Prof. Lawton R. Burns
Professor
University of Pennsylvania
USA
Biography
Lawton Robert Burns, Ph.D., MBA, is the Chair of the Health Care Management Department, the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, a Professor of Health Care Management, and a Professor of Management in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also Director of the Wharton Center for Health Management & Economics, and Co-Director of the Roy & Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management. He received his doctorate in Sociology and his MBA in Health Administration from the University of Chicago. Dr. Burns taught previously in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and the College of Business Administration at the University of Arizona.
Research Interest
Formal Organizations, Health Care Management, Hospital-Physician Relationships, Integrated Health Care, Physician Networks, Physician Practice Management Firms, Strategic Change, Supply Chain Management