Michael Meacham

Michael R. Meacham, JD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Health Sciences and Research 151-B Rutledge Ave, MSC 962 Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: (843) 792-5402 Fax: (843) 792-3327 E-mail: meachamm@musc.edu

Education

• JD, University of Kansas
  
• MPH, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita State University

Areas of Teaching

• Development, enactment and implementation of public policy
  
• Ethical Leadership
• Leadership and management of healthcare organizations
• Strategic planning for health care organizations, leadership and health policy

Experience

• Member, Kansas House of Representatives, 1977-1985
  • Member of the Appropriations Committee
  • Author of legislation establishing the Kansas High Technology Commission, which became the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
• Attorney and Non-profit executive, 1983-1995
• Director and Legal Counsel, Community Care of Kansas, 1996-1998
• Director of Health System Development for Connecticut’s Office of Health Care Access, 1998-2001
  • Led administrative improvements in Connecticut's Certificate of Need Law and other regulatory reforms affecting hospitals.
• Vice President for Integrated Health Services at Eastern Connecticut Health Network, 2001-2003
  • Responsible for multiple healthcare units including administrative and clinical personnel.
  • Successfully led implementation of a 2-campus hospitalist system, improved the quality and financial outcomes of the related physician practices, the cancer center, long-term care services, school-based health clinics and Early Head Start services.
• Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University; Executive Director, MHA Program, 2003-2010
  
• Associate Professor at Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management, 2010-Present
  
  • Teaching in the DHA and MHA programs
  • Leading creation of the Executive Education Curriculum