Careers
GSB students with an interest in healthcare have a wide variety of internship and career alternatives available to them. Check out a series of short career profiles on students from the MBA class of 2011 to get a sense of the types of opportunities GSB graduates pursue in the healthcare field.
Networking
The student-run Health Care Club (HCC) is active in coordinating career-related networking events. For instance, in late Fall 2010, the HCC organized a “Health Care Career Spotlight” event to help first-year MBA students begin thinking about their summer internships and second-year MBA students get serious about their full-time job search. Five alums shared their insights about different healthcare careers:
- Joe Mandato – Managing Director, De Novo Ventures
- Vance Vanier (GSB 2006) – CEO, Navigenics
- Daniel Harfe (GSB 2002) – Marketing Director, Acclarent Medical
- Howie Rosen (GSB 1987) – Former VP, Commercial Strategy at Gilead Sciences, Inc.
- Jeffrey Bird (GSB 1992) – Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
Plenty of time was allowed for questions and general networking. Approximately 60 students participated in the event.
Recruiting
In addition, the school’s Career Management Center provides GSB students with assistance in defining a career vision, developing an effective plan to realize that goal, and networking.
Major healthcare corporations and device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical start-ups hire students from the GSB, along with consulting companies, investment banks, and venture capitalists with healthcare and life sciences practices. A list of some of these organizations is shown below.
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What Students Are Saying
"The CMC was an invaluable resource during my search. Besides offering advice as I explored different career paths, they referred me to classmates and alums that might be good resources, and coached me on negotiating my offer."
Will Boenig, MBA 2011
"The CMC was great. I spoke with [advisors] about my past experiences and what I wanted to accomplish in the future. This process helped me narrow the list of potential firms I wanted to work for… and develop a plan of action to get in front of decision makers at the firms I was interested in."
Zach Ferguson, MBA 2011
"With CMC’s help, I was able to interview with 5+ amazing health care firms."
Lauren Chaparro, MBA 2012
"We receive lot of great internship and full-time job-related support from the CMC."
Vandana Jain, MBA 2011
As another mechanism for exposing GSB students to different healthcare companies, the HCC and the CMC work together to coordinate "treks" to local businesses in the field.
The treks range from a half-day visit to a single company to full-day of meetings with multiple healthcare organizations. During the outings, students usually receive an overview presentation of the company's products/services, take a tour of the facilities, and engage in discussions with alumni and other executives.
In spring 2010, students visited Intuitive Surgical. "We interacted with the CEO and other top company leaders, took a factory tour, and got a brilliant perspective of their lean manufacturing," said Vandana Jain, MBA 2011.
More recently, in spring 2011, a group of MBA students from the GSB, as well as UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, met with leaders at Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC), which was most recently ranked #17 on the list of “America's Best Hospitals." This afternoon-long experience included discussions with SHC’s CEO, VP of Process Excellence, VP of Ambulatory Services, and other executives.