Biography
William Aaronson is associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy in the College of Public Health at Temple University. Previously he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Assistant Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs at the Fox School of Business. Dr. Aaronson successfully led the restructuring of doctoral and masters programs in business during his tenure and is known for his strategic outlook, innovative approaches to curriculum management and his collaborative leadership style. Most recently he was the founding chair of the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy.
Dr. Aaronson has considerable international experience including delivery of executive training programs for health system leaders and collaborative research with local faculty in numerous countries. He has particular expertise in the health systems, history, culture, languages and educational systems of the former Soviet Union and Central Europe. He has been the recipient of a J. William Fulbright Senior Teaching Scholarship at the University of Matej Bel, Slovakia.
Dr. Aaronson is a recognized leader in healthcare management education having served as program director and department chair for CAHME accredited programs. He has worked in long-term care management, been a consultant to hospitals and long-term care organizations, and served on boards of directors for long-term and primary care organizations. He has extensively researched the relationship between health policy and healthcare organizational efficiency, quality and strategy. Dr. Aaronson’s research has appeared in top-tier research journals such as Health Economics, Medical Care Research and Review, Medical Care, Health Services Research, The Gerontologist, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and Journal of Healthcare Management.
Dr. Aaronson led a 5-year, $1.4 million USAID funded and AIHA managed partnership project between a coalition of Temple University, Philadelphia-based healthcare providers and the City Health Administration, Kyiv, Ukraine. The purpose of the Kyiv-Philadelphia Partnership was to develop a system of community-based primary healthcare clinics and the infrastructure to support it.
Dr. Aaronson is active in numerous professional and academic organizations and is currently the chair elect for the Global Healthcare Management Faculty Forum of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.
Education
- PhD, Business Administration, Temple University
- MEd, Rehabilitation/Community Counseling, Temple University
- BS, General Science, Villanova University
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
HPM 2214 | Politics and Payments in US Healthcare System | Undergraduate |
HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | Graduate |
HPM 5016 | Public Health Advocacy | Graduate |
HPM 8008 | Health Economics | Graduate |
HPM 8014 | Comparative Health Policy | Graduate |
HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | Graduate |
HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Gasoyan, H., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2021). The role of health insurance characteristics in utilization of bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 17(5), 860-868. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.01.024.
Gasoyan, H., Soans, R., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2021). Association between insurance-mandated precertification criteria and inpatient healthcare utilization during 1 year after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.10.007.
Gasoyan, H., Soans, R., Ibrahim, J., Aaronson, W., & Sarwer, D. (2020). Do insurance-mandated precertification criteria and insurance plan type determine the utilization of bariatric surgery among individuals with private insurance? Medical Care, 58(11), 952-957. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001358.
Gasoyan, H. & Aaronson, W. (2020). Association Between Use of EHR-Generated Dashboards and Hospital Outcomes in 30-Day Heart Failure Readmissions. Journal of Healthcare Management / American College of Healthcare Executives, 65(6), 430-440. doi: 10.1097/JHM-D-19-00207.
Halpern, M., Gasoyan, H., & Aaronson, W. (2020). Metrics to Evaluate the Performance of Cancer Center Leadership: A Systematic Review. Journal of Healthcare Management, 65(3), 217-235. doi: 10.1097/JHM-D-19-00064.
Aaronson, W.E. & Evashwick, C.J. (2019). Global Education of Health Management. Frontiers Media SA.
Counte, M., Howard, S., Chang, L., & Aaronson, W. (2019). Global advances in Value-Based Payment and their implications for global health management education, development, and practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 6(JAN). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00379.
Gasoyan, H., Safaryan, A., Sahakyan, L., Gasoyan, N., Aaronson, W., & Bagramian, R. (2019). School-based preventive dental program in rural communities of the republic of Armenia. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 9(JUL). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00243.
Evashwick, C. & Aaronson, W. (2019). Editorial: Global Education of Health Management. Frontiers in Public Health, 7(APR). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00103.
Aaronson, W., Evashwick, C., & Shewchuk, R. (2018). Organizing chronic care: The value of organization theory to gerontology. doi: 10.4324/9781315223551-8.
Sharan, A. & Aaronson, W. (2017). The Beginning of Trumpcare. Clinical Spine Surgery, 30(1), 30-31. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000497.
Černohorská, L., Pilyavskyy, A., & Aaronson, W. (2017). Comparative performance of the visegrad group banks for the period 2009-2013. E a M: Ekonomie a Management, 20(2), 175-187. doi: 10.15240/tul/001/2017-2-013.
Pilyayskyy, A., Aaronson, W., & Cernohorska, L. (2021). Comparative analysis of the total factor of productivity changes for banks of Visegrad group for the period 2009-2013. 11TH PROFESSOR ALEKSANDER ZELIAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING AND FORECASTING OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENA, 339-348. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000417167000035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=abcd71df5a6dac31fd219478b0a9c638.
Pilyavskyy, A., Aaronson, W., & Matsiv, Y. (2016). Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Performance in West and South Regions of Ukraine. Comparative Economic Research, 19(5), 143-155. doi: 10.1515/cer-2016-0042.
Vaccaro, A., Schroeder, G., Aaronson, W., Heary, R., Kepler, C., Khan, S., Koerner, J., Kurd, M., Savage, J., & Sharan, A. (2016). A change in direction and a name change: The journal of spinal disorders and techniques is now clinical spine surgery. Clinical Spine Surgery, 29(3), 91. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000363.