The Department of Health Services Administration

Peter M. Ginter, Ph.D., is Chair and Professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, and Professor in the Department of Management, School of Business. He is also currently a Senior Scholar in the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Pete has served as President of the Southwest Federation of Administrative Disciplines and is active in the North American Case Writers Association. Prior to coming to U.A.B. he was on the faculty of the University of Arkansas. Ginter received outstanding teaching awards at the University of Arkansas and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Dr. Ginter has been principal investigator on numerous federal and state funded research grants and has served on numerous editorial boards.  Ginter is a consultant to a number of organizations in manufacturing, health care, and service industries as well as with government organizations in the areas of strategic management, reengineering, and culture change.  Dr. Ginter holds a Ph.D. in organization theory and policy from the University of North Texas. His research interests include strategic planning in government agencies, rural health, public health agencies, and macroenvironmental analysis. Dr. Ginter teaches courses in strategic planning.