Medical Student Business Fellowship
To apply: Send a resume, cover letter and one paragraph describing your prior experience and specific interest in the program.
A summer fellowship designed for medical students who want to learn about the business of medicine at one of the nation’s largest health service organizations.
You will work with Geisinger’s executive leadership to develop a business plan for a high-priority system initiative, such as:
- Improving hospital processes
- Improving care management
- Managing payor strategies
- Developing IT strategies
You will research and analyze data, develop hypotheses and present your findings and recommendations.
Hire type: Full-time with competitive pay
Duration: 8 to 12 weeks depending on students’ summer schedule
Location: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania
Program brochure
How to apply
Submit a resume, cover letter and one paragraph describing your prior experience and specific interest in the program.
Applications open: Oct. 7, 2024
Applications due: Jan. 8, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
Interviews: Select candidates will be invited for interview on a rolling basis. We strongly encourage applicants to submit their application before the January deadline. Finalists will be invited for a second-round interview with program leadership.
Decision made: Feb. 28, 2025
If you have questions regarding the fellowship or the application process, email Andrew Luo at adluo@geisinger.edu.
Helping you prepare for the future of healthcare
The Medical Student Business Fellowship offers unique opportunities for education and hands-on training in the following areas:
- Healthcare financing: Healthcare costs in the U.S. continue to rise, and organizations have an opportunity to contribute to the solution by driving toward greater value in healthcare. Physicians will play a pivotal role in charting this path toward greater value, and this will be enabled by equipping physicians with a deeper understanding of the economic complexities and challenges in healthcare.
- Management and leadership: Along with their clinical duties, physicians are taking on more responsibilities in health system administration and executive leadership. The number of MD/MBA joint degree programs have more than doubled since 2000, as medical schools are realizing that building students’ skill sets in management and leadership are crucial for the development of future physician leaders.
- Health systems science: There is increasing emphasis on health system science education in medical school curricula, including coursework on healthcare quality, patient safety, value-based care, and population health. National organizations such as the American Medical Association have dedicated multi-million dollar grants so that medical schools can build out health systems curricula, and health systems science is being incorporated in medical board licensing exams.
How does the fellowship work?
Discover
• Orientation to Geisinger
• Business plan assignment
Assess
• Conduct external research and analyze data sets
• Participate in team meetings and problem solve
Present
• Document findings and conclusions
• Present your business plan
Do I qualify?
Featured projects
Over the course of the summer, fellows worked on projects including:
- Assessed workforce patient panel design for behavioral health service line
- Assisted executive leadership in developing Geisinger’s strategic plan
- Led workstreams related to MyCode, Geisinger’s genetic analysis program
- Evaluated inpatient protocols to reduce readmissions rate across central PA
- Developed on-boarding materials for the 65 Forward program
- Investigated the application of Hospital at Home for select patient populations
- Helped develop a program to promote recruitment and retention of advanced practice providers
Alumni outcomes
Past fellows have gone on to pursue a variety of clinical interests at residency programs across the country:
- Maryam Alausa – Internal Medicine at University of Chicago
- Azraa Chaudhury – Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Delphine Huynh – MD student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
- Prerak Juthani – Internal Medicine at Stanford Medicine
- Kenneth Lee – Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Jessica Lin – Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Angela Malinovitch – MD/MBA student at University of Pennsylvania
- Neil Rens – Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Michael Sessine – Urology at Wayne State University
- Eric Shan – MD student at University of Pennsylvania
- Diane Somlo – Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Daniel Thomas – Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Akhil Upneja – Internal Medicine at UCSF Medical Center
- Jack Zhao – Internal Medicine at University of Chicago
2024 Fellows
Armaan Singh
Hometown: Tallahassee, FLMedical school: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Undergraduate school: Northwestern University
Specialty of interest: Psychiatry or Internal Medicine
Prior work experience: Consultant at BCG, Strategy at Oak Street Health
“Geisinger’s fellowship stood out due to its one-of-a-kind exposure to senior leadership across the organization. I wanted a first-hand look at how decisions were made at the highest levels of health system leadership.”
Daniel Thompson
Hometown: Menomonee Falls, WIMedical school: Yale School of Medicine
Undergraduate school: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Specialty of interest: Internal Medicine
Prior work experience: Product Engineer at Mueller Sports Medicine
“Geisinger’s reputation for innovative, value-based healthcare solutions and its strong emphasis on patient-centered care made it the ideal choice to gain experience in healthcare administration. I wanted to be part of a team that truly makes a difference in the community.”