Howard P. Forman
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Economics, and Public Health; Professor in the Practice of Management; Director of the MD/MBA Program; Director of Healthcare Curriculum, MBA for Executives Program
Professor Forman is a Professor of Diagnostic Radiology (and faculty director for Finance), Public Health (Health Policy), Economics and Management. Professor Forman directs the Health Care management program in the Yale School of Public Health and teaches healthcare economics in the Yale College Economics Department. He is the faculty founder and director of the MD/MBA program as well as the faculty director of the healthcare focus area in the School of Management’s MBA for Executives program. He is the co-founder and special advisor to the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership program. He co-hosts the Health & Veritas podcast with Dr. Harlan Krumholz.
As a practicing emergency/trauma radiologist, he is actively involved in patient care and issues related to financial administration, healthcare compliance, and contracting. His research has been focused on improving imaging services delivery through better access to information. He has worked as a health policy fellow in the U.S. Senate, on Medicare legislation.
His current research has focused on applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) in healthcare; health equity; and “hydration spas”. He has also been actively communicating emerging public health topics such as the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the US.
Education
- MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1996
MD, SUNY- Stony Brook, 1989
BS, The City College of New York, CUNY, 1987
Articles
Large Language Models as an Inexpensive and Effective Extra Set of Eyes in Radiology Reporting
Quantitative Evaluation of Large Language Models to Streamline Radiology Report Impressions: A Multimodal Retrospective Analysis
Large language models as a source of health information: Are they patient-centered? A longitudinal analysis
The Critical Shortage of Iodinated Contrast Material - Will Value Prevail?
Association of Graduate Medical Education With Hospital Performance and Patient Outcomes
Achievements
- Leah Lowenstein Award, Yale School of Medicine , Presented at Graduation 2019
- American College of Healthcare Executives’ Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award for Connecticut, 2013, 2019
- Distinguished Student Mentor Award, YSPH, Presented at Graduation 2013
- Fellow, American College of Radiology
- Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 2001-2002
- Fellow, Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance
- Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society
- Palmer Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business