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Michael Stahl, Ph.D., PEMBA Program Director

Michael J. Stahl is the William B. Stokely Professor of Business in the College of Business at the University of Tennessee, and is Director of the Physician Executive MBA Program. That program was ranked by Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare magazines in 2004-2008 as the #1 Preferred MBA Program Exclusively for Physicians. Dr. Stahl received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of NY at Buffalo and his Ph.D. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As an Air Force Officer in the early 1970s, he was a program manager on the design of a communications satellite at the Space and Missile Systems Organization in Los Angeles. From 1982-1989, Mike was Head of the Management Department at Clemson University. He was Associate Dean in the College of Business at UT from 1989-1997. He was Principal Investigator with a team of nine researchers on a three-year $400,000 research grant concerning Customer Value from the National Science Foundation involving Eastman Chemical Company. Dr. Stahl has published over 50 journal articles in a variety of areas including Strategic Management, TQ, and healthcare, as well as 13 books including Strategic Management, Perspectives in TQ, The Physician's Essential MBA, and The Encyclopedia of Health Care Management. He teaches strategy and business planning in the Physician EMBA, and MBA Programs. Mike served from 1997-2000 on the Board of Directors and chaired the Board’s Development Committee for the Florence Crittenton Agency. He served from 2000-2007 on the Board of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, and chaired the Board’s Planning Committee. He is on the Board of the eight hospital St. Joseph Health System in Lexington, KY and is a member of its Strategic Planning Committee.

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Physician Executive MBA Department

The University of Tennessee
Physician Executive MBA
608 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-0562
Phone: 865-974-1772
Fax: 865-974-0929
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