Regina E Herzlinger

Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and the first to serve on many corporate health care/medical technology boards. She initiated the courses in health care at HBS and was the first faculty member to be selected by the students as their best instructor. In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious ACHE Honorary Fellowship which represents the...See more

Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and the first to serve on many corporate health care/medical technology boards. She initiated the courses in health care at HBS and was the first faculty member to be selected by the students as their best instructor. In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious ACHE Honorary Fellowship which represents the leaders of America's hospitals and was 1 of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - World Edition by Grupo Midia. In 2014, she launched a Harvard MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), on Innovating in Health Care and in 2013, a continuing series of conferences, "21st-Century Health Care Management Education: Confronting Challenges for Innovation with a Modern Curriculum," sponsored by a group she formed, GENiE (Global Educators Network for Health Care Innovation Education), which has supported the many schools that have introduced courses/programs on Innovating in Health Care. Regi earned her BS degree at MIT and her Doctorate at HBS. See less