Howard P. Forman

He is a Professor of Diagnostic Radiology (Yale School of Medicine); Public Health (Yale School of Public Health), Management (Yale School of Management) and Economics (Yale College) at Yale University. He is the Co-Director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management and Co-Director of the Executive MBA Program: Leadership for Healthcare Executives at Yale. He currently divides his time between clinical work and Healthcare Finance/Economics educational programs, including the joint degree MD/MBA program at Yale. His research has included assessment of quality in Diagnostic Imaging, including patient awareness of radiation risk and access to breast imaging services among the Medicaid population. In addition, he has an interest in the incentives that medical students respond to in choosing a specialty.

Professor Forman received his undergraduate degree from the City College of NY and his Medical Degree from SUNY@ Stony Brook, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society. He subsequently did an internship in internal medicine followed by Diagnostic Radiology residency training at the Washington University Medical Center – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. From 1994 – 1996, he was a RWJ-Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania where he also completed an MBA (with distinction as a Palmer Scholar), major in Finance as well as Healthcare Management. During 2001- 2002, he worked in the office of Senator Bob Graham (D-Fl) as a RWJ-Health Policy Fellow working on the Democratic Caucus prescription drug benefit and other Medicare issues.

He is currently associate editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology as well as the Treasurer of the American Roentgen Ray Society. He resides in New Haven, Connecticut.