Eric Wadsworth, PhD, MBA, CPA

Eric Wadsworth worked in public accounting for several years and then as CFO at Dartmouth Medical School through the ’90s. After completing his PhD exploring the linkage between cost and quality in healthcare, his research interest and publications have continued to focus on cost measurement and cost management in health care. In addition to serving as an assistant professor at The Dartmouth Institute and Geisel School of Medicine, he is an adjunct faculty member at the Tuck School of Business. At Tuck, he teaches a range of business and health care finance, management, and strategy topics in both degree programs and executive education formats.

Wadsworth is also an associate of The Dartmouth Institute Office of Professional Education and Outreach where his teaching and consulting revolve around the intersection of health care management and strategic decisions with cost. Wadsworth was one of the two founding directors of the Masters of Healthcare Delivery Science (MHCDS) program at Dartmouth, and he has served as a research associate and National Forum presenter with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and in various adjunct faculty positions in the University of New Hampshire system business programs.

He earned a BA in mathematics from Dartmouth College, an MBA from the University of New Hampshire System, and a PhD in organization and management from Capella University.