Dr. Tim Porter-O’Grady has been involved in health care for 44 years and has held roles from staff nurse to senior executive. Tim is currently senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta specializing in health futures, organizational innovation, conflict and change, as well as complex health service delivery models. As Professor of Practice and Leadership Scholar at Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, he co-led the implementation of the new Masters, PhD and DNP tracks in Health Innovation. He is also Clinical Professor and Leadership Scholar at the Ohio State University College of Nursing in the Executive DNP program and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board and an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Porter-O'Grady is multi-board certified as a Nurse Executive, Advanced Practitioner in Gerontology, and as a Wound Specialist. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and is a Clinical Fellow in the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists.
Dr. Porter O’Grady has published extensively and is an 8-time winner of the AJN Healthcare Book of the Year Award. He has been recognized by the American Organization of Nurse Executives with their Lifetime Achievement Award and by the American Nurses Association with its Luther Christman Award.