Dr. Butz received his PhD in Economics in 1986 from Northwestern University. He served on the faculty of the Economics Department at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1987-1994 and on the University of Michigan Business School faculty from 1994-2002. At the Business School, he taught core Applied Microeconomics and Operations Management to 1st-year MBAs, and a 2nd-year MBA elective on supply chain management. He has won many teaching awards, and in 1995 the UMBS MBA students voted him professor of the year. Business Week's Guide to the Best Business Schools has identified him as one of Michigan's best teachers. He was also singled out for teaching excellence by students at UCLA and Northwestern. He has participated in a wide variety of executive education programs and distance learning projects. He now serves on the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, where his research and teach-ing focus on health care economics and outcomes research. Together with Paul Taheri, he is the founder and co-director of the Center for Health Care Economics. Dr. Butz has lead a health system strategic pricing initiative, performed an economic analysis of Medical School NIH funding, and continues to develop course content for the UMHS/UMBS leadership development program. His other research expertise lies in industrial organization, law & economics, antitrust, and supply chain contracting, where he has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on those topics.