M.D./ M.B.A. Finally It's Graduation Day!
By Edward Hess, M.D.
What was it finally like to wear the cap, gown, and hood that demonstrate
the completion of the Masters in Business Administration for Executives
program? On December 8, 2001, 15 of us had that opportunity.
The entire group that started the program had finished. Soon we would
all have our M.B.A. degree. We also realized that day that graduation
was a beginning and not an end.
The
ceremony went quickly and flawlessly. The reception afterwards was capped
with memories and renewed acquaintances with our former teachers. The
President of the California State University San Bernardino was there
to congratulate us as the first and founding class of the M.B.A. for Executives
program. However, it was Dr. Gnanadev who summed this all up with a simple
but powerful presentation of awards to our most memorable professors:
Drs. Mo Vasiri, Nabil Razzouk, and Tapie Rohm. Then, in order to demonstrate
that this is only a beginning, Dr. Gnanadev presented the class gift.
We inaugurated the "Founding Class of the M.B.A. for Executives Program
Endowment" for incoming M.B.A. students in financial need. We all
felt that that was a crowning moment in our years of study.
What does an M.B.A. for Executives actually mean? It means that there
are new ways to fight old battles. It means that we are more competent
in the financial arena. Any one of us can provide a valid business case
for our patient care projects. We are able to hold our own with accountants
and managers. Importantly, we can talk business with our legislators and
regulators. Physicians are no longer the underdogs in business matters.
Does
an M.D./ M.B.A. make one less a physician and more a businessman? I can
state from my own experience that an M.D./ M.B.A. makes a physician a
more effective physician in today's environment. Twenty years ago, many
physicians would have been appalled to have Medicine called a business.
However, without our expertise in billing and office management, the Profession
of Medicine would cease to exist. We would all have become employees and
salaried workers. With the help of business-savvy Physicians, that shall
never occur. Physicians shall always control Medicine.
SBCMS Congratulates the MBA Graduates
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