Administrative Fellowship Program

The Loyola University Medical Center Administrative Fellowship is a two-year program structured to develop the leadership skills of future health-care administrators. The program promotes learning and application of practical skills in operations, strategy and front-line management to prepare fellows for leadership careers in the academic health-care environment. The competency-based curriculum is tiered to provide a broad educational experience in the first year and front-line operational experience in a chosen area during the second year. The LUMC fellowship offers the unique opportunity to work closely with administrative and clinical leaders in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

Loyola University Medical Center administrators and physicians are dedicated to the development and education of future health-care executives. This team will convey the complexities of the academic health-care environment and provide opportunities at all levels to develop leadership skills.

Program Structure

First Year: Departmental rotations, high-level project ownership and executive meeting attendance with Loyola University Hospital and the health system, directly reporting to the president of Loyola University Medical Center.

Second Year: Departmental, interest- specific leadership opportunity. Fellow will choose area of interest and spend a year dedicated to development within the specific area. Fellows will be given the opportunity to choose from department proposals to determine opportunities.

Application Process

Qualified candidates must have, or will have, completed a Master's in Health-care Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA), Public Health (MPH) or equivalent from a graduate program by June 2012. Programs must be accredited from one of the following accrediting bodies: Commission of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), Council of Education for Public Health (CEPH), Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). A minimum of one year related health-care experience is preferred.

Important Dates:

• Application Deadline: Postmarked no later than Oct. 7, 2011
• Preliminary Phone Interviews: Week of Oct. 10, 2011
• On-Site Interviews: Week of Oct. 24, 2011
• Selection Announcement: Late October

Please submit the following materials in one packet: 

Please mail complete application packet to: 

Loyola University Medical Center
Jami Youmans, Administrative Fellow
2160 S. First Ave. #104-1381
Maywood, IL 60153

If you have any additional questions, please contact Jami Youmans at jyoumans@lumc.edu.