Become a Leader in Healthcare Management
Doctor of Medical Science in Healthcare Leadership
Northeastern’s Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) in Healthcare Leadership is an innovative, 100% online doctoral degree open to all medical professionals who are ready to launch the next phase of their careers.
Healthcare leadership careers are growing, with jobs for medical and health services managers expected to grow 28 percent by 2031, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This growth represents a unique opportunity for medical professionals to seek new roles and advance the health of their communities in the process.
In the DMSc in Healthcare Leadership program, you’ll gain the leadership, administration, education, and advocacy skills necessary to address pressing challenges across the medical sciences. You'll can also deepen your knowledge in public health, business management, health systems sciences, extreme medicine, exercise science, or other specialty areas.
Learn more about the Doctor of Medical Science in Healthcare Leadership program.
"The DMSc in Healthcare Leadership recognizes that healthcare leaders are increasingly of diverse backgrounds. This program develops the skills needed to lead our healthcare system forward. The mix of business courses, public health, analytics, research, and leadership theory allowed me to look up and out from the setting I’ve practiced in for 20 years—building on my clinical training and bringing new perspective to my current leadership role. The asynchronous structure allowed me to skill build while balancing a clinical leadership role and a busy family."
–Kellyann Jeffries, DMSc in Healthcare leadership '24
Entry Terms
- Fall
- Spring
Course Delivery
*100% online
*The Health Informatics – Research concentration is only offered on-ground in Boston.
A first-of-its-kind program
Northeastern’s DMSc in Healthcare Leadership is the first degree of its kind to be offered at an R1 research institution. It’s open to students of all healthcare backgrounds, creating a community of diverse perspectives and backgrounds throughout the medical sciences.
Designed for working professionals
Our 100% online program was created to accommodate the schedules of working medical professionals, allowing you to study whenever and wherever is most convenient for you. The program takes two years to complete and offers multiple electives and concentrations.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.