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Dr. Michael Kennedy, PhD, FACHE

University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center

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University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center
Tyler, TX
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Dr. Michael Kennedy, PhD, FACHE


University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center

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Dr. Michael H. Kennedy, FACHE, arrived at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UT Health Northeast) on January 23, 2017 to begin service as an Associate Professor in the Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management. He has 41 years experience in teaching and health services administration that have been divided between academic positions and operational assignments in the military health system as a human resources manager, equal opportunity advisor, ambulatory care administrator, and other positions of leadership culminating as the Chief Operating Officer of a small hospital.

In past academic assignments, Dr. Kennedy has served as Director of the undergraduate Health Services Management Program at East Carolina University and as Director of the Doctor of Health Administration Program at Central Michigan University. He has taught in the Health Services Administration Program at Slippery Rock University, and was the Deputy Director of the U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration.

Dr. Kennedy is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He and his wife, Merry Sandra, have two wonderful children, Sarah and Jeremiah, who have grown into fine adults, and three awesome granddaughters, Maddie, Anna Greta, and Eliot Grace.