Ken Rates

So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?

Business EN ↓ 58 episodes

Designed for individuals interested in learning the career paths of highly accomplished healthcare executives. Whether you are a student looking to get started in healthcare administration or a mid-level manager looking to take your healthcare career to the next level, "So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?" will show you the paths highly successful and highly accomplished healthcare executives have taken to get to where they are today.

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Ken Rates

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Business

Latest episode

May 5, 2026

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Episodes

Dorrie Dils - Chief Executive Officer - Gift of Life Michigan 16.11.2019

Dorrie Dils' story is like none other. From being the first in her family to graduate college to becoming the CEO of Michigan's top organ and tissue donation organization, Dorrie's story will leave you feeling that no matter where you are at in your career, anything is possible. 

Cachet Colvard - Department Administrator - Cleveland Clinic's Abu Dhabi Eye Institute 17.10.2019

Hear Cachet Colvard's career path and listen as she identifies key areas of her work and experience in China and Ghana that led to her success and current position with the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi. Cachet's international exposure to healthcare makes her story highly unique.

Dr. Michael Nanzer - VP & Chief Operating Officer - Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers 08.09.2019

Dr. Michael Nanzer is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers. Hear Dr. Nanzer's story as he navigates his career from his days as a physical therapist to his current role. Tune in to hear the challenges Dr. Nanzer faced as well as current advice he would give to up-and-coming healthcare executives.  

Shon Dwyer - Executive Director - University Hospital & Frankel Cardiovascular Center - Michigan Medicine 31.07.2019

Shon Dwyer is the Executive Director of University Hospital and the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at Michigan Medicine. Shon's path from registered nurse to hospital executive is highlighted. Listen and learn from Shon as she breaks down her extensive career path, highlights the moves she made and the reasons why, and shares with us valuable lessons she learned as she climbed the healthcare ladder...

Brian Madison - President & Founder - The HCS Group & Ultra-X Imaging 13.07.2019

Brian Madison is President & Founder of The HCS Group and Ultra-X Imaging in Plymouth, Michigan. Listen and learn from Brian as he describes his journey from hospital administrator in Michigan to his travels to Salt Lake City and Seattle, to his founding of several successful businesses. Brian's entrepreneurial path is an inspiration to anyone who is thinking of creating or acquiring their own bus...

Melissa Fury - Vice President of Integration and Operational Alignment - Trinity Health 26.05.2019

Melissa Fury is the current Vice President of Integration and Operational Alignment at Trinity Health. Melissa's journey from registered nurse to vice president is filled with her personal tips and tricks she has learned along the way. Listen and learn from Melissa as she describes the challenges faced from leaving the clinical arena of healthcare to move into the administrative world of healthcar...

Christine Stesney-Ridenour - President - South Region - Beaumont Health System 28.04.2019

Christine Stesney-Ridenour is President of Beaumont Health System's South Region Hospitals in Michigan. Christine oversees 570 inpatient beds and manages roughly $2.2 billion dollars in revenue. Learn Christine's career path from her early days as a graduate student, to the challenges she faced as a woman climbing the corporate ladder, to her current position. 

So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive? 03.03.2019

Designed for individuals interested in learning the career paths of highly accomplished and healthcare executives. Whether you are a student looking to get started in healthcare administration or a mid-level manager looking to take your healthcare career to the next level, "So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?" will show you the paths highly successful and highly accomplished healthcare execu...

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