# Vice Dean Tom Pugel on NYU Stern & NYU School of Medicine's new MD/MBA dual degree program

1 School News March 2, 2012 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577207101955420264.html?KEYWORDS=pugel) -- "[Tom Pugel](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-pugel), vice dean for MBA and executive programs at Stern, said the program should appeal to doctors-in-training who seek to manage a hospital or medical organization, as well as those who will need to oversee the business side of their own small practices, or medical professionals with an interest in working for a pharmaceutical company or in consulting."

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Additional coverage appeared in [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/5942dd92-63b7-11e1-8762-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1nyLFVXhJ).