Barbara V. Schroeder, S.M.

Ms. Schroeder is Executive Associate Dean for Fiscal Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of the Emory University School of Medicine. She was named to this position in October 2001 and reports to the Dean, advising him on all fiscal matters.  Through the Office of Business and Finance she directs the School’s finance and budgeting functions and research administration. Her office serves as a liaison between University fiscal functions and the School’s administrators for the 45 basic science departments, clinical science departments, centers and administrative units.

In 1995, Ms. Schroeder joined Emory University’s System of Health Care as Director of Strategic Planning. In this capacity she served the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs providing strategic financial planning services and decision support to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, which is comprised of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and all operating units of Emory Healthcare. Prior to joining Emory, she was a Senior Manager with KPMG’s National Health and Life Sciences Practice. 

Ms. Schroeder received her Masters of Science Degree in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health with concurrent coursework at the Harvard Business School and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Her undergraduate degree is from Brown University.