UChicago Medicine Administrative Fellowship

Alban George (2020-2022) is from Columbia, Maryland and has completed the didactic portion of the Masters of Health Administration program at The George Washington University. During his graduate program, Alban completed an administrative internship at Cleveland Clinic in Regional Operations where he managed a workstream to complete the business plan narrative for an emerging micro-hospital. Alban additionally created an enterprise-wide intranet length of stay community to improve network-wide collaboration related to patient flow. Today, this platform helps the exchange of internal and external best practices within Cleveland Clinics NorthEast Ohio Region. Prior to his graduate studies, George completed a B.A. in Economics at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a minor in Management of Aging Services. His professional interests include service line management, operational excellence, and patient experience.

Jaime LaChapelle (2020-2022) is from Merrick, New York and earned her MPH in Healthcare Management from Boston University School of Public Health. During her time in Boston, she completed administrative internships at Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Urology and Ambulatory Management. Jaime participated in optimization projects that focused on call center decision trees, patient self-scheduling, and provider template redesigns. Additionally during COVID-19, she volunteered to schedule sick patients into temporary respiratory clinics so that patients could be seen by a medical professional as soon as possible to be tested. Her professional interests include tackling how social determinants of health impact health equity, population health, and improving the patient experience.

 Lindsey McDermott (2020-2022) is from Downers Grove, IL, a suburb of Chicago. She received her master’s degree in health administration from The Ohio State University in 2020. While in graduate school, McDermott worked as a Graduate Administrative Associate in the Neurological Institute at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She contributed to initiatives such as Joint Commission survey preparedness for National Patient Safety Goals and epilepsy surgery service line growth. In addition, McDermott interned at Cleveland Clinic in their children’s hospital where she created a marketing strategy for enhanced patient navigation and satisfaction across 40 sites in northeast Ohio. Prior to graduate school, McDermott completed her B.S. in Community Health with a concentration in Health Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked as a program coordinator at the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. Her professional interests include clinical operations, facilities design, and quality improvement.

Danielle McKenzie (2019-2021) is from Chicago, Illinois. She earned her master's degree in health administration from the George Washington University in 2019. During her time in graduate school, McKenzie completed an internship at Cleveland Clinic in the Respiratory Institute where she performed data analyses that contributed to decisions that increased access for patients. Additionally, she served as a project manager for Cleveland Clinic’s advance directive initiative, where she created a robust dashboard dataset and helped develop a new workflow for the institute’s inpatient units. McKenzie also served as an intern for both the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI), and the George Washington Hospital, where she conducted a LGBTQ institutional assessment and contributed in LEAN management projects.  Prior to her graduate studies, she served as a performance improvement specialist for the Greater Elgin Family Health Center and as a community health coordinator for Advocate Trinity Hospital.  McKenzie received a B.S. in health administration at Northern Illinois University. Her professional interests include population health, finance, and health policy. McKenzie enjoys water sports, traveling, volunteering and spending time with family and friends.

Jordan Wirtz (2019-2021) is from Lockport, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. She received her M.S. in health systems management from Rush University. While in graduate school, Wirtz worked in Rush University Medical Center’s Cardiac Service Line and Human Resources, as well as interned at Cleveland Clinic in the Imaging Institute. Prior to her graduate studies, Wirtz completed her B.S. in health systems management at Loyola University Chicago with minors in bioethics, biology and business administration. Her professional interests include strategy, quality improvement and operations.