Consultants

Tim Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, ScD(h), FAAN
 
Senior Partner, Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Associate Professor, Leadership Scholar, Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
 

Dr. Tim Porter-O’Grady has been involved in health care for 38 years and has held roles from staff nurse to senior executive in a variety of health care settings. Tim is currently senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta specializing in health futures, organizational innovation, conflict and change, as well as health service delivery models. He is noted for his work on shared governance models, clinical leadership, conflict, innovation and health futures. He is associate professor and leadership scholar at Arizona State University, Program in Healthcare Innovation; 2007 Visiting Scholar at University of Maryland, and is an adjunct professor at Lakehead University, School of Public Health, Ontario, CANADA.
Dr. Porter-O'Grady holds graduate degrees in clinical leadership, 2 doctorates; one in learning behavior and a second in organizational and systems leadership. In addition, he received a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa, from the Medical University of Ohio. He has done post-doctoral work in aging and is board certified in advanced practice in gerontology. Tim is also certified by the Georgia Supreme Court’s Office of Dispute Resolution as a registered mediator and arbitrator.

Tim has published extensively in health care with over 165 proctored journal articles and 17 books and is a 6-time winner of the AJN Healthcare Book of the Year Award. He has consulted internationally with over 500 institutions and has lectured in over 1000 settings internationally. He has held a number of offices in professional associations and national and community boards such as the vice chair of the governing board of Catholic Health East, governor with Sigma Theta Tau International, president of AID Atlanta, and the Georgia Nurse’s Foundation, just to name a few.
Community Leadership Highlights
 
bullet He has been a health systems expert for the National Health Policy Council
 
bullet Governing board member Franciscan Health System
 
bullet Vice-chair of the governing board of Catholic Health East, (84 hospitals, health services)
 
bullet President of the Georgia Nurses Foundation
 
bullet Chair of the Board of AID Atlanta
 
Just to name a few...
(Click here for Dr. Porter-O'Grady's CV and printable copy of his Biography)
 
 
Click here to learn about our other consultants:
Dr. Kathy Malloch    Dr. Kathryn McDonagh
Dr. Vicki Lachman

 Dr. Greg Crow
Sharon Cox

 
 
 
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Mark D. Ponder, RN, BS
Senior Partner /
Administrator
Certified Mediator



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