 Janet
E. Porter, PhD
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating
Officer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical Center
Email: Janet_Porter@dfci.harvard.edu
Phone:
617-632-4602
Fax: 617-632-5246
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Management
- Marketing
- Re-engineering and Process Improvement
- Quality Improvement
- Organizational Design and Behavior
- Organizational Innovation
Professional Activities
Dr. Porter has over 20 years experience as a hospital administrator
in Chicago, Ohio and Texas. She served as Interim President
and CEO of the Association of University Programs (AUPHA)
prior to coming to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute she was
at the University of North Carolina. In 1998 she started
as Associate Dean for Executive Education for the School
of Public Health. During her tenure at UNC, over $13 million
in executive education programs have been offered. Dr. Porter
served as the PI for the Management Academy for Public Health,
the Public Health Leadership Institute, the Southeast Public
Health Training Center, and the Feasibility Study for Patient
Safety Improvement Corps. She also directs the Certificate
in Public Health Concepts. Dr. Porter is a commissioner with
the Accrediting Commission for Education in Health Services
Administration and a board member of the National Center
for Healthcare Leadership, and a member of the Council on
Linkages.
Selected Publications
Leatt, P. Porter, J. “Where are the Health Leaders? The
Need for Investment in Leadership Development”, Healthcare
Papers.
Setliff, R., Porter, J. et. al. “Strengthening the
Public Health Workforce: Three CDC Programs that Prepare
Managers and Leaders for the Challenges of the 21st Century”,
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Porter, J. et al. “The Management Academy for Public
Health: A New Paradigm for Public Health Management Development”,
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice,
March – April 2002
Porter, J. “The Benchmarking Effort for Networking
Children’s Hospitals (BENCHmark)”, JCAHO Journal
of Quality Improvement, August 1995
Kralewski, J., Gifford, G., and Porter, J. “Profit
Versus Public Welfare Goals in Investor-Owned and Not-for-Profit
Hospitals", Hospital and Health Services Administration, Fall
1988
Education
- PhD, University of Minnesota, 1993
- MBA. University of Minnesota, 1985
- MHA, Ohio State University, 1977
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