Sibley Leaders Serve on HSA Faculty

Peal and Price at Sibley Memorial Hospital

Jerry Price, chief operating officer of Sibley Memorial Hospital, has been named to the faculty of the Department of Health Systems Administration at Georgetown University.

“The appointment recognizes Jerry’s commitment to professional education, his teaching expertise, and the role that he has played in facilitating access to the talent of the management group at Sibley,” said Department Chair Gary L. Filerman, Ph.D.

For several years, Price has been participating in both the undergraduate and nationally ranked graduate programs in health systems administration. He teaches managerial leadership and internal organization for quality of care—a hallmark of the Georgetown program.

Price also takes time to mentor master’s-level students in the program. One of those students, Frederick N. Peal II, says the relationship has contributed a great deal to his educational experience.

“His willingness to share with me his wisdom and expertise in the field of health systems administration during the course of each semester proved to be invaluable insights that I could never take lightly,” said Peal.

“My favorite episode was my lunch appointment in the cafeteria at Sibley with Mr. Price,” Peal noted. “We were joined by two physicians who began to discuss issues relating to hospital administration.”

“I thought that was incredible teaching moment that could not be taught in the classroom,” said Peal.

In addition to his own teaching and mentorship, Price has extended the service of other Sibley executives to Georgetown’s program.

Since 2004, Queenie Plater, Sibley’s vice president for human resources, has taught an undergraduate course entitled, “Human Resources Management and Development.”

“Jerry introduced us to Queenie, who is one of the most popular teachers in the program,” Filerman said. “Students value the way that she brings in examples from the real world while giving them a foundation in the principles of human resources.”

Like Price’s work with Peal, Filerman added, two other Sibley executives act as mentors to graduate students. Barry Eisenberg, vice president for senior services, mentors student Meghan Healy. And Christine Stuppy, director of business development and strategic planning, mentors Christopher Poe.

“Each student in the Georgetown graduate program is teamed with an executive in the health system for their entire career in the program,” said Filerman. “Mentors are carefully selected as role models because of their demonstrated competence, interest in students, and position.”