Assistant Professor
Florida International University
Attila Hertelendy, PhD, has over 28 years of leadership experience as a hospital administrator and executive in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada and the United States. He has an extensive background in emergency and disaster management and digital 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.
Dr. Hertelendy is an assistant in the College of Business and has a secondary appointment at the Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University in Miami. Dr. Hertelendy teaches leadership, organizational behavior, and management of healthcare.
Dr. Hertelendy is the research director for the Disaster Medicine Fellowship and faculty 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.
Dr. Hertelendy is the author of over 140 published articles and numerous book chapters. He also is the deputy editor for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, deputy editor for the Journal of Emergency Management, and on the editorial board for the Journal of Climate Change and Health.
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Crisis Leadership in the New Disaster Era—Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (83H)
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
3:15pm – 4:15pm CT