{"id":14828,"date":"2011-11-30T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T02:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14828"},"modified":"2017-11-08T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:47:16","slug":"faculty-notes-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/11\/faculty-notes-november-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Notes: November 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam was featured along with nine other deans of business schools in an article titled \u201cTen on Ten,\u201d which appeared in the November\/December issue of BizEd<\/em>, a publication of AACSB. Her section was called \u201cWhere is IT taking us?\u201d<\/p>\n Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems<\/em><\/p>\n Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of graduate health management programs, served as a panelist on the topics \u201cMedical Tourism: The Globalization of Healthcare\u201d and \u201cInternational Healthcare—Greater Miami as a Destination\u201d for the South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum\u2019s (SFHEF) October educational session at Memorial Hospital Miramar and the Doral Business Council\u2019s Third Annual Healthcare Roundtable at the College of Business Administration, respectively. In November, she served as the panel moderator for the topic \u201cOrgan and Tissue Donation Awareness in Your Hospital,\u201d which was sponsored by SFHEF and hosted by University of Miami\u2019s (UM) Tissue Bank at the new UM<\/em> Life Science<\/em> & Technology Park<\/em>. Her paper, co-authored with Gloria Deckard, associate professor and associate dean, Landon Undergraduate School of Business; and another colleague, and titled \u201cModifying physician behavior to improve cost efficiency in safety-net ambulatory settings\u201d has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.<\/em><\/p>\n Department of Finance and Real Estate<\/em><\/p>\n Deanne Butchey, senior lecturer and assistant dean, assurance of learning and accreditation, received a special award at the annual faculty awards luncheon on October 20, 2011. It was the second time the award was given to a faculty member\/administrator; two years ago, Joyce J. Elam, executive dean and James L. Knight Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems, was the first recipient. Sushil Gupta, professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems, presented the award.<\/p>\n