Biography
Diwas S. KC joined the Goizueta Business School faculty in 2008 after completing a PhD in operations management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MS in management science from Stanford University and a ScB in electrical engineering from Brown University, where he was a national scholar. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, he worked in product development for Oracle Corporation. His research interests include areas of quality and productivity in service operations management, empirical operations management, healthcare operations and health economics.

 

Works in Progress

• “The Impact of Work Load on Productivity: An Econometric Study of Healthcare Services,” with C. Terwiesch. Under Review
• “An Econometric Analysis of Patient Flows in the Cardiac ICU,” with C. Terwiesch. Under review.

Working Papers

• “Capacity Investment under Competition: Evidence from U.S. Hospitals,” with C. Terwiesch
• “Cardiothoracic Surgery Risk Stratification for Intra-hospital Decision Making and Inter-hospital Quality Comparisons,” with J. Horak and C. Terwiesch

Areas of Specialization

• Service operations
• Healthcare operations
• Econometric modeling
• Empirical industrial organization
• Capacity and quality management

Achievements and Honors

• National Science Foundation IGERT Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2008
• Penn Lauder Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Grant for Dissertation Research, 2007
• UTRA Research Assistantship, Brown University 1997
• Paul R Dupee, Jr. National Scholar, Brown University, 1999
• Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
• Sigma Xi (National Scientific Research Society)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM)
• Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
• Academy of Management
• Reviewer for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Journal of Operations Management

Academic Background
PhD, Operations Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2008
MS, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2003
ScB, Electrical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Brown University, 1999