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Dr. Leah Vriesman is Professor of Management and Executive Director of Health Administration programs at UC-Denver Business School, starting December 2025. She is also a 20-year Adjunct Professor in Health Policy & Management at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health. She previously was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in UCLA’s Division of Continuing Education and before that, led the Executive Master of Public Health for 11 years, creating a new online Master of Healthcare Administration, the first MHA in the UC system of 10 campuses.
Dr. Vriesman teaches Healthcare Strategy and International Health Policy and often speaks on health technology and innovation. Dr. Vriesman consults and specializes in innovative leadership development for provider organizations and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. She created and was the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthcare Management.
Education
PhD in Medical Sociology, UCLA (2001)
MHA and MBA in Strategy and Finance, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis (1991)
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Strategy
International Health Policy
Health Technology and Innovation
Innovative Leadership Development
