Program Benefits

The program provides a foundation in leadership skills that are transferable to many career paths in health care management. Specifically, the program will enhance and develop an individual's analytical, communications, project management, organizational and leadership skills.

Current Fellows

Ellen Gaves, MHSA - 2023-2025

Ellen received her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience from the University of Michigan (UM). During and after her undergraduate program, she worked in a neuropsychology lab researching cognitive decline and the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on memory. She later continued her work in research at Michigan Medicine as a clinical research coordinator in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She worked for several clinicians investigating traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy. This experience sparked her interest in healthcare administration leading her to earn a Master of Health Service Administration from UM. Here, she completed an internship in the Department of Radiology where she conducted a demand analysis for various procedures, projected future staffing needs, and developed and implemented a new hiring protocol. As a first-year fellow, Ellen hopes to expand her skillset in financial management, quality improvement, and strategy development to become a well-rounded healthcare leader. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, traveling, and volunteering with the critters at the Creature Conservancy in Ann Arbor.

Chloe Miwa, MPH - 2023-2025

Originally from Honolulu, HI, Chloe received her Bachelor of Science in Public Health, Global Health from the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, WA. During her undergraduate career, Chloe interned at Hawai'i Pacific Health, where she led a project to improve how primary care physicians referred and connected their patients to community resources. She also established "Beyond Shadowing," a partnered program at the UW that engages students in learning about interprofessional collaboration through structured shadowing. The program aims to improve patient safety and care experiences by enhancing the healthcare communication skills of future healthcare professionals. She then attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where she received her Master of Public Health in Health Care Management. As a graduate student, she completed a management internship with Health DesignED. For her internship project, she built rapport with industry leaders in health innovation and presented recommendations towards the development of a training platform within this landscape. As a first-year fellow, Chloe is interested in access to care, quality improvement, and patient experience. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis and pickleball, eating and cooking new foods, and spending time with family.

Claire Knutson, MHA - 2022-2024

Originally from Minneapolis, MN, Claire received her bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration and Policy from Creighton University in Omaha, NE. After undergrad, Claire worked for 2 years at the American Academy of Neurology ("AAN"), serving as the Senior Education and Research Coordinator. In this role, Claire gained experience with credentialing and continuing medical education and worked closely with AAN's "Academic Initiative" to support neurologists in academic medicine. In September of 2020, Claire returned to school to complete her Master of Healthcare Administration at the University of Minnesota. While in her first year of his fellowship, Claire's main projects included launching a post-acute care network with the Physician Organization of Michigan Accountable Care Organization (POM ACO), creating a deployment strategy for a new mobile Otolaryngology unit, building a financial dashboard for Theragnostic Radiology utilization, and conducting a current state analysis with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). During her second year, Claire will be with the department of Strategy working on a variety of projects to push Michigan Medicine towards its vision to advance health to service Michigan and the world. In her free time, she enjoys spending time at her family cabin in the UP, traveling, and watching hockey.

Julia Nevison, MHA - 2022-2024

Julia is originally from Port Huron, MI. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Movement Science from the University of Michigan and her Master of Healthcare Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While a graduate student, she conducted research through the UNC School of Medicine on patient-reported outcome studies in surgical oncology and completed an administrative internship at Novant Matthews Medical Center. As a first-year fellow, some examples of Julia's projects have included managing a research grant with the MICHR finance team, partnering with APP leadership on the development of a workload review guidebook, building tableau dashboards to analyze faculty leadership data with Faculty Affairs, and establishing a roadmap for the launch of the new mobile unit in the Department of Otolaryngology. Julia is completing her second-year immersion as a clinic manager for the Taubman Center Urology and Orthopaedic Surgery clinics. In her free time, she enjoys backpacking, playing board games, and reading.

Shruti Patel, MHA - 2022-2024

Shruti is from Asheville, NC and received her bachelor's degree in Public Health, with a concentration in Environmental Sciences & Engineering, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She continued her education at The George Washington University in Washington D.C. to pursue her Master's in Health Administration. After her first year of graduate school, Shruti completed a graduate administrative internship with the Primary Care PCC at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Shruti's main role was to supervise a quarterly quality improvement project necessary for PCMH certification across 19 primary care practice locations. Other responsibilities she carried out include leading monthly practice performance meetings and publishing a unit orientation manual for primary care float pool nurses. As a first-year fellow, Shruti completed a variety of projects, notably in Emergency Medicine to develop a department profile and rotor-wing replacement strategy, the Breast Care Center to develop patient education materials and plan the operational transition of benign breast care services to Taubman, and Faculty Affairs to conduct a compensation equity review for research-track faculty. In her second year, Shruti will be serving as Staff Specialist to the U-M Health Enterprise Triad, with direct supervision from the Chief Operations Integration Officer. In this role Shruti will oversee and coordinate enterprise-level activities to ensure strategic, financial, and operational activities are meeting the institution's mission, goals, and objectives. In her free time, Shruti enjoys spending time with her dog Paisley, taking spin class, watching Carolina Basketball, and hanging out with her friends in Ann Arbor.