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1、04haddockprofiles1/28/021:33PMPage117MaryK.MologneDirector,QualityandAccountabilityInitiativesAmericanHospitalAssociationWashington,D.C.B.S.,HealthPolicyandManagement,ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityM.B.A.,FuquaSchoolofBusiness,DukeUniversity(NorthCarolina)Diplomat
2、e,AmericanCollegeofHealthcareExecutivesGROWINGUPTHEdaughterofasurgeonandhospi-taladministrator,Iwasexposedearlyinmylifetothefieldsofmedicineandhealthcaremanagement.Idebatedearlyinmyeducationaboutattendingmedicalschoolandwasexcitedtolearnabouttheundergradu-atedegre
3、einhealthadministration,whichinmymind,marriedthebestofbothworldsandwouldbeabetterfitwithmyskillsets.NotknowingexactlywhatIwantedtobecome,Irealizedquicklythatthehealthcarefieldprovidedagrowing,everchangingenviron-ment,withinwhichtoexperimentandcrystallizemycareerdes
4、iresandgoals.IdeclaredmymajorashealthpolicyandadministrationatThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityandbeganmyhealthcarecareerjour-ney.Thedegreeprovidedauniquemixoflessonsinbusiness,policy,andsocialsciences;ittestedbothmyanalyticalandcreativesidesandgavemeexposuretoclini
5、calandethicalcurricula.Mydegreealsoprovidedtheopportunitytopracticetheselessonsinavaluableinternship.IwasfortunatetocompletethisinternshipattheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityMedicalCenter,whichgavememyfirsttrueexposuretothefieldIhadchosen.Morethananyspecificprofiles11704
6、haddockprofiles1/28/021:33PMPage118experiencesthatsummer,Idevelopedrelationshipswithmentorswhoopeneddoorstomanyothermentorsandopportunities.Whilehewaswritingmyreferenceletterforacceptanceintograduateschool,oneofthosementors,anassistantadministratoratthemedicalcen
7、-ter,toldmeaboutanopportunityattheDistrictofColumbiaHospitalAssociation(dcha).Afterexploration,Idecidedtopullmyapplica-tionfromgraduateschoolandjointhedchastaff.Thedchaprovidedoneofthebroadestexposurestoourhealth-caresystem.Itallowedmetoparticipatefirsthandinpolic
8、ymakingatthenationalandlocallevels.And,asageneralprojectmanager,myrolesexposedmetovirtuallyeverypartofhealthcare,fromdisasterpreparednesstohospital—medicalstaf