John E. Mattison, MD

Program Director, Professor, Chief, Division of Health Policy, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Todd Gilmer, PhD is Professor of Health Economics and Chief of the Division of Health Policy in the department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. His research has focused on health insurance and risk adjustment with an emphasis on Medicaid, the implementation of recovery-oriented models of mental health services, and the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve the quality of diabetes care. Todd is also the Director of The Leadership of Healthcare Organizations MAS degree program.
Program Associate Director, Professor of Practice, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, UC San Diego School of Medicine Partner, The Torrey Pines Health Group
Robert H. Kaplan, PhD is the Associate Program Director of the MAS in The Leadership of Healthcare Organizations and Professor of Practice in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the School of Medicine, UC San Diego. Dr. Kaplan is a founder and partner with The Torrey Pines Health Group, Inc. that provides consulting to health care organizations, including strategic planning, network development and post-acute care analysis and management services. He is also founder of SeniorMetrix, Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee which is a decision support modeling system for management of post-acute care patients.
Prior to his current duties, Dr. Kaplan served as Senior VP for TriWest Healthcare Alliance leading their internal consulting firm, the Health Plan Design and Management (HPDM) division. In this role, he was responsible for producing quarterly reports for military treatment facilities based on the purchased care and MHS data that highlighted the efficiency opportunities with the total MHS Healthcare System. His work directly resulted in stronger relationships with various elements of the Military Health System. Dr. Kaplan earned his Ph.D. and Master of Public Affairs at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, and his Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.