Chris Nesser, Ph.D.
MHA Director Health Administration Office Location: GB 205 | Gorman Building Phone: (210) 832-5626 Email: decima.nesser@uiwtx.edu- Hospital Administrator in the U.S. Navy (23 years)
- Senior Project Manager for Parsons architectural engineering firm (2 years)
- Retail Manager (2 years)
Dominguez, D. G., Garcia, D.C., LaFrance, K. G., (2013). Developing a New Graduate Program in Healthcare Management: Embracing the Transformation of Healthcare Management Education on a Pathway to Success. Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, V3(1).
LaFrance, K., Garcia, D., and Dominguez, D. "The Concurrent Graduate Assistantship: Lessons from the Ground Up." Annual Conference of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. June 3-6, 2015 Miami, FL. Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation.
Nguyen, C., Crocker, A., Garcia, D., Ramirez, M., Valdes, M., and Sarbacker, B. "Campus-wide Awareness of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Among Health Professions. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Academic Pharmacy 2014, July 26-30, 2014, Grapevine, Texas. Peer Reviewed Conference Presentation.
Decima Garcia, Dan Dominguez, and Kevin LaFrance. "Interprofessional Practice Teams and the Role of the Health Administrator: An Educational Strategy." Annual Conference of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. June 19, 2014, San Antonio, TX. Peer Reviewed Conference Presentation.
- Mother of two children
- Enjoys working the yard and being in nature
- Served 23 years in the U.S. Navy
- Healthcare Finance I and II
- Healthcare Marketing
- Healthcare Policy
- Accounting Concepts
- Business Statistics
- Health policy
- Access and financing of healthcare delivery
- Inter professional education and practice