Physician MBA

Pediatrician uses Kelley Physician MBA to earn executive position and improve system processes

Pediatrician Autumn Orser, MD, MBA’19, was participating in a CMS initiative in Colorado when she realized she wanted to pursue an MBA.

“I quickly realized that if I was going to be a change agent in healthcare — and really participate in its transformation — I needed a better understanding of the business of medicine,” she said.

Dr. Orser enrolled in the Kelley Physician MBA Program. Although based in Indianapolis, nearly 1,100 miles away, Dr. Orser decided the online and in-residency format of the rigorous program met her needs.

“I chose Kelley because of its hybrid learning model that gave me the ability to learn content online and asynchronously in the midst of a very demanding schedule,” she said. “Plus, the monthly residency sessions brought together a fantastic group of students from across the country with outstanding Kelley faculty to solidify the material.”

Less than a year after graduating from the program, Dr. Orser was featured in the 2019 Poets & Quants Executive MBA Best and Brightest list, and she became vice president of medical services at Peak Vista Community Health Center — a position, she says, the Kelley Physician MBA helped her achieve.

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