The College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the new McGinty MBA Scholarship, established by NUI Galway alumna, Dr Geraldine McGinty, to empower female physicians on a career path to healthcare leadership.
Physician-led healthcare management is proven to have better outcomes for patient care. By empowering medics to pursue an MBA programme this scholarship will equip them with a skillset to elevate their strategic vision and enhance their management capabilities.
This scholarship will see a new cohort of women who will lead improved and impactful outcomes for patients and staff in the healthcare system.
Dr McGinty’s passion for diversity in medical leadership has led her to create this wonderful endowment in NUI Galway, representing her lifelong commitment to the empowerment of women, the enhancement of our healthcare system and better clinical outcomes for patients.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to a female medical practitioner with 3 years postgraduate work experience in medicine. The successful applicant must demonstrate a clear career pathway towards leadership in the healthcare sector.
This year we are delighted to award two scholarships; one to a graduate in Medicine, and another to a graduate in nursing, midwifery or health sciences where the applicant shows a clear career trajectory towards a leadership role in healthcare.
The Scholarship Value is €9,000 per student over their two year MBA programme.
The deadline for application is June 26th, 2020.
Dr Geraldine McGinty, M.D, MBA, an Irish-American physician, is a graduate of the School of Medicine, NUI Galway. A radiologist who specialises in breast cancer screening and detection, she did residency training at the University of Pittsburgh followed by a Fellowship in Womens Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
She completed her MBA at Columbia University whilst working at Montefiore Medical Centre in the Bronx.
She is an internationally recognized expert in imaging economics. She has served as an advisor to the CPT Editorial Panel, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations and the National Quality Forum. She was Chair of the American College of Radiology's Commission on Economics and was the radiology member of the AMA’s Relative Value Update Committee from 2012-2016.
In May 2018 she was elected as the Chair of the ACR's Board of Chancellors, the first woman to hold this office. In 2014 she joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. As well as her clinical practice there she serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Contracting Officer for the Weill Cornell Physician Organization. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director of IDA Ireland.