Dr. Rodolfo Catena

Biography

Rodolfo Catena is a scholar specializing in Operations Management, with a focus on Value-Based Health Care. He co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review titled ‘We Relocate ICU Patients Covid-19 Hotspots’, advocating for the use of health data during the current Covid-19 crisis. His research and advocacy have supported public and private organizations across numerous countries including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Rodolfo holds a Master’s degree in engineering from UC Berkeley, as well as advanced degrees in Faculty of Engineering from the University of Bologna. His doctorate in Management Studies was obtained from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he has concentrated on Operations Management. Rodolfo employs empirical methods to analyze large datasets to identify solutions geared towards Value-Based Health Care. He has taught Technology Operations Management to the Saïd Business School MBA cohort during the 2020/21 academic year and has previous teaching experience at UC Berkeley. Additionally, Rodolfo co-organized a course on Value-Based Health Care for the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, an organization co-founded by Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, alongside Karolinska Institutet and Boston Consulting Group. Over his career, he has taught more than 25 university subjects since 2008.

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