Attila Hertelendy, PhD
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
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Overview
Dr. Hertelendy has over 28 years leadership experience as a hospital administrator and executive in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. His background is in emergency and disaster management. He is also the Director of the Middle East Hub for the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education.
Dr. Hertelendy is an Associate Professor and teaches leadership and healthcare management in the Executive MBA program at Florida International University. He is working with healthcare organizations globally to improve crisis leadership and disaster management competencies and to provide practical guidance for healthcare executives in their efforts to decarbonize the healthcare sector.
Dr. Hertelendy is also the Co-Research Director for the Disaster Medicine Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Hertelendy's research interests explore healthcare resiliency and the intersection between climate change, health and disaster medicine. He studies the health implications of climate change and how technology can be used to improve both the delivery and sustainability of healthcare during disasters. He is the author of more than 100 published articles, in leading healthcare and management journals such as Harvard Business Review, BMJ Leader, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Public Health, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
He is the Deputy Editor for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Associate Editor for the Journal of Emergency Management and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Climate Change and Health.
He is a frequent international keynote speaker on crisis leadership, disaster and emergency management, global health security, climate change, disaster informatics and digital health.
Academic Appointments
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Administrative Titles
- Director of the Middle East Hub for the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BSc, 2000 Charles Sturt University
- MHS, 2004 Charles Sturt University
- MS, 2006 University of Mississippi Medical Center
- PhD, 2010 University of Mississippi Medical Center
Editorial Boards
Deputy Editor for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Associate Editor for the Journal of Emergency Management
Editorial board for the Journal of Climate Change and Health
Research
Developing multidisciplinary approaches to solving complex crisis
Research Interests
- Biostatistical Methods
- Environmental Health
- Global Health
- Healthcare Policy
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health Education
Selected Publications
Cousins, K. C., Hertelendy, A. J., Chen, M., Durneva, P., & Wang, S. (2023). Building Resilient Hospital Information Technology Services through Organizational Learning: Lessons in CIO Leadership During an International Systemic Crisis in the United States and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Medical Informatics.
Hertelendy AJ, Howard C, de Almeida R, Charlesworth K, Maki L. Wildfires: A conflagration of climate-related impacts to health and health systems. Recommendations from 4 continents on how to manage climate-related planetary disasters. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2021 Oct;4:100054.
Tochkin, J., Richmond, J., & Hertelendy, A. (2022). Healthcare system leadership and climate change: five lessons for improving health systems resiliency. BMJ Leader.
Sriharan A, Hertelendy AJ, Banaszak-Holl J, Fleig-Palmer MM, Mitchell C, Nigam A, Gutberg J, Rapp DJ, Singer SJ. Public health and health sector crisis leadership during pandemics: a review of the medical and business literature. Medical Care Research and Review. 2022 Aug;79(4):475-86.
Hertelendy, A. J., Chekijian, S., McNulty, E., Mitchell, C. L., Grimes, J. O., Durneva, P., ... & Ciottone, G. R. (2022). Crisis leadership: a case for inclusion in accredited Master of Public Health program curricula. Public health, 209, 14-18.
Hertelendy AJ, Burkle FM, Ciottone GR. Canadian wildfires: a plague on societies well-being, inequities and cohesion. Prehospital and disaster medicine. 2022 Aug;37(4):429-30.
McNulty, E., Hertelendy, AJ, Gogalniceanu, P., Managing a Distributed Team Through Natural Disasters (And Other Crises). Harvard Business Review., Nov 3, 2021
Skinner R, Luther M, Hertelendy AJ, Khorram-Manesh A, S√∏rensen J, Goniewicz K, Ranse J. A literature review on the impact of wildfires on emergency departments: enhancing disaster preparedness. Prehospital and disaster medicine. 2022 Oct 1:1-8.
Hertelendy AJ, Gutberg J, Mitchell C, Gustavsson M, Rapp D, Mayo M, von Schreeb J. Mitigating Moral Distress in Leaders of Healthcare Organizations: A Scoping Review. Journal of Healthcare Management. 2022 Sep 1;67(5):380-402.
Peleg K, Bodas M, Hertelendy AJ, Kirsch TD. The COVID-19 pandemic challenge to the All-Hazards Approach for disaster planning. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021 Mar 1;55:102103.