2024 Leadership for Practice Managers
This award winner played a crucial role in implementing health IT during the initial years of Obamacare in 2012, which ignited a passion for health care administration.
Eduardo Eschenbach has charted a professional journey marked by dedication to others and achievement in health care administration. Born in Mexico and raised in Guatemala, Eschenbach moved to Texas for high school and college, eventually earning a BS in microbiology from the University of Texas in Austin.
Upon graduation, Eschenbach played a crucial role in implementing health IT during the initial years of Obamacare in 2012. This experience ignited a passion for health care administration. Before throwing himself at this passion, however, Eschenbach returned to Guatemala to give back to the community by taking the role of math teacher at a small non-profit middle school.
In 2016, Eschenbach moved to Baltimore, where he earned an MBA in health care management from the Johns Hopkins, Carey Business School. This educational milestone paved the way for his entry into Johns Hopkins University, Division of Allergy in 2018, followed by a significant role in hospital medicine in July 2020. This is an infamous time for health care service workers as we were on the frontlines of the fight against COVID 19. It was under this crucible that he showed his best qualities: a solutions-oriented leader with a strong desire to help physicians who in turn help heal communities. Because of these qualities, he was nominated and won an SHM Award of Excellence.
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