Dan Schwartz

Biography

Dan brings award-winning knowledge and experiences spanning twelve years implementing strategic healthcare solutions addressing care delivery, research, therapy adherence, process improvements, and business development. In that time, Dan has led Health Information Technology (HIT) teams in identifying and implementing best practices for clinical research, care communication, therapy adherence and outcomes. He has won multiple awards implementing Electronic Health Records (EHR/EMR)s, Electronic Data Capture (EDC) tools, and developing a HIT solution automating clinical trial subject adverse event (AE) notifications and therapy adherence. He has assembled and optimized cross-functional medical product (IDE, IND and BLA) clinical research teams to (a) identify stakeholders and track milestones, (b) measure and manage project risks, and (c) achieve project deliverables. Dan established and led the North American Clinical Development Unit (CDU) for a large European medical product sponsor. He managed an integrated health economic outcomes research (HEOR) joint venture between the University of Minnesota, a community hospital, and a private practice. Dan previously held voting member roles on (1) a State-wide commission for anatomical tissue donation, and (2) a community hospital’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). Dan is pursuing a Master of Science in Health Economics at Johns Hopkins University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Genetics and Cell Development from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Saint John’s University. He spent one year interning as a research assistant in the University of Minnesota’s Stem Cell Institute. In addition, Dan holds certifications as a Six Sigma Green Belt through the Project Management Institute (PMI), and as a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) through the Scrum Alliance.

Research Interest

health care