Michael Fitzgerald
Business, Management

Associate Professor
708 342-3299
mfitzgerald2@devry.edu
18624 West Creek Dr.
Tinley Park, Il 60477

Office location: 2210-L
Office hours:  By appointment
Contact Instruction: email or telephone

Credentials & Experience:

Employment History:
2000 -  Pres   DeVry University, Tinley Park. Illinois
Adjunct Instructor and Assistant Professor

1991 -  Pres   Fitzgerald Associates, Evergreen Park, Illinois
 Principal
    
1988 - 1990   tmOsborn Associates, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland
 Principal and Vice President, Consulting Services
  
1971 - 1987   Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois
 Executive Vice President  (1980 - 1987)
 Assistant Hospital Director (1974 - 1980)
 Assistant Administrator (1971 - 1974)

1968 - 1971   U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan
 Medical Administrative Officer

1967 - 1968   Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois
 Administrative Residency

1961 - 1966   Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
 Various positions

Education:
1968 M.H.A. St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

1966 B.S.in B.A., Major - Economics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

Professional Experience:
Teaching credentials in the areas of Business, Management, Project Management, Health Care Management and Systems, Health Care Administration, Health Care Finance and Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration.
 
Participated as a Preceptor for Administrative Residents in the Washington University Graduate Program In Healthcare Administration.

Served as guest lecturer and panelist in the areas of Healthcare Management and Planning at several local, regional and national healthcare association and society meetings and several local colleges and universities for nursing, medical records and health management students.

Served as Project Coordinator and Senior Consultant on various projects involving strategic and operational planning, organizational and staff development, medical staff development planning, long range and facility planning, along with the development of new and evaluation of existing services.

Served as COO of a 450-bed hospital, with responsibility for day to day operations, planning and medical staff activities.

Directed and managed in excess of $50M in new construction and renovation projects involving complete ancillary department replacement and approximately 300 remodeled and 100 replacement hospital beds. 

Developed a multi-hospital corporation to plan, build and operate a $3M MRI facility.  This joint venture was completed within budget and exceeded original estimates in terms of initial payback and profits. Due to initial planning elements the facility has doubled in size continues to be profitable.

Evaluation and recommendation activities concerning several merger and affiliation plans involving both healthcare facilities and other outside organizations

Represented and coordinated hospital activities related to the formation of HEALTHNETWORK, Inc., a multi-hospital preferred provider network and TPA for both commercial and self-insured health insurance programs..  

Directed the development of the hospitals overall risk management and self-insurance program.  Instituted numerous other cost containment programs