Ferhat Zengul, Ph.D., MBA is a full-time Assistant Professor in the Health Care Management Program in the Department of Health Services Administration, School of Health Professions (SHP) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Prior to joining the Health Care Management Program, he worked at UAB Hospital Finance and UABHS Facilities Planning and Capital Projects Office. He has over ten years of experience in financial management and accounting of capital projects.
Dr. Zengul’s broad research focus is on the performance of healthcare organizations with an emphasis on clinical and financial performance. He is particularly interested in applying machine learning approaches in developing predictive models for clinical and financial performance research domain. He has used data/text mining techniques in variety of disciplines such as accounting, finance, nephrology, and infectious diseases. Dr. Zengul is a Certified Revenue Cycle Specialist from Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has been teaching courses such as Accounting and Finance for Healthcare Managers, Healthcare Economics, Revenue Cycle Management, Statistics, Ethics both in undergraduate and masters programs.
