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MBA Voices
These Harvard Medical School (HMS) students are already making a difference in the health care community. Now, they are at HBS fine-tuning their leadership skills in preparation of receiving their MD/MBA. [...]
Josue Zapata, MD/MBA 2012, wanted to be a doctor as a little kid of loving parents – his mom a Spanish teacher, his dad a manager in Riverside County, CA – who emigrated to the U.S. from Colombia. Financial aid at HBS made his dream possible. Today Josue’s making a difference as Associate Chief of the Medical Service, San Francisco VA Health System. He works as a medical educator for students and residents and serves as a coach within the Bridges curriculum at the UCSF School of Medicine. [...]
2018 Blavatnik Fellows Making a Difference
- 11 Jun 2018
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
More than 50 percent of Harvard Business School graduates create ventures in a quest to change the world. In that spirit, alongside the Harvard network, HBS provides support to alumni entrepreneurs giving them the foundation needed to achieve their goals. Among those resources is the Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship. [...]
The best advice I got about pursuing an MD and an MBA was to do it, and to do it while I was still in medical school. As Harvard Medical students, we can do an MBA at HBS in just one extra year instead of two, which makes it an attractive option. [...]
Looking back, the HMS/HBS joint degree program has been an amazing community for me and an integral part of my career development. This community includes not only students in the joint degree program, but also medical students from other schools, as well as physician-trainees and practicing physicians studying at HBS. Even though we are all interested in medicine and business, our passions are so diverse that I am constantly learning from everyone. [...]