Anthony Kovner
Professor of Public and Health Management
Anthony R. Kovner, Professor of Public and Health Management, is an organizational theorist by training. His research interests include health services management and governance. He has been a senior manager in two hospitals, a nursing home, a group practice, and a neighborhood health center, as well as a senior health care consultant for a large industrial union. Professor Kovner has written numerous articles on health services management, evidence-based management, and hospital governance. His books include: Health Care Management in Mind: Eight Careers (Springer, 2000) and Health Care Delivery in the United States 9th edition, coeditor, (Springer 2008). In addition, he has been a consultant to the New York Presbyterian Hospital & Health Care System, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Montefiore Medical Center, and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He is a board member of the Lutheran Medical Center, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and is the former director of NYU/Wagner's program of health policy and management. Kovner was awarded the Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership in 1999 by Association of Programs in Health Administration. Professor Kovner received his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh, and his MPA from Cornell University.
