Faculty

Our accomplished, accessible faculty members have decades of high-level experience working in and with the health care sector, and they provide invaluable knowledge and insight into the industry. Imagine learning about quality and governance from the Chair of the Trustees group at the Massachusetts Hospital Association, or about payment systems from an advisor to USAID and the World Bank, or about health care finance from a former chief financial officer at Massachusetts General Hospital, and you'll have a sense of just some of the real-world expertise that they bring to the classroom.
Simmons professors are actively engaged in the health care and business worlds as top-tier administrators, successful consultants, distinguished researchers, and visionary community leaders. Their achievements and specialties cover a wide range of areas, from Medicare and Medicaid policy, health care reform, R&D, and asset and liability management to leadership development, biotechnology, and international health care.
Our faculty present at major health care conferences and their research appears regularly in such prestigious health care and business journals as the Journal of Healthcare Management, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Health Services Research, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Catherine Robbins
Title: Professor of Practice; Chair, Health Care MBA Program
Email: catherine.robbins@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-3848
Office: M-341
Robert F. Coulam
Title: Senior Lecturer; Director, Center for Health Policy Research
Email: robert.coulam@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-2372
Office: M351
Mary Finlay
Title: Professor of Practice
Email: mary.finlay@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-3812
Office: M348
Gary Gaumer
Title: Associate Professor; Faculty Leader, Accounting, Finance, and Economics Department
Email: gary.gaumer@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-2373
Office: M342
Paula Gutlove
Title: Professor of Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Management
Email: paula.gutlove@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-3844
Office: M-437
John M. Lowe, III
Title: Associate Professor; Chair, Health Care Administration Programs
Email: john.lowe@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-2375
Office: M346
Alice Sapienza
Title: Professor Emerita
Email: alice.sapienza@simmons.edu
Phone: 617-521-2374
Office: M343






