Michael Black, MD
MBA 08
MBA 08
Chief of Pediatric Heart Surgery
Surgical Director of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Program
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California
Surgical Director of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Program
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California
Previous degrees:
BSc, University of Western Ontario
MD, University of Toronto
Career Goal:
Entrepreneur
Course Schedule
| Fall Semester 2005 | |
| Economic Analysis [Microeconomics] | |
| Organizational Behavior | |
| Financial Accounting | |
| Marketing | |
| Spring Semester 2006 | |
| Introduction to Finance | |
| Operations Management | |
| Macroeconomics in the Global Economy | |
| Leadership | |
| Ethics and Responsibility in Business | |
| Summer Session 2006 | |
| New Venture Finance | |
| Fall Semester 2006 |
| Negotiation |
| Leadership |
| Nonprofit Boards |
| Spring Semester 2007 |
| Topics in Managerial Communications |
| Mid-program Academic Retreat |
| Entrepreneurship |
| Behavioral Finance |
| Summer Session 2007 |
| Designing Financial Models that Work |
| Fall Semester 2007 |
| Venture Capital & Private Equity |
| Competitive Strategy |
| Spring Semester 2008 |
| Data Visualization for Discovery and Communication |
An experienced surgeon at the cutting edge of innovative procedures, Dr. Michael Black is now putting the knowledge learned at Haas to work as he launches his own medical device company, BioOptics, Inc.
"I have always been creative by nature and harbor the desire to save more lives than I can in my surgical practice. It was frustrating to have a cache of promising ideas but the inability to introduce them to the marketplace. With an MBA from Haas, I have the knowledge, skills and confidence to bring medical devices to market that can potentially save millions of lives."
"As a surgeon I realize that confidence and arrogance need not go hand in hand. I have learned at Haas that the most humble people can teach you the most. Many of our instructors have already made their mark and they have chosen to teach. I appreciate the knowledge and humanity that they share with us."
