Stephen Wagner

 

Stephen Wagner , Ph.D., FACHE, FACMPE
Executive-in-Residence and Assistant Professor
Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health Administration

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Stephen Wagner, Ph.D., FACHE, FACMPE

Executive-in-Residence and Assistant Professor
Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health Administration

Dr. Wagner is a full-time faculty member in the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program. He has been active in the field of health care as an executive, teacher and researcher for more than 50 years.

He recently retired from corporate leadership after having held several executive positions at the Carolinas HealthCare System over the last 20 years. He was the Senior Executive of the Sanger Clinic (now known as Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute) and was instrumental in its creation. Before coming to Charlotte, NC (where he is currently based), Dr. Wagner was the Senior Executive for Physician Practices at Alliant Health System in Louisville, KY. Alliant was one of the first health systems in the nation to embrace Total Quality Management. Before going to Kentucky, Dr. Wagner was the senior non-physician leader at The Kurten Clinic (now All Saints Medical Group) in Wisconsin for 10 years.

Dr. Wagner has taught in the Seton Hall MHA program since its inception in 1996. He is recognized as an expert on the American healthcare system and its transformation. His work today focuses on change and managing the difficult process of changing the healthcare organization to meet the challenges of the future. He brings change to the human level, since change starts with the person. If the people do not change and are not prepared for change, then the organization will not change to meet the needs of the future.

Dr. Wagner has a master’s degree in healthcare fiscal management from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business, and a PhD in healthcare public policy analysis from the University of Louisville, College of Business. Dr. Wagner's principal areas of emphasis are in change management, the neurobiology of change, the American healthcare system, health policy, leadership and governance, organization development, medical practice administration, medical economics, new healthcare and educational technologies as well as emergency management.