Patrick Browning

About Patrick Browning

Qualifications ProfileContract Management: Drafting, analyzing, negotiating, managing, and administering wide range of contracts. Resolving vendor, employee, and customer disputes, achieving win-win resolutions. Ensuring budget, legal, and regulatory compliance.Administration: Overseeing all administrative functions across multiple organizations. Ensuring policy/procedure and legal compliance. Analyzing and developing process and procedure improvements. Resolving employee and production issues to achieve maximum performance.Management: Assembling, training, forging, leading, and managing high-performing teams. Assessing employee skills and assigning according to strengths to maximize resource use. Directing inventory, process, operations, and financial management functions. Instilling enthusiasm and pride.Key Strengths: Exceptionally strong leader with proven training and motivational skills. Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills. Goal-oriented, with proven ability to plan, assign, and supervise activities to achieve goals. Adept change manager with flexibility to capitalize on change to foster growth.Accomplishments: Consistently achieved significant workflow, metric development and revenue improvements for each department. Contributed broad expertise and knowledge across multiple functions to improve overall performance. Implemented and managed effective quality control processes. Consistently attained maximum customer satisfaction and retention.

Experience

1. Department Administrator, Neurosurgery

   UT MD Anderson

   Jun 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Chief Administrative Officer for Neurosurgery Clinical and Research components. Supports and partners with Department Chair on strategic and programmatic growth initiatives. Responsibilities include-Budget development and oversight-Clinical and Research equipment procurement-Faculty recruitment, hiring, promotion, tenure, and separation-Leadership development-Collaborative initiatives with internal and external stakeholdersAccomplishments to date-Built model to address faculty compensation issues. Advocated with Department Chair to senior leadership. Result was a faculty salary increase for those affected-Developed twice-weekly ZOOM/Powerpoint presentations delivering curated materials at the department, division, institutional, and external levels covering COVID-19 and its impacts on employees and other stakeholders. Presentations continue and have evolved into highlighting department programs and high achievers-Delivered \"Crucial Conversations\" training to the entire department. Outcome addressed a concern that communications could be enhanced and a uniform process for raising and resolving issues of concern developed-Developed business plans for adding additional faculty and Advanced Practice Providers including proformas and strategic analyses. Outcomes have been successful in 100% of presented cases-Department earned leadership scores exceeding 90% on the last three institutional employee surveys and 93% psychological safety score since 2020-One of six institutional recipients of \"Excellence in LEADership\" Award in 2021-Led administrative component in the acquisition of an AR system designed to enhance surgical navigation. Advocated for resources and developed SOPs and oversight mechanisms.

Education

• University of Houston

  Bachelor of Science, Political Science (Public Administration)/Economics

  1983 — 1990

• University of Houston-Clear Lake

  MHA, Healthcare Administration

  2006 — 2010

• South Texas College of Law Houston

  Doctor of Jurisprudence

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Marketing
• Budgeting
• System Administration
• Clinical Research
• Creative Problem Solving
• Organizational Development
• Performance Management
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Relations
• Customer Service
• Inventory Management
• Coaching
• Team Building
• Management
• Outlook
• Creative Solutions
• Microsoft Office
• Administration
• Budgets
• Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Marketing Strategy
• Hospitals
• Law Firm Administration
• Human Resources
• Business Process Improvement
• Recruiting
• Negotiation
• Payroll
• Analysis
• Contract Management
• Managerial Finance
• Change Management
• Marketing Communications
• Research
• Financial Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Program Management
• Process Scheduler
• Microsoft Outlook