Dr. Kevin M. Fickenscher serves as the executive vice president of Strategic Initiatives for Perot Systems and a major resource for health care management consulting and information integration with clients based throughout the world.
Dr. Fickenscher is a physician executive and leader with extensive experience in strategic and operational development in complex health care organizations. He has provided leadership for various organizations related to technology and information management, organizational transformation and development, physician management, health policy analysis, leadership development, clinical quality and resource/care management, among other areas. He is considered to be a dynamic, visionary leader in health care.
Initially, Fickenscher pursued an academic career and served as the founding director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, a nationally recognized program dedicated to rural health service, research and policy analysis, and as the assistant dean and president/CEO of the Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies. He exhibited leadership skills early in his career when he served as the president of the American Medical Student Association. He currently serves as a member of Skylight Corporation, a patientfocused information management organization; and as chairman of the board for Advant, a company dedicated to providing coordinated, quality medical services for individuals seeking care across the globe. He has served as the president of the National Rural Health Association and in multiple other capacities with organizations such as the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association.
Modern Healthcare ranked Fickenscher as No. 12 among “The 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare, 2007.” He is a regular participant in discussions, debates and presentations related to the future of health care, including testimony before the U.S. Congress, and participation in a variety of international health care forums. Fickenscher was awarded a Kellogg National Fellowship [1985] by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and served as the health adviser to the 1988 Biden for President Campaign. The Healthcare Forum and Korn/Ferry International recognized him nationally as one of six emerging leaders in health care in 1991. He was also a regional finalist for The White House Fellows Program; recipient of the North Dakota Leadership Award of Excellence; and served on the Clinton health care task force reform efforts.
Fickenscher graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1978, obtained two years of family medicine training at the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in The Bronx, New York, and completed his last two years of training at the University of North Dakota, while concurrently developing a rural health program. He obtained his family practice board certification in 1982, is a certified physician executive and fellow with the American College of Physician Executives, and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
