Rockhurst Healthcare Leadership faculty blend professional expertise with academic experience and demonstrated teaching excellence. HCL professors are committed to student learning, and to making the Rockhurst MBA in Healthcare Leadership as relevant, rigorous and rewarding as possible.

Michael Tansey, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Michael.Tansey@Rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Industrial Organization
• Health Leadership and Economics
• Principles of Economics
• Law and Economics

Courses Taught

• EC 4550 Principles of Economics

Professional Education

• Ph.D.- University of Wisconsin
• Brookings Institution Fellowship
• MA. University of Wisconsin
• BA- Harvard University

Martin Stack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
Martin.Stack@Rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• International Business
• Managed Care
• Organization of Health Services Markets
• Business History

Courses Taught

• MG 6500 International Business

Professional Education

• PhD- Notre Dame
• BA- University of Missouri- KC
  

David Vicknair, D.B.A, C.P.A
Associate Professor of Accounting
david.vicknair@Rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Financial accounting and reporting
• Capital budgeting

Courses Taught

• AC 5025 Foundations of Accounting
• FN 5025 Foundations of Finance

Professional Education

• D.B.A.- University of Tennessee
• Certified Public Accountant (LA, inactive)
• M.S.- University of Southern Mississippi
• B.B.A.- Millsaps College

Myles Gartland, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
HCL Program Curriculum Coordinator
myles.gartland@Rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Health Service Research
• Organizational Economics
• Applied Quantitative Methods
• Organizational Research Methods

Courses Taught

• HC 6225 Strategic Analysis
• EC 6000 Managerial Economics

Professional Education

• Ph.D.- University of Missouri- KC
• MA- University of Missouri- KC
• MBA- Baker University
• BA- University of Kansas
  

Sylvia Dochterman, M.B.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor

HCL Program Director
Sylvia.Dochterman@Rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Physician-Patient and Organizational Communications
• Healthcare Marketing
• Health System Financing/Public Policy

Courses Taught

• HC 6125 Health Systems
• MK 5025 Foundations of Marketing
• BUS 6020 Effective Communications
• HC 6425 Healthcare Capstone

Professional Education

• M.B.A. - Univ. of Southern California
• B.A. - Univ. of California at Los Angeles
  

Dennis Beers, M.B.A, M.Div, RN
Adjunct Professor
dennis.beers@rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Performance Improvement Methodology
• Human Factor Analysis
• Organizational Excellence

Course Taught

• MG 6260 Quality Improvement Processes for Management

Professional Education

• MBA- Indiana Wesleyan University
• MDiv- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• BA- University of Montevallo
• AASN – Regents College

James Spruell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
james.spruell@rockhurst.edu

Academic & Research Interests

• Multi-tier distributed applications

Course Taught

• MIS 5025 Managerial Information Systems

Professional Education

• Ph.D. - University of Oklahoma
• MBA - University of Oklahoma