Gary Bisbee

Dr. Gary Bisbee is an experienced healthcare policy and financing executive. His leadership positions have spanned Wall Street, academia, health policy, and entrepreneurial ventures in the information technology and medical device industries.

He co-founded The Health Management Academy (The Academy) in 1998. The Academy is a knowledge-based company exclusively for executives of the 100 Leading Health Systems and prominent health-related corporations. Services offered by The Academy include: executive forums, benchmarking and consumer research, fellowship programs, a learning laboratory, and health policy development and analysis.

Dr. Bisbee was Chairman and CEO of APACHE Medical Systems, Inc., a venture funded company that conducted an IPO and was acquired. He was Chairman and CEO of ReGen Biologics, Inc., a venture funded company that was merged into a public company shell and whose assets were sold. He was Chairman and CEO of Sequel Corporation, a venture funded company that was public and became Hanger Orthopedic Group, a roll-up of orthopedic practices. He was Founder and Director of the Corporate Finance Healthcare Group of Kidder Peabody & Co.

Dr. Bisbee was President of the Health Research and Educational Trust, the research and educational affiliate of the American Hospital Association. He holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in chronic disease epidemiology from Yale University, where his dissertation was part of the development of DRGs. His undergraduate degree is from North Central College.

He is published in the healthcare finance and healthcare services areas. He has been on the faculty at Yale University and taught courses in the business schools of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

Dr. Bisbee is a member of the board of directors of Cerner Corporation and The Health Management Academy.