Please join the HBS club of Charlotte Thursday, February 11th for a presentation on Healthcare at HBS by Professor Richard Hamermesh.  Professor Hamermesh will focus on “Disruptive Models for Healthcare Delivery” and “Personalized Medicine and the Genomics Revolution”.  

Healthcare at HBS – IT’s Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile
A Presentation by Professor Richard G. Hamermesh
Date: Thursday, February 11th 2010
Time: 5:30 Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres/ 6:15 Speaker
Location: Queens University - 1900 Selwyn Ave  (Sykes Auditorium at the McColl School of Business)  

Cost: $20 per guest
Registration: email Grace Hayes  or Click here to buy tickets!!! 

Healthcare at HBS:
Healthcare accounts for 17% of US GDP, attracts 10% of HBS students and is a key research focus of close to 20% of the faculty. In 2005, the HBS Healthcare Initiative was launched under the leadership of Professor Richard Hamermesh. Professor Hamermesh will review the accomplishments of the Initiative and the key role the School is playing throughout the Harvard community in healthcare. In addition, Professor Hamermesh will discuss his own research on Personalized Medicine. He will try to answer what the $1,000 genome means for you as an individual and as a source of new business opportunities.

About Professor Hamermesh:
Richard Hamermesh is the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School where he teaches in the MBA Program and is the Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative . Richard created and teaches the second-year MBA elective, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare. Previously, he was the Course Head for the required first year course entitled The Entrepreneurial Manager. In addition Richard participates in several HBS Executive Education programs.
From 1987 to 2001, Richard was a co-founder and a Managing Partner of The Center for Executive Development, an executive education and development consulting firm. Prior to this, from 1976 to 1987, he was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School.
Richard is also an active investor and entrepreneur, having participated as a principal, director, and investor in the founding and early stages of over 20 organizations. These have included start-ups, leveraged buy-outs, industry roll-ups, and non-profit foundations. He was the founding president of the Newton (MA) Schools Foundation and served on the editorial board of the Harvard Business Review. He is currently on the Boards of one public and two private corporations, as well as two non-profit Boards. From 1991 to 1996, he was the founding Chairman of Synthes Spine, Inc.
Richard is the author or co-author of five books, including New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur. His best-known book, Fad-Free Management, was published in 1996. He has published numerous articles and more than 100 case studies. His most recent article, "Realizing the Potential of Personalized Medicine," appeared in the Harvard Business Review (October 2007). Richard received his AB from the University of California, and his MBA and DBA from HBS. He is married, has two children, and his hobbies include tennis, skiing, and yoga.
** This Presentation is sponsored by Cogdell Spencer Erdman