Pierskalla, William P. (University of California-Los Angeles)

Topics:

The International Challenge of Improving Quality and Costs in Health Care Delivery and the Role of OR/MS

Models and Management of Quality in Managed Health Care. (Intermediate)

Optimal Mass Screening and Preventive Medicine. (Elementary, Intermediate, or Advanced)

Personnel Scheduling, Manpower Planning and Allocation Models in Hospitals. (Elementary, Intermediate, or Advanced)

Blood Bank Inventory Control Using Supply Chain Management (Elementary or Intermediate)

Background:

• B.A. Economics - Harvard University
• M.B.A. Business Administration - Harvard University
• M.S. Mathematics - Pittsburgh
• Ph.D. Operations Research - Stanford University

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Decisions, Operations and Technology Management at of The Anderson School at University of California-Los Angeles and Dean Emeritus of The Anderson School at University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Pierskalla is also the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA). He was Deputy Dean of The Wharton School and Director of the Huntsman Center for Global Competition and Leadership, Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Professor of Health Care Systems and Decision Sciences, and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania; Professor, Northwestern University; Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University and Case Western Reserve University. Numerous publications in operations research. Former Member of the ORSA Council, Secretary of ORSA, Editor of Operations Research, Vice-President of ORSA, President of ORSA, Past-President of ORSA and President of the International Federations of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Past-President of IFORS, 1992-94. Vice President of Publications of INFORMS. Served on numerous ORSA, TIMS and INFORMS committees. Recipient of the Larnder Prize in Operations Research (Canadian OR Society) and the Kimball Medal and President's Award (INFORMS).