Chartis, a leading healthcare advisory firm, today announced that Joseph (Joe) E. Kerschner, MD, has joined the firm as a Strategic Transformation Senior Partner. He brings more than 25 years of experience driving institutional transformation and advancing clinical and research excellence across the academic medicine landscape.
“Joe’s a wonderful addition to our team,” said Eric Mayeda Managing Partner and Leader, Strategic Transformation. “His decades of academic leadership, coupled with his significant clinical expertise and bedside experience, enable him to bring a unique perspective to improving care delivery and helping clients reshape healthcare in an impactful way.”
Kerschner is a nationally recognized academic leader who will leverage his deep experience to partner with academic medical hospitals and refine their physician education programming, expand research and community engagement opportunities and, ultimately, improve patient care.
Prior to joining Chartis, Kerschner served as Dean of the School of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) for 14 years and as the inaugural Provost for 7 years. While at MCW, he expanded research funding, established new academic programs, deepened clinical partnerships, improved care delivery and academic alignment, and fostered collaboration across sectors to address community health and health equity.
A practicing pediatric otolaryngologist, Kerschner has led a continuously NIH-funded research program for more than 20 years. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to multiple book chapters and reviews, and presented extensively on clinical, research, and leadership topics.
Kerschner has held prominent national leadership roles, including serving as Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans and Chair of the AAMC Board of Directors. He also has served on several philanthropic boards, including Children’s Hospital and Health System, Inception Health, the Greater Milwaukee Urban League, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation and Research Foundation.
Kerschner earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin, respectively.
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