Forum Faculty

Tim Porter-O'Grady, DM, EdD, ScD(h), FAAN

Tim PorterDr. Tim Porter-O'Grady is one of the most dynamic speakers in health care today. With over 40 years of actual hands on clinical and leadership experience at every level of health service, Tim brings an unusual practicality and value to his presentations. Tim is currently senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta that specializes in 21st Century health futures, clinical health reform, organizational innovation, conflict and change, as well as emergent challenges with post digital millennial workers and workplaces. He is recognized world-wide for his work on interdisciplinary shared governance models, clinical leadership, conflict, and health futures. He is co-founder and associate professor and leadership scholar at Arizona State University, Program in Health Innovation, Visiting Scholar at University of Maryland, and is an adjunct professor at Lakehead University, School of Public Health, Ontario, CANADA.

Dr. Porter-O'Grady demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning, and holds graduate degrees in clinical leadership, 2 earned doctorates; one in learning behavior and a second in organizational and systems leadership. In addition, he received a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa, from the Medical University of Ohio. He has done post-doctoral work in aging and is board certified in advanced practice in gerontology. Tim is also a graduate of the Harvard University Program in Health Conflict Resolution and is certified by the Georgia Supreme Court's Office of Dispute Resolution as a registered mediator and arbitrator.

Tim has published extensively in health care with over 165 proctored journal articles and 21 books and is a 7-time winner of the AJN Healthcare Book of the Year Award. His new award winning book

"Quantum Leadership" co-authored with Kathy Malloch is used in over 250 university graduate programs globally. Their recently published book "Innovation Leadership" is the primer for leading organizational innovation in health care. He has consulted internationally with over 500 institutions and has lectured in over 1000 settings internationally. In addition to his hands-on leadership experience, Tim has held a number of offices on health system, community and policy boards such as the vice chair of the governing board of Catholic Health East, governor with Sigma Theta Tau International, president of AID Atlanta, and the Georgia Nurse's Foundation, just to name a few. Participants rate his presentations consistently at the highest levels and Tim is noted for his great sense of humor, and dynamic interactive presentation style.

Topical List

  • Making Sense of Health Reform: Translation and Application
  • Emergent Models of Real and Sustainable Excellence in Health Service
  • 21st Century Quantum Leadership (from fad to fact-based leadership)
  • Emergent Models for Change that Actually Work
  • Interdisciplinary Shared Governance for Post-Reform Clinical Practice
  • From Employees to Knowledge Workers: Advancing Real Performance