Experience

Dr. Leslie K. Breitner, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned specialist with a distinguished career in the fields of business administration, not-for-profit management, and health care. Her professional and research career has focused on analyzing the impact of initiatives that improve the quality of financial systems in healthcare organizations. In that sense, her main contributions have been related to education and leadership, collaborating with numerous educational institutions in the creation of training programs for managers.  

She is also co-author of the popular accounting books "Essentials of Accounting, 10th Edition" and "Essentials of Accounting Review". In these volumes, she reflects her extensive knowledge of financial management, budgeting and performance measurement in hospitals. In addition, many of the studies and contributions contained in her various publications have been supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  

Dr. Breitner is a graduate of Boston University and collaborates as a specialist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. At McGill University, she founded the International Master's Degree in Healthcare Leadership (IMHL) program and served as Co-Academic Director of the Graduate Program in Healthcare Management. She also lectures frequently at Harvard University, Washington University and Seton Hall University.  

Dr. Breitner's professional experience has been recognized on numerous occasions, receiving awards from important organizations and university institutions around the world. Among other distinctions, she holds the Beekhuis Award from the Simmons College Graduate School of Management and is an honorary member of the Boston chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma Society.

  • Director of the International Professional Master's Degree in Healthcare Leadership.
  • Co-Academic Director of the Graduate Program in Healthcare Management.
  • Supervisor of the Mitacs-Accelerate graduate research internship program.
  • Collaboration with UNICEF on Budget and Fiscal Analysis Training
  • Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Boston University Graduate School of Management
  • Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Simmons College Graduate School of Management
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