Howard Paul Forman MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Economics, of Management and of Public Health (Health Policy); Director of MD/MBA Program at Yale; Director of MBA for Executives: Leadership in Healthcare; Director, Health Care Management Program

Biographical Info

Howie Forman is a Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Public Health, Management, and Economics at Yale University. He came to Yale as a practicing diagnostic radiologist and remains an active clinician in the YNHH Emergency Room, where he also functions as the operational chief for Diagnostic Radiology. Over the last 15 years, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on healthcare policy, economics, finance, and leadership. He is the faculty director and founder of Yale’s MD/MBA program and the Leadership in Healthcare: MBA for Executives program. Since 2011, he has been the director of the Health Care Management Program at the YSPH. He is actively involved in patient care and issues related to financial administration, healthcare compliance, and quality improvement. He has worked in the US Senate, as a health policy fellow, on Medicare legislation.

Education & Training

M.D.

SUNY at Stonybrook (1989)

Resident

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO, Radiology (1990 - 1994)

Fellow

University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Radiology, Diagnostic, Board Certified  (1994)

Honors & Recognition

• Alpha Omega Alpha
  National Honor Society 
• Fellow
  American College of Radiology 
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow
  (2001-2002)
• Fellow
  Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance 
• Palmer Scholar
  University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA