External Partners

The institute builds on work by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and his work to promote value-based health care in the U.S. health care system. In collaboration with internal and external experts, we continue to forge a path toward more patient-centeredness.

The former head of the institute, Thomas W. Feeley, M.D., retired from MD Anderson Cancer Center on February 28, 2017 to join Harvard Business School as a full time faculty member. After 20 years of dedicated service to MD Anderson, he was awarded with a lifetime appointment as professor emeritus. He will continue collaborating with the institute on important value-based care work while at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School.

The institute partners with Margaret Luciano, assistant professor in the Department of Managements & Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, to study change management and teamwork design. Together we advance the science and practice of teams, systems and change implementation.