|
He is Managing Partner of Pappelbaum, Turner & Associates, a national healthcare consultancy company that advises hospital, medical group, health insurance, and governmental healthcare clients. Dr. Pappelbaum joined Scripps hospital in 1996 as Chief Transformational Officer in charge of creating and implementing Scripps’ strategic vision of the future. In 1997, he was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and, in 1999, he was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer when the hospital reached annual revenues of over $1 billion. From 1985 to 1995, he was the managing partner of Professional Health Consulting Group, a national company of physician executives who analyzed and managed change for complex not-for-profit healthcare systems clients throughout the United States. From 1969 to 1984, Dr. Pappelbaum taught and practiced Pediatric Cardiology at the University of California, San Diego and at San Diego Children’s Hospital, where he was Chief of Pediatric Cardiology from 1972-1978. Dr. Pappelbaum completed his undergraduate work at McGill University, Montreal and received his medical degree from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine in Vancouver. He completed his residency in pediatric medicine at Montreal Children’s Hospital of McGill University and did graduate studies in cardiovascular physiology and a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a Master's degree in management (health option) from MIT. | 