New
health care director comes prepared
By Jo Appleton
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
After a nationwide search and several months
of following a rigid hiring process to find
the right candidate for the position of
director of the Health Care Administration
Program at Cal State Long Beach, the selecting
committee has picked the perfect "jock."
Not a sports jock, but a "quant jock."
At least that is what Tony Sinay, who will
take his position as the new director Aug.
25, was dubbed by a member of the selecting
committee because of his breadth and knowledge
in the area of quantitative analysis and
reasoning.
"He just has the exact amount of content,
subject and numbers expertise that the committee
was looking for," said Jan Frates,
associate professor and member of the selecting
committee. "He's a quant jock."
This praise in not surprising because of
Sinay's professional and academic background.
Earning a bachelor's and a master's degree
of science in management engineering, a
master's degree in finance, a Ph.D. in economics
and over 10 years in health care
administration, Sinay brings much to the
table.
"We're delighted to have someone with
Tony Sinay's expertise and background in
the field of health care administration
to take over for Dr. Hunter," said
Dixie Grimmet, associate dean for the College
of Health and Human Services in a press
release Friday. According to a press release,
Harold Hunter, the program's previous director
of 16 years, took a visiting professorship
at Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C.
Although Hunter accomplished a lot for the
health administration program at CSULB,
Sinay said that he is looking forward to
building on them and "to pursuing additional
opportunities for excellence" to take
the program to the next level.
"The next level would be making [the
program] more competitive with other programs
in Southern California," Sinay said.
"It will
take some time, but...we can move in that
direction with a well-established program."
Sinay explained that there is already a
distance-learning program in the works called
the MSHCA, Dl Program, Master's of Science
in Health Care Administration, Distance
Learning. The program, which will be aimed
at working professionals with three years
experience in the field, will allow them
to take 50 percent of the classes off campus.
It is slated to begin in fall of 2004.
Making the program as competitive as other
college programs, Sinay said he also plans
to improve research activities, seek more
contracts and grants to increase resources
as well as increase the program's visibility.
Sinay added that the established ties the
program has with community practitioners
will also be strengthened for the use of
advising and research.
According to the press release he is relocating
from Des Moines University, Iowa, where
he was an associate director and also taught
health economics and health science courses.
Sinay's research interests in hospital mergers
and closures, rural health clinics, access
to care and healthy communities have been
publicized in the Journal of Economic Finance,
Health Care Management Review, Journal of
Health Care Finance, and others.
Born and raised in Turkey, Sinay said he
comes from a family of glass-lovers, so
in his spare time he enjoys reading different
books. Although he is not a sports jock,
he is a big fan of hockey and also likes
to watch baseball and football.
When asked if when he first saw the position
of director listed he knew straight away
that it was what he wanted, Sinay admitted
it was one of about three, which interested
him.
"The more I spend time out here in
Long Beach and at this campus," he
said. "The more I know it's the job
for me."
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