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Fellowship Program

United States
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Patrick E. Fry Fellowship for Excellence in Healthcare Leadership

In our Patrick E. Fry Fellowship for Excellence in Healthcare Leadership, you’ll receive hands-on, specialized administrative experience in a variety of settings — acute care hospitals, medical groups/foundations, and ambulatory care environments. You’ll deepen your understanding of the challenges facing today’s healthcare delivery systems, and gain insight into the workings of our integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system.

Program Highlights

By giving you a solid grounding in today’s healthcare delivery systems, our fellowship program will prepare you to lead the way to the future.
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Develop your leadership skills while engaging in high impact regional and system-wide projects
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Receive one-on-one mentoring with a Sutter Health executive
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Learn through multiple skill assessments, workshops, field visits, and alumni panels

Why work here?

A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.
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Program Work

Below is a partial list of outstanding projects and initiatives in which past Fellows have played a major role in leading and/or collaborating at Sutter Health:

Sample Fellowship Projects:
  • Creating and implementing a comprehensive dashboard for the pediatric department. The Dashboard includes tracking of transfers and growth opportunities leading to several business plans being created.
  • Leading a hospital-wide initiative to address burnout throughout the hospital. Applied for and received funding for a six month pilot that include training sessions taught by a multidisciplinary team. Measures include raising the Culture of Safety and Environment of Work scores.
  • Created and presented business plans outlining possible programs for hospital, including pro forma and risk assessment allowing leadership to make informed decisions on where to utilize hospital/foundation resources.
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Eligibility

To qualify, you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Sutter Health is unable to sponsor work visas for this position currently and in the future.

You must be a current graduate student at an accredited university in one or more of the following programs AND must confer graduation between July 2024 - July 2026:
  • Master’s Degree in Health Administration (MHA)
  • Master’s Degree in Business Administration – with a healthcare emphasis (MBA)
  • Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH)
  • Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) with dual MBA, MHA, or MPH
  • Juris Doctorate (JD)
    OR
  • Equal or relevant graduate degree with an focus on Healthcare Administration
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Application Process

1. Initial Required Documents upon Online Application:
(Please upload any required documents through the resume/cover letter field):
  • Resume' (including Volunteer/Community Benefit activities)
  • One-page statement of fellowship and career objectives

2. If contacted, the recruiter will request:
  • Two letters of recommendation (one professional, one academic)

3. If advanced to final round interviews, the recruiter will request:
  • A copy of unofficial graduate transcripts
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Deadline

Applications for the 2026-2027 cohort must be submitted from July 1, 2025 – August 15, 2025.

Our application window for the 2025 Fellowship Program is currently closed but will reopen Summer of 2025. Please revisit us and join our Talent Community!

Hear From Our Alumni

Our benefits help you to find balance between work and life.
Headshot of Rachel McKinney President, Sacramento Market
"I have been fortunate to have had a long career with Sutter Health since my fellowship and the organization has continued to invest in my professional development over the years."
Rachael McKinney
 
President, Sacramento Division
 
AFP Executive Sponsor
    Sutter Fellow, Class of 2004 - 2005

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