Faculty Experts
Seidman Faculty Experts
First Name
Lei (Raymond)
Last Name
Fan
Email
fanl@gvsu.edu
Title
Assistant Professor
Office
3043 L. William Seidman Center
Phone
616-331-7463
Department
Management
Expertise
- Healthcare Operations Management
- Healthcare Analytics
- Hospital Supply Chain Management
Biography
Dr. Fan earned his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management and MBA in Energy Finance and Investment from the Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Fan worked for a Fortune Global 500 company as a supply chain professional for over 10 years. His current research areas include healthcare operations management, healthcare data analytics, and hospital supply chain management. Dr. Fan uses statistical methods and machine learning techniques to analyze big data to gain managerial insights into hospital operations and interhospital coordination decisions that improve patient care outcomes. His research has been published in Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and Academy of Management Proceedings.
Education
- PhD, Supply Chain Management, University of Houston (2020)
- MBA, Energy Finance and Investment, University of Houston (2015)
- BA, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (2004)
Teaching Areas
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Quality Management
Publications
- Ye, Y., Peng, D., Fan, L., Narayanan, A. (2022). An Empirical Investigation of Governance Mechanism Choices in Service Outsourcing. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 42(9), 1467-1496.
- Peng, D., Ye, Y., Fan, L., Ding, D., Chandrasekaran, A. (2022). Cost-quality tradeoff in nurse staffing: an exploration of USA hospitals facing market competition. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 42(5), 577-602.
- Peng, D., Narayanan, A., Flynn, B., Fan, L. (2022). Alternative Information Processing Mechanisms in Hospital Supply Chains: Impact on Cost, Quality, and Patient Satisfaction. Decision Sciences.
- Fan, L., Zhao, M., Peng, D. (2021). Differentiating Interhospital Transfer Types: Varied Impacts and Diverging Coordination Strategies. Production and Operations Management, 30(10), 36573678.
- Fan, L., Peng, D., Zhao, M. (2019). Differentiating Interhospital Transfer Types: Varied Impacts on LOS and Destination Choices (1st ed., vol. 2019, pp. 13339). Briarcliff Manor, NY: Academy of Management Proceedings. https://journals.aom.org/doi/pdf/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.170