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About the Program

March 13 – June 14, 2026

This hybrid program involves online and on-site sessions that bring together physicians in administrative positions at academic medical centers for an intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues facing academic medical centers.

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Leadership and Management
Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization

Program Fees

  • Standard Price $9,500.00

Program Overview

For over 40 years, Harvard has conducted Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers, an executive development program designed specifically to help physicians become the leaders needed by both their organizations and patients in today’s complex health care landscape. This program is designed to serve a wide array of physician leaders. The on-site version of this course convenes medical directors and chiefs of divisions from academic medical centers together with an interdisciplinary faculty team for two weeks of intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues faced by physicians in administrative positions and academic medical centers. The program curriculum is organized around the following interrelated courses taught by esteemed Harvard faculty:

  • Health Care Policy
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Analysis
  • Operations Management
  • Organizational Issues
  • Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
  • Leadership

    Upcoming Program Details

    The program’s overall objective is to enhance and develop participants’ leadership abilities and effectiveness. This is accomplished by providing an increased understanding of their responsibilities as leaders, perspective on the critical leadership and management issues they face, and understanding and awareness of concepts and techniques relevant to management. 

    Upon completion of the program, participants will have gained:

    • Increased understanding of the responsibilities and tasks of leaders in complex institutions
    • Broader appreciation of the challenges and changes occurring in academic medical centers and the implications for their own institution and service or area of responsibility
    • New perspectives on issues they face currently and on those which arise in the future
    • Knowledge of relevant concepts and techniques in several key management disciplines
    • New methods to analyze problems and an enhanced capacity to identify the critical questions
    • Greater effectiveness as unit and institutional leaders in formulating and implementing initiatives and managing change

    This hybrid program involves on-site sessions from March 13-15, 2026 and June 6-14, 2026, taking place at Harvard’s Longwood Campus in Boston, MA. Between these on-site gatherings, there will be online sessions from March-June 2026.

    The agenda below details the on-site session schedule for March and June. Please check back on our website later for the online session schedule.

    All Times are Eastern Time (ET).

    Friday, March 13, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:30 am Welcome and Orientation
    9:30–9:45 am Coffee Break
    9:45–11:00 am Pascal What is Leadership?
    11:00–11:30 am Break
    11:30 am–12:30 pm Discussion Group
    12:30–1:30 pm Lunch
    1:30–2:45 pm Blanchfield Differential Cost Accounting
    2:45–3:15 pm Break
    3:15–4:30 pm Fleming Strategic Planning: Department Level
    4:30–5:00 pm Wrap Up
    6:30–9:00 pm Dinner
    Saturday, March 14, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:15 am Discussion Group
    9:15–9:30 am Coffee Break
    9:30–9:45 am Day 1 Insights & Recap
    9:45–11:00 am Witherell Leading Teams: Value of Leaders (SDI)
    11:00–11:30 am Break
    11:30 am–12:45 pm Witherell Leading Teams: Value of Leaders (SDI), con't
    12:45–1:45 pm Lunch
    1:45–3:00 pm Fleming Introduction to Strategy
    3:00–3:30 pm Break
    3:30–5:00 pm Pascal Through the Looking Glass
    5:00–5:30 pm Wrap Up
    5:30–6:15 pm Meet with Peer Coaches
    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:00 am Discussion Group
    9:00–9:15 am Coffee Break
    9:15–9:30 am Day 2 Insights & Recap
    9:30–10:45 am Blanchfield Differential Cost Accounting 2
    10:45–11:00 am Break
    11:00 am–12:15 pm Peck Managing Flow and Variability
    12:15–1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00–12:30 pm McDonough US Health Reform & Affordable Care Act
    2:30–3:15 pm Peer Coaching
    3:15–3:45 pm Program Part 1 Wrap Up
    Friday, June 12, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:30 am Welcome Back
    9:30–10:15 am Discussion Group
    10:15–10:45 am Break
    10:45 am–12:00 pm Blanchfield Integrating Management Control Systems with Strategy & Operations
    12:00–1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00–2:15 pm Witherell Leading Teams: Value of Teams
    2:15–2:45 pm Break
    2:45–4:00 pm Witherell Leading Teams: Value of Teams cont.
    4:00–4:30 pm Wrap Up
    4:30–5:30 pm Meet with Peer Coaches
    Saturday, June 13, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:15 am Discussion Group
    9:15–9:30 am Coffee Break
    9:45–11:15 am Peck Basics of Operational Management/Creating Culture of Operational Excellence
    11:15–11:45 am Break
    11:45 am–1:00 pm Fleming Disruptive Innovation
    1:00–1:45 pm Lunch
    1:45–3:15 pm Pascal Managing Others: Having Difficult Conversations
    3:15–3:30 pm Wrap Up
    6:00–8:30 pm Dinner Reception
    Sunday, June 14, 2026
    8:00–8:30 am Breakfast
    8:30–9:00 am Discussion Group
    9:00–9:15 am Coffee Break
    9:15–9:30 am Day 2 Insights and Recap
    9:30–10:45 am Crichlow Equity in Health Care
    10:45–11:00 am Break
    11:00 am–12:30 pm Pascal, Witherell What's in Your Leadership Toolbox/Bringing the Learning Home
    12:30–1:00 pm Boxed Lunch

    This agenda is subject to change.

    Potential participants include individuals in positions such as chief of a clinical division within a major clinical department, vice chair of a clinical department, medical director, and associate dean for clinical affairs.  

    Participants will be selected in a manner ensuring an appropriate mix and balance in the class.  

    Credits & Logistics

    All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.

    March 2026

    Please check back for updated information.

    This program does not offer continuing education credit.

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