James R. Langabeer II, MBA, PhD - Associate Professor, Departments of Healthcare Finance and Management, University Of Texas School of Public Health
Dr. James R. Langabeer II is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Texas School of Public Health. He has also served as a senior-level manager in several world-renowned academic medical centers, where he has had responsibilities over a variety of functions, including management engineering, budgeting, planning, supply chain operations, financial management, and business analysis. He was the executive vice president for one of the fastest growing consulting and technology firms in the US, where he consulted in over 30 countries globally for the world’s leading Fortune 500 firms across healthcare, retail, and manufacturing industries. Earlier in his career he was a senior operations manager for a Fortune 300 manufacturing firm, where he led the integration and transition processes for multiple mergers and acquisitions. He holds a bachelor of business administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a master of business administration from Baylor University, and a doctorate in leadership and administration from the University of Houston, where his research focused on economic performance and strategic management of large teaching hospitals. Dr. James Langabeer is also a Certified Management Accountant.
Previously, Dr. Langabeer served on the graduate management faculty at Boston University in the department of Administrative Sciences, and also at the University of Houston-Downtown. He is the author of three other books, including Creating Demand Driven Supply Chains (2003), Competitive Business Strategy for Teaching Hospitals (2000), and The Market Driven Enterprise (1994). He extensively researches healthcare financial and management issues, and has been published in over thirty-five leading journals, including the Journal of Healthcare Finance, Academic Medicine, Supply Chain Management Review, the Journal of Healthcare Management, and the Journal of Healthcare Information Management.
