Wesley M. Rohrer, Ph.D.
Position:
Assistant Chair, Health Management Education in the Department of Health
Policy & Management
Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management
Secondary Appointment in the Department of Health
Information Management, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Assistant Chair, Health Management Education
Research Interests:
Organization studies; human resource management; ethics and leadership in
health care; and health policy and politics, especially health care reform.
Biosketch:
Wesley M. Rohrer, Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management and
Associate Director, Health Administration Program, Ph.D., University of
Pittsburgh, 1990. Dr. Rohrer has a secondary appointment in the School of
Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Health Information
Management.
His teaching and scholarly interests are in the areas of organizational
studies, human resource management, ethics and leadership in health care;
and health policy and politics. While maintaining an active teaching
load, Dr. Rohrer serves as administrator of the MHA
and MPH Programs.
Dr. Rohrer is currently coordinating a GSPH faculty team to develop and
teach a public health and health care systems and policy curriculum for the
new UPMC International Administrative Management Fellowship. Dr. Rohrer is
active in the University Faculty Assembly, co-chairs the Senate’s Community
Relations Committee, and chairs the School’s Educational Policies and
Curriculum Committee. He participates in various community service
endeavors, including service on the Board of the UCP of Pittsburgh Inc and
faith-based community outreach and service initiatives.
Wes and his wife Janet have three daughters, Stephanie, who practices family
law in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband Mark, Caitlin, a former Americorps
volunteer who is pursuing her M. Div. degree at Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary, and Gwyneth, a junior at Ashland University (OH) majoring in
graphic arts and photography.
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