement and multimillion dollar margin improvements for every hospital that has applied it. Professor Litvak was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committees “The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System“ and “The Learning Healthcare System in America” and currently is a member of its Committee on “Optimizing Scheduling in Health Care”. He was also a member of the "National Advisory Committee to the American Hospital Association for Improving Quality, Patient Safety and Performance" and serves as Principal Investigator in many hospital operations improvement projects in the US and internationally.