Neeley Business Certificate Gives Burnett School of Medicine Graduate New Perspective
For medical students who want business training, the Neeley School of Business health policy and management certificate can be a viable option while tackling the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University’s innovative curriculum.
FORT WORTH – For Ethan Vieira, M.D. ’25, earning a health policy and management certificate while getting his medical degree, has given him a new perspective.
His final class project on a consulting team gave him firsthand insight on how research and data analytics could help patients at Fort Worth’s Mercy Clinic.
“I wasn’t just consulting as an outsider; I understood the barriers patients face,” Dr. Vieira said. “We aimed to make Mercy Clinic’s invisible patients visible.”
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For medical students who want business training, the Neeley School of Business health policy and management certificate can be a viable option while tackling the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University’s innovative curriculum. Classes are held online in the evenings to make it easier for students who may be juggling other academic demands. TCU will offer a joint five-year MD/MBA degree this fall.
“It’s totally worth it,” said Dr. Vieira, who is beginning a two-year pediatric residency at Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and hopes to become a health care administrator.
As a longtime Mercy Clinic volunteer, the consulting project allowed Dr. Vieira to give back to the Fort Worth community.
“Hopefully, with the start of this consulting project, the relationship could expand,” he said.