Alumni/ae Spotlight

Mindy Wyttenbach-Lindsey, Ph.D. ('05)
Executive Director, Department of Internal Medicine
VCU Medical Center

Dr. Mindy Wyttenbach-Lindsey, 2005 alumnus of the Ph.D. program at V.C.U., recently joined the administration team of the Department of Internal Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) as their Executive Director. Prior to her involvement with Internal Medicine, Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey served VCUHS in other capacities, including five years as the Administrator of the Children’s Medical Center from 2002 until 2007.

Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Health Care Administration and from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in 1999 with a Master of Health Science in Health Finance and Management. While serving as the Administrator of the Children’s Medical Center, Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey successfully completed her Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Research from the V.C.U. Department of Health Administration. Her dissertation focused on the topic of Hospitalist Medicine, an innovation that emerged in the medical industry in the mid-1990s.

Before joining the Ph.D. program, Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey worked with V.C.U.’s Department of Health Administration as a research associate from 1999 to 2002 while she completed her Ph.D. coursework on a full-time basis.  In addition, she has spent time with Virginia Blood Services serving as a Research Consultant from 2000 to 2002.

Her current responsibilities with the Department of Internal Medicine involve working with the Department Chairman and President of MCV Physicians to support over 200 faculty across 10 diverse divisions, manage a 65 million dollar budget, and provide leadership and oversight of various areas of the Department including finance, human resources management, medical education, research, strategic planning and clinical operations.

Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey has published a number of scholarly articles focused on the areas of Medicaid managed care, health care organizational theory, and hospitalist medicine.

One piece of advice that Dr. Wyttenbach-Lindsey gives to current students is to find a mentor.  In addition, she recommends that students volunteer for any and every opportunity to gain additional work experience in the healthcare industry.  This will not only open doors for future career options, but serves as a key predictor of successful networking.