NYU Wagner

Anthony R. Kovner, Professor of Public and Health Management, teaches management. 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, hospital governance, health regulation, and hospital budgeting, as well as several books, including Health Care Management in Mind: Eight Careers (Springer, 2000) and Health Care Delivery in the United States 8th edition, coeditor, (Springer 2005). In addition, he has been a consultant to the 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.