Joel Shalowitz
Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA, FACP
Dr. Shalowitz is Clinical Professor Emeritus at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He has spent his career working at the nexus of medical practice, business, and academia.
As a board-certified internist he practiced medicine and was managing partner of a primary care medical group that was the core of a several hundred physician independent practice association. He has also gained experience as a hospital trustee, consultant and medical director of a home health agency.
For 28 years he was a Clinical Professor and Director of the Health Industry Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management. In addition to his business school teaching, Dr. Shalowitz taught the core health care systems course for Northwestern’s MPH degree program where he has been preventive medicine faculty for more than 30 years. Since 2006 he has also taught courses in Northwestern’s Master’s Program in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety.
Dr. Shalowitz also has extensive international healthcare experience, including three Fulbright awards (Toronto, Tokyo, and Pisa).
In addition to many other publications, his last two books are:
The US Healthcare System: Origins, Organization and Opportunities (2019) and
Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations (second edition) with Phillip Kotler and Robert Stevens (2021)
He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees are from Brown University and his medical residency and MBA from Northwestern University.
- International Healthcare Systems; Medical Group Management; Managed Care Systems; Quality Assessment
- Healthcare Management; Managed Care
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MBA, 1982, Finance, Management Information Systems, and Health Industry Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, with Distinction
MD, 1977, Brown University, Sigma Xi
ScB, 1974, Biology, Brown University -
Senior Fellow, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, 2012-present
Affiliate Professor, Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant'Ana, 2015-present
Director of Program in Health Industry Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1987-present
Clinical Professor of Health Enterprise Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1987-present -
Co-Founder, President, and Managing Partner, The Medical Care Group, Ltd., 1983-present
Medical Director, Professional Home Health Care, Inc., 1983-1986
Physician, North Suburban Clinic, 1982-1983
Associate Medical Director, Intergroup Prepaid Health Services, Inc., 1981-1983
Physician, Flashner Medical Partnership, 1980-1982 -
Named to List of 100 Great Health Administration Professors by MHA Guide, an independent online publisher focused on healthcare administration careers and degree programs
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Scuola Superiore, Sant' Ana, Pisa, Italy, 2011
