Resume

Professional Experience

2002-Present Founding President, FITZPATRICK CONSULTING Strategic alignment. Effective leadership. Cultural readiness.

1996-2002 Founding Partner, THE BARD GROUP, LLC, Newton, MA Engaging physicians in organizational performance

1993-1996 Senior Health-Care Consultant, THE BARD INSTITUTE Developing physician leaders

1984-1996 Chief, Department of Mental Health, HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, Peabody, MA

1994-1999 Internal Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Office of the President and Medical Director, HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE

1984-1998 Private Clinical Practice, CHESTNUT PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICES, Danvers, MA

1990-1993 Senior Consultant and Director of Program Development, INNOVATIVE TRAINING SYSTEMS, Newton, MA

1989-1992 Senior Consultant, INTERACTIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS, Princeton, NJ

Education

1971-1975 St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY; B.A. Summa cum Laude

1975-1977 State University College of New York at Oswego; Masters & Certificate of Advanced Study; Summa cum Laude                                                              

1978-1983 University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Summa cum Laude 

1977-1978 Clinical Internship, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai

Hospital

1981-1983 Intern and Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA              

1983-1984 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Community Health Plan, Boston, MA                                          

Academic Appointments

1981-1998 Harvard Medical School Faculty Instructor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention and Department of Psychiatry 

1993-1998 Core Faculty in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Training Program

Publications & Presentations

  • Author of various healthcare-related publications and a well-recognized book on managed care

  • Thirty-plus years of large and small group lectures and facilitated retreats covering the full continuum of healthcare business and leadership topics.