Mark Speicher

Mark Speicher, M.H.A. is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University. He is responsible for student and faculty academic performance at AzCOM, the largest medical school in Arizona. Mark is completing his Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy, with a focus in health policy, at Arizona State University. He has researched the physician workforce, medical error and predictors of physician quality. In his 22 years in health care management, regulation and research in Arizona, Mark worked in hospital administration, served as Executive Director of the Arizona Medical Board (the State's allopathic licensing board), and consulted with hospitals and medical staffs on provider performance issues. He received a Master's degree in Health Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.