Sarah Burney, a Maryland native with dual bachelor’s degrees in biological sciences and health administration, is pursuing an MD/MBA to gain interdisciplinary skills for healthcare leadership. Her goal is to innovate rural healthcare delivery while balancing clinical needs with financial sustainability.

Kwame Armah, MBA ’27, MD ’28 from Cumming, Georgia, aims to leverage an MD/MBA from UMD's Smith School to address healthcare economics, focusing on innovative, patient-centered care and leadership in the medical field.

With rapid technological changes and growing financial and management challenges in today’s healthcare industry, physicians and hospital executives will increasingly require business, entrepreneurial management and analytical skills to navigate the new landscape of medicine and patient care.