The Evans Fellowship in Health Care Leadership provides financial support for tuition and fees to complete the Business of Medicine Physician MBA program from the IU Kelley School of Business, along with extensive coaching, networking and mentoring opportunities. The fellowship's application deadline is April 1. Fellowships are awarded every other year.
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Please submit your application by April 1 to be considered for the 2025 fellowship award.
Program purpose
Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Health need well-prepared physicians in administrative positions to provide practical, strategic leadership. Named in honor of Daniel F. Evans Jr., JD, president emeritus of Indiana University Health, the Evans Fellowship program is designed for mid- to senior-level physicians who wish to become exceptional physician-leaders.
Program benefits
Fellows will receive:
- Executive education
- Personal leadership assessments and coaching
- Extensive coaching, networking and mentoring opportunities
- An opportunity to earn a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the renowned IU Kelley School of Business Medicine program
Curriculum will include:
- Foundational business concepts, such as:
- Financial management
- Strategic marketing
- Operations management
- Health care industry-specific topics, such as:
- Health care revenue and delivery models
- Understanding consumer health care behavior
- Health care policy and process improvement
Learning experiences will support fellows by helping them:
- Expand the vision of their roles within their academic health center
- Enhance their leadership effectiveness, understanding of the business of medicine and ability to lead organizational change
- Develop the professional and personal skills required to lead and manage today’s complex and fast-changing academic health center environment
- Become equipped with greater business insight, broader organizational perspectives, and a more profound personal capacity to address emerging issues in the school, health care system and society.
Program details
- Coursework:
- Kelley Business of Medicine MBA program
- Curriculum is administered in quarters, with the first quarter beginning in September.
- Optional elective course: Global Health Care Experience, studying best practices in health care systems outside the United States and how we could apply those best practices to our health care system. Tuition associated with the course is covered, but the cost for travel is the fellow's responsibility.
- Format: Mostly online
Time commitment
- Expect approximately 8 to 12 hours per week for coursework.
- In addition, a fellow must participate in once-monthly in-residence sessions occurring on the weekends in Indianapolis.
- The fellow's academic department is expected to provide salary support and protected time (about 10%) in order that they can meet the program requirements.
- In return for the financial support to participate in the program, the fellow must commit to staying on the IU School of Medicine faculty for at least two years after completion of the program.
Tuition and fees
- Fellows will use tuition benefits provided by Indiana University and IU Health. The fellowship provides financial support beyond what the selected participant receives from tuition benefits.
- Costs associated with textbooks and parking are the fellow's responsibility.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Hold an MD or DO degree (or equivalent if the medical degree was obtained outside of the United States)
- Be dually employed with IU School of Medicine and IU Health Medical Group
- Hold the rank of associate or full professor
- Have some administrative experience (e.g., some level of personnel and budget management)
Application Process
Applicants must submit an online application to be considered for the fellowship. Applicants must submit:
- A personal statement, no longer than three pages, single-spaced, using 12-point type
- In your personal statement:
- Describe the range of responsibilities in your current position, including any direct responsibilities for personnel and budget management.
- Discuss your specific five-year career goals in as much detail as possible.
- Explain how you believe participating in the Evans Fellowship will help you achieve those goals.
- Answer: What do you view as the most critical priority facing the IU School of Medicine/IU Health enterprise, and what do you think should be done about it?
- Answer: What is your personal philosophy or definition of leadership, and how does it apply to your professional role?
- Include a short summary of any formal leadership training received.
- In your personal statement:
- A current curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation
- One must be from your immediate supervisor (e.g., department chair, section/division chief).
- This letter should include a commitment to providing 10% protected time to participate in the program.
- Two letters must be from senior colleagues.
- At least one should be from a senior colleague outside your home division or department.
- All letters should include a rationale for why the letter writer recommends you for the fellowship and a description of your potential to assume positions of greater leadership responsibility in your future career development.
- One must be from your immediate supervisor (e.g., department chair, section/division chief).
A selection committee will review and select the Evans Fellow, paying particular attention to succession planning needs in the process.
Upon selection, the fellow will need to:
- Complete an online application for the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA program
- The Kelley School has agreed to waive the application fee for the selected Evans Fellow.
- Submit official medical school transcripts
- Applicants will not need to submit IU School of Medicine transcripts.
Meet the current Evans Fellow
2023-2025
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Rupa Radhakrishnan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Rupa Radhakrishnan, MS, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Radhakrishnan completed her residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. She then obtained her fellowships in pediatric radiology and pediatric neuroradiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She also completed a master’s degree in clinical and translational research at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Radhakrishnan aims to provide access to state-of-the-art imaging techniques to improve patient care and outcomes. Her clinical interests are in fetal, perinatal and neonatal brain injury, developmental brain malformations, epilepsy, pediatric brain tumors and functional neuroimaging. Radhakrishnan’s main research interest is to understand the effects of substance exposure on the placenta, as well as the maternal, fetal and infant brain. Her research is funded through grants from national radiology societies (American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America and American Society for Pediatric Neuroradiology), Indiana University Center for Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Radhakrishnan is an active member of several national radiology societies and is the co-chair for the DEI committee of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology (ASFNR). Academically, she is highly productive with several lecture invitations and abstract presentations at national conferences, and multiple peer-reviewed publications in her field.
| 2022-2024 | Celanie K. Christensen, MD |
| 2021–2023 | David Hains, MD Clint Cary, MD, MPH |
| 2020–2022 | Christian C. Strachan, MD |
| 2019–2021 | Andrew Jea, MD |
| 2018–2020 | Alan P. Ladd, MD Sara Jo Grethlein, MD |
About Daniel F. Evans Jr., JD, President Emeritus of IU Health
Daniel F. Evans Jr., JD, is the former chief executive office for the IU Health statewide system. Previously, from November 2002 to September 2015, he served as president and chief executive officer of Clarian Health (later renamed IU Health). Prior to this role, he was partner at the Indianapolis law firm Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (formerly Baker & Daniels LP).
From IU Health's inception in 1997 until his appointment as chief executive officer of the health care system, Evans was active on the board of directors, having served as its chair. Over the course of his career, he was also a member or chair of several other boards, including the Federal Housing Finance Board, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Board, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Methodist Health Group, Methodist Medical Group, United States Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board for Metropolitan Hospitals, Indiana Hospital Association, Indiana Public Health Institute, Indiana Health Information Exchange, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, BioCrossroads and numerous community organizations.
Evans currently serves as executive-in-residence in the Office of the Dean and adjunct professor of law at the IU McKinney School of Law.