Graduates

"I applied to the Cedars-Sinai Master’s Degree in Health Delivery Science (MHDS) Program because I believed that the concepts and applications I learned in the program would help me provide leadership and guidance to my team as well as the divisions of pediatrics and women's health. The curriculum offered in the program is innovative and highly applicable to my work, especially as a young nurse leader with a long career ahead of her in a field that will continue to see massive change up until and beyond my retirement years. Having participated in the MHDS Program gave me the opportunity to launch my career goals—from pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai and into the future of healthcare."

"After nearly three decades in my research career, I am very grateful that I took this MHDS Program because it gave me a new exposure to the patient-facing clinical challenges such as health insurance, digital diagnostics, quality improvement and health delivery chasms. The balanced curriculum of this program, the talented course instructors and my own personal experience as an MHDS student, have prepared me for a totally different outlook on healthcare and its delivery to the patients. I would recommend this program with great enthusiasm for anyone who cares about healthcare delivery."

"I chose to apply to the MHDS Program because I enjoy treating patients as a physician, and I have an interest in healthcare quality and equality for all patients. I wanted skills that would help me lead the medical field by harnessing technology and driving innovation."

"We spend a lot of time during medical and residency training talking about bench-to-bedside translational medicine, but the further out I am in clinical practice the more I’ve come to appreciate that there is also translation from the bedside to the hospital system. I applied to the MHDS Program to better appreciate the dynamics of working in a health system and navigating how to translate important discoveries beyond just patients in my clinic, but instead to the larger hospital system."

"I chose to apply to the MHDS Program in the Cedars-Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences because I felt this specific program would give me the tools to successfully work in an ever-changing healthcare environment. Classes in subjects pertaining to performance measurement and improvement, data analytics and healthcare finance provided skills that I could use immediately in my current job, along with opening up opportunities for growth and career development."

"I had been working in hospitals for almost 10 years when I applied. I understood hospitals from the specific silos of the jobs I had in the past, but not much beyond my work. I applied to the MHDS Program to get a better sense of how all the parts of a hospital work together as a system, and how hospitals function within the modern healthcare landscape."

"After researching many master's programs, the Cedars-Sinai MHDS Program caught my attention due to the diversity of the curriculum, faculty and students. The program also offered the opportunity to learn from industry leaders. To me, combining classroom learning with real-life experiences was a unique opportunity that I had to experience. The program exceeded all my expectations!"

"I chose to apply for the MHDS Program as a gastroenterology fellow to better understand how our healthcare systems work and learn valuable skills to improve care for the patients whom I treat every day. The program gave me a valuable framework to innovate in an increasingly complex healthcare network, and also prepared me for a career in academic medicine. I am very grateful for the diverse teaching provided in this comprehensive program."

"The first campus lecture about health delivery science that I attended several years ago immediately grabbed my attention. I never knew that this kind of field existed, especially one that could use real patient data from the clinical realm to create solutions that directly impact the quality and cost of care. My future self was able to envision applying what I could learn in the MHDS Program to potentially develop a novel technological and/or management solution, in order to maximize the efficiency of the clinical and research services for the hospital."

"As a frontline healthcare provider, I was doing the best I could for my patients, but often felt like systemic issues were limiting me from providing the best possible care. I was seeking to move upstream in the healthcare delivery process when the Master’s in Health Delivery Science Program was initiated. It was the perfect blend of data analytics, quality improvement and health finance, and I knew the program would provide me with the tools to tackle these issues from a different perspective."

"Taking the leap to apply to the Cedars-Sinai MHDS Program is one of the best decisions I have ever made! I pushed beyond my comfort zone and truly surprised myself in what I could learn, master and achieve! Highly recommend!"

"I chose to apply to the program because I love the integration of what healthcare will be in the future: a need to focus on value-based care/cost-effectiveness and appropriate integration of digital health and advanced analytics into our care of patients. I am fortunate to have since been able to use the skills I learned to generate research projects, apply to grants, and overall perform better as both a clinician and clinician-scientist."

"My undergraduate studies included a foundation in biomedical engineering mixed with electives in the public health and policy space. Although I had no aspirations to practice healthcare, I was always fascinated by the U.S. healthcare system. The MHDS Program was the perfect opportunity to focus my analytical and problem-solving skills toward adding value to care, all within the structure of a world-renowned academic medical center."