Graduate Faculty Directory
Donald Zimmerman
Education
- BA (University of Washington)
- MA, PhD (SUNY At Stony Brook)
Title(s)
Director, MBA Online Program
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Business
Synopsis
Dr. Zimmerman is an active consultant on policy, strategy, and organizational development issues to the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining USP, Dr. Zimmerman was Executive Director of the Center for Healthcare Management Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). In this role, he developed and led MBA programs for healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals, taught corporate leadership training programs, conducted strategic policy analysis and research, and created the Global Health Education Initiative in collaboration with the United Nations' Department of Public Information.
Before coming to FDU in 1998, Dr. Zimmerman spent 20 years in healthcare leadership positions in government and industry. This experience included serving as a lead policy researcher at Research Triangle Institute International, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, senior consultant at KPMG, and senior healthcare analyst at the National Health Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., He has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Cornell University, Senior Aide to the Chair of the National Committee of Vital and Health Statistics, a consultant to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and worked closely with a variety of Executive agencies including the CDC, FDA, Office of the Surgeon General, HRSA,, and CMS.
Contact Information
Office:
Box # 96
4101 Woodland Avenue 148
Phone: 215.596.7631
Email: d.zimmer@usp.edu
