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Nitish Patidar is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University. He has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, holding various roles. He started his career as an intensive care physician back in India and practiced intensive care medicine. Then, he moved to the administrator position, and finally to the faculty position in Medical School, before moving to the United States for education. He has worked in Telemedicine at the University of Kentucky. After that, he has worked as a health care researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

His research area revolves around innovative strategies used by organizations and their performance (quality and financial). He is interested in operations management, leadership succession planning, and information technology research. His research paper, published in the Journal of Healthcare Management, received a prestigious Edgar C. Hayhow Award during the American College of Healthcare Executives' 60th Congress of Healthcare Leadership. His research has been published in several top-level journals, such as Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Decision Sciences, Journal of Health Care Management Review, Journal of Healthcare Management, Journal of Healthcare Finance, International Journal of Business and Systems Research, Journal of Healthcare Management, Inquiry, and Telemedicine and e-Health.

He has presented his research findings in several highly respected academic conferences, such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, the Academy Health Annual Meeting, the American Public Health Annual Meeting, the Southern Management Academy, and the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting.

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Education

  • MBBS, DAVV University
  • MHA, University of Kentucky College of Public Health
  • PHD, University of Alabama At Birmingham

Areas of Expertise

  • Healthcare Management
  • Operations Management

Organization

  • Management

Office Location

  • The School of Business 313

Mail Drop

  • SB-DNF

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal

On Telemedicine Reimbursements and Hospital Adoption: A Policy Analysis Using Causal Inference Methods

Lee, KB., Hildebrandt, A., Patidar, N., Rao, R.

https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.70021 Journal of Operations Management 24 September 2025 (2025)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HCM Emerging Scholars Consortium

Patrick Shay, Nitish Patidar, et .al.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025, , Copenhagen, Denmark (2025)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HCM Teaching Incubator: Becoming More Effective Instructors

Patrick Shay, Nitish Patidar, et .al.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Should DEI DIE?: Critiques and Responses to DEI Initiatives.

Shen, G., Parker, V., Martelli, P., Dishman, L., Uecker, C., & Patidar, N.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States. (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HCM Teaching Incubator: Becoming More Effective Instructors

Patrick Shay, Nitish Patidar, et .al.

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (2023)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Engagement Fellows: Partnerships to Improve Learning and Support in Quantitative Courses

Fullick-Jagiela, J., Patidar, N., Yan, J.

Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 2022, Newark, NJ (2022)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HCM Teaching Incubator: Becoming More Effective Instructors

Patrick Shay, Nitish Patidar, et .al.

Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington (2022)

Peer Reviewed Journal

On the creation of free-standing emergency departments by hospitals—Some insights

Patidar, N., Lee, K. B., Weech-Maldonado, R., Bailur, R. P., & Rao, S.

Online Version before Published in Issue: https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12557 Decision Sciences January 2022 (2022)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HCM Teaching Incubator: Becoming More Effective Instructors

Patrick Shay, Nitish Patidar, et .al.

Academy of Management, Online (2021)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Technology entrepreneurship in the context of institutional voids: lessons from a BoP context

Sharmelly, R., Patidar, N., Elahee, H.

16 (1) International Journal of Business and Systems Research 1-39 December (2021)

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