Within veterinary medicine, there are myriad opportunities for entrepreneurship. Veterinary medical schools promote innovation in research, support major advances in biotech, infotech, and pet-tech, but the pathway to entrepreneurial ventures is not always clear. Leading Veterinary Entrepreneurship combines the knowledge and expertise of the Wharton School and Penn Vet in order to encourage the participation of veterinarians in entrepreneurship that impacts their clients and patients. With the skills, mindset and know-how developed in this program, veterinarians will be better equipped to solve important issues within animal healthcare, food animal productivity, food security, zoonotic diseases, and animal welfare.
Formerly this program was called Penn Executive Veterinary Leadership Program: Making an Impact as a Global Health Leader.
June 3 - 6, 2019Philadelphia, PA$4,900
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In Leading Veterinary Entrepreneurship, you will:
This program empowers participants to advance entrepreneurial ventures that aim to solve challenges facing global health and wellness issues, animal healthcare, food animal security and productivity, and animal welfare.
Faculty apply their field-based research and the latest strategic insights to help veterinarians develop the skills of an entrepreneur. Emphasizing the importance of opportunity identification, testing and assessment, leadership that fosters a culture of entrepreneurship, and when and how to foster strategic partnerships, this program offers an unprecedented opportunity to bring together diverse leaders on the front lines of veterinary science and public health.
Session topics include:
Through highly interactive lectures, panel discussions, exercises, and a learning lab, both in the classroom and in smaller work groups, this program will prepare you to stimulate entrepreneurship in veterinary medicine.
Leading Veterinary Entrepreneurship is customized for current and aspiring veterinary medical professionals that are interested in learning how to think like an entrepreneur and move forward with ventures, products and services to help solve current and future needs relating to veterinary medicine.
Fluency in English, written and spoken, is required for participation in Wharton Executive Education programs unless otherwise indicated
Andrew Hoffman, DVM, DVScSee Faculty Bio
Academic Director
Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lawton Burns, PhDSee Faculty Bio
James Joo-Kim Professor; Professor of Health Care Management; The Wharton School
Research Interests: Health care management, hospital-physician relationships, integrated health care
Mauro Guillén, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International Management; Professor of Management; Director, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Globalization, international political economy, multinational management
Kathy Pearson, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania; President, Enterprise Learning Solutions
James Thompson, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Co-Founder and Director, Wharton Social Enterprise Program, The Wharton School; Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Social entrepreneurship, building future markets, investment under conditions of high uncertainty
The level of instruction and peer collaboration is outstanding.”
Mitchell S. Moses, DVM, MBADirector, US Veterinary Hospital Services, Pfizer Animal Health
It gave me tools that if used will make me so much more competitive. The instructors were cutting edge.”
Dr. Kim HammondChief Medical Officer and founder, Falls Road Animal Hospital, Baltimore, MD
The mixture of individual organizations and professional change was enlightening and motivating.”
Dr. Peter HellyerAssociate Dean, Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Tuition for this program includes accommodations and meals. Prices are subject to change.
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