Education at ChristianaCare Teaching Hospitals

Administrative Fellowship

About the ChristianaCare Administrative Fellowship

The ChristianaCare Administrative Fellowship is a one-year training program offered to students in their final year of, or a recent graduate, of an accredited master's program in Health Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA), Public Health (MPH), or a related field.

As a large health system in a small state, ChristianaCare will offer a unique, challenging, and diverse learning experience for our fellow. We are engaged in many efforts to transform our health system and meet the health care challenges facing our community and nation. The selected candidate for this role will gain hands-on, project-specific experience, while getting exposure to many elements of our health care delivery system in areas such as our service lines, essential services, medical group, information technology, home health, and others. This work will also include opportunities to interact with key system wide leaders as we work collaboratively to improve the health of our neighbors across Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey.

ChristianaCare has three distinct campuses and a large physician network providing the fellow exposure to multi-disciplinary project work that will prepare them for the complexities of serving various communities. In addition to project work, the fellow will attend senior management meetings which will support the understanding of operating as a total health care system. They will also engage in rotations to develop a broad understanding of the integrated health system.

Helen H.Graham Cancer and Research Center/ Christiana Care Health Systems/ Newark DE  5-11-2014
Credit Photograph by Eric Crossan
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Rotation Examples

  • Campus Operations (Christiana, Wilmington, and Union Hospitals)
  • Finance (Revenue Cycle, Business Planning, Financial Planning)
  • Service Lines (Women’s & Children’s, Behavioral Health, Heart & Vascular, Neurosciences, and more)
  • Medical Group (Ambulatory Practices)
  • Human Resources (Benefits, Compensation, Talent Acquisition)
  • Patient Experience
  • External Affairs
  • Clinical Essential Services (Imaging, Pharmacy, Rehabilitation, and more)
  • Facilities and Design/Construction
  • Strategy and Planning
  • Information Technology

Project Examples

  • Gene Editing Institute Laboratory Move
  • Outpatient Hemodialysis Strategy Concept
  • Phlebotomy Outsourcing
  • Pediatric Center Operations Workflow Design
  • Clinical Pathways for Care Standardization
  • Operating and Capital Budgets
  • Cardiology Practice Redesign
  • Business Planning and Proposals
  • System Implementation
  • Partnership Engagements
  • System Integrations & Acquisitions
  • Center for Women’s & Children’s Health Operations Relocation
  • Direct to Consumer Bariatric Surgery Program
  • CLABSI Rate Process Improvement
  • Standardization of Medical Group Onboarding

How to Apply

Submit the following paperwork:

  • Resume
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Current Transcript
  • A one-page narrative/personal statement focusing on the applicant’s:
    • Interest in healthcare administration
    • Career goals and objectives
    • Specific interest in ChristianaCare

The Administrative Fellowship application process is now open and will close on Friday, September 12, 2025, for the 2026-2027 Administrative Fellow position. Applications must be submitted by the deadline with all required documentation. Apply through our careers page

To learn more about the ChristianaCare Administrative Fellowship, email us at AdministrativeFellowship@ChristianaCare.org.

Please join us our upcoming informational webinar by registering here.

  • Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

 

Meet our Fellows

Jessica Suber, MHA, MBA

Administrative Fellow, 2025 – 2026
University of Houston-Clear Lake

Rebecca DiValerio, MBA, MSHCA

Administrative Fellow, 2024 – 2025
Rosemont College

Sarah Rappazzo, MHA

Strategy Partner, Strategy & Planning
Administrative Fellow, 2023 – 2024
The George Washington University

Andrew Levine, MHA

Manager of Operations, MedStar Health
Administrative Fellow, 2022 – 2023
The George Washington University

Meera Patel, MHA

Project Manager, Office of Integrations
Administrative Fellow, 2021 – 2022
The George Washington University

Jodie Waldron, MHA

Program Director
Northwestern Medicine
Administrative Fellow, 2020-2021
The George Washington University

Kathryn Tadduni, MBA

Senior Financial Analyst
Johnson & Johnson
Administrative Fellow, 2020-2021
The George Washington University

Nikita Mistry, MHA

Strategic Execution Manager, Medical Group
Administrative Fellow, 2019-2020
The George Washington University

Jasmine Patel, MHA

Director of Acute Campus Operations
Administrative Fellow, 2019 -2020
The George Washington University

Weston Riesselman, MHA

Director of Operations, Center for Virtual Health
Administrative Fellow, 2018 – 2019
University of Iowa

Ashlee Rowles, MHA

Director of Acute Campus Operations
Administrative Fellow, 2017 – 2018
University of Iowa

Richa Leitzell, MHA

Senior Strategy Partner, Strategy & Planning
Administrative Fellow, 2016-2017
The George Washington University

Ei Phyu-Yang, MHA

Director, Care Transformation
UnitedHealth Group – Optum
Administrative Fellow, 2015-2016
The George Washington University

Andres Moreira, MHA

Senior Director, Patient Care and Patient Experience
Mount Sinai
Administrative Fellow, 2014 - 2015
The George Washington University