Kathryn Sugerman is a consultant in Spencer Stuart’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Life Sciences and Diversity practices. With more than 13 years of healthcare experience — both as a senior leader at a healthcare research firm and a clinician — Kathryn specializes in healthcare services and managed care.
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Kathryn was a managing director at The Advisory Board Company, a firm providing business strategy, finance, operations and general management best practice research, and IT and consulting services to the healthcare industry. In this capacity, Kathryn established senior hospital executive relationships across the country, and led the business development efforts for the firm’s consulting practice.
Kathryn began her healthcare career as a surgical and transplant staff nurse at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. After returning for her master’s degree, Kathryn worked as a nurse practitioner in gastroenterology at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. In this advanced practice role, Kathryn accelerated the division’s growth in the volume of new and returning patients, co-led clinical trials and research publications, and furthered the responsibilities of the nurse practitioner role throughout the organization.
Kathryn is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing, where she earned both her B.S.N. and M.S.N. degrees. She also holds an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.