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Kanak S. Gautam, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
Salus Center, Room # 374
Saint Louis University School of Public Health
Tel:
(314) 977-8139
gautamk@slu.edu

Dr.
Gautam is Associate Professor of Health Management in the Department of Health
Management and Policy. His research is related to hospital boards, human
resource management, and self-management of chronic diseases. He teaches
Management of Healthcare Organizations, Human Resource Management and Business
Sectors in Healthcare. Dr. Gautam received the 2006 Dean Conley Award for best
paper in health management from the American College of Healthcare Executives,
was co-recipient of the 1995 Edgar C. Hayhow Award for best paper in Hospital
and Health Services Administration, and won “Professor of the Year” awards in
1994 & 1998. He is a member of ACHE, AUPHA and Academy of Management and has
served on JCAHO’s Technical Advisory Committee on Ambulatory Care, as Fellow
at the Commission for Accreditation of Health Management Education (CAHME),
and as member of the Executive Committee of the Academy of Management’s
Healthcare Division. He is currently Program Advisor at CAHME and on the Board
of Directors at Cardinal Ritter Senior Services in Saint Louis.
Education
PhD- University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Courses
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Management of Healthcare Organizations
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Human Resource Management in Healthcare
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Business Sectors in Healthcare