Alumni Profiles

Sommer Gentry

• Program Years: 2001-2005
• Academic Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Field of Study: Optimization/Control Theory
• Academic Advisor: Eric Feron
• Practicum(s):
  Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (2003)
• Degree(s):
  Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
  M.S. Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research, Stanford University, 1998
  B.S. Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Stanford University, 1998

Current Status

• Status: Professor, Population Health and Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Research Area: Healthcare operations research, optimization, simulation