Dr. Calkins has over 30 years of experience in health care organizations and education. His perspective is informed by previous roles as Director of Research Collaboration for Aetna, Clinical Liaison Officer for the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Director of Special Projects for the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State, as an educator and through a variety of roles in hospitals and other health care organizations (Miami Children’s Hospital, Eden Hospital Medical Center, the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania and others). He has worked on state agency and health policy plans, independent research projects and has developed courses and conferences on emerging issues in health care delivery.

 

Dr. Calkins is the Executive Director of both the residential and online MHA programs at PSU. Dr. Calkins is a member of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) program candidacy committee and the American College of Healthcare Executives.