Reginald A. Silver joined the Belk College of Business in August 2014. Prior to his appointment at the Belk College of Business, Dr. Silver accumulated 18 years of experience in healthcare operations and finance. He has served as a senior operations executive for a number of for-profit and not-for-profit institutions, focused on the development of high-performing teams, expanding access to services, and achieving significant financial results. Dr. Silver has served as the senior compliance and privacy officer for a number of organizations. Dr. Silver has taught organizations the principles of Lean/Six Sigma, and simulation modeling. In doing so, Dr. Silver has assisted organizations with achieving sustainable performance improvements with a collaborative leadership style that incorporates the tenets of servant leadership. Dr. Silver’s research interests include human and systems integration, healthcare information technology, business analytics, big data, and the adoption of technology with an emphasis on the healthcare sector. Dr. Silver teaches courses in management information systems, statistics, and business computing, as well as research methods in the Doctorate in Business Admininistration (DBA) program. Dr. Silver has also designed courses in Lean Sigma and applied healthcare business analytics. In 2021, Dr. Silver became the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Executive Education.
Degree(s):
Dr.P.H. in Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.B.A., East Carolina University
B.S., North Carolina State University
Expertise:
Finance
Healthcare Operations
Lean/Six Sigma
Revenue Cycle Management
Electronic Health Records
