Patricia St. Germain,
Senior Financial Consultant
Patricia St. Germain joined University of Arizona College of Medicine Administration as associate dean for administrative and financial affairs in 1988 after serving as director of finance and administration in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during which she participated in several research projects in Africa under USAID and Fulbright sponsorships. She served as associate vice president for health sciences for five years until the position of vice president for health sciences was discontinued. She has chaired the Arizona Health Sciences Finance Committee and served on the University Finance Committee. She served on the University’s Strategic Planning and Budget Advising Committee, the University's Finance Committee for its North Central accreditation process and the Council for Academic Business Officers. In the College, she was a member of the Dean’s Executive Council, the Dean's Research Council and chaired the College of Medicine educational resources committee for the Liaison Committee on Medical Education through two accreditation processes. She has worked intensively on financial and administrative matters pertaining to the expansion of the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix from vision through final budget approval from the Arizona state legislature.
With a Master of Science in Management and Policy and a degree in Accounting from the University of Arizona, Ms. St. Germain has presented workshops at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for the Group on Senior Women in Medicine; Group on Medical Education; been a member of various committees at the AAMC and completed a term as national president of the Group on Business Affairs. Ms St Germain has been a contributing author in publications for Academic Medicine: Gender differences in academic advancement; Supporting the academic mission in an era of constrained resources and Timing of revenue streams from newly recruited faculty: implications for faculty recruitment.
Currently Ms. St. Germain serves as a financial and management consultant with the College of Medicine, University of Arizona and as a member of the Tripp Umbach team providing input and analysis for the feasibility of new and expanding medical schools. Recent projects have been with the Commonwealth Medical School of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Medical College of Georgia, University of Texas Tech, University of St Thomas, and King College.