Errol Norwitz Named New Executive Director of the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Errol Norwitz, who has extensive experience as a medical doctor, administrator, academic, and social entrepreneur, has been named the new executive director of the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Babson College.

“Dr. Norwitz brings an extraordinary wealth of experience to the role that spans academia, executive administration, entrepreneurship, and medicine,” said Donna Levin, the CEO of the Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, where the Kerry Murphy Healey Center operates. “With nearly 40 years of experience in hospitals and the medical field and more than two decades at the intersection of higher education and medicine, he remains uniquely positioned to lead the Kerry Murphy Healey Center.” 

The center, which opened in 2019, aims to provide cutting-edge experiential learning, research, and advanced education and mentoring to entrepreneurial leaders in the health sector. “The Kerry Murphy Healey Center has been at the forefront of cutting-edge healthcare entrepreneurship research, training, and education,” Levin said. “Wiljeana Glover, the Stephen C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundation Distinguished Professor of Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Michele Bernier, associate director, programs and operations, will work closely with Dr. Norwitz, and I look forward to watching the center continue to grow.” 

Norwitz has held leadership positions at Yale University School of Medicine and at Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, where he served as chief scientific officer and department chair of obstetrics and gynecology. 

Most recently, Norwitz was president and CEO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital from 2020 to 2023. He led the hospital’s strategic approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic and skillfully balanced patient outcomes, staff safety, and community support. His leadership at Newton-Wellesley led to the launch of a $200 million fundraising campaign and a comprehensive strategic planning exercise that yielded new measures in patient access and staff wellness and bolstered diversity at the board and senior leadership levels. 

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A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Norwitz earned his MBA from Boston University, his master’s from the Yale University School of Medicine, his PhD from Oxford University, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cape Town Medical School. 

Norwitz completed a rotating internship at University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town; a research fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University; a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital; a fellowship in maternal–fetal medicine at Brigham & Women’s, Harvard Medical School. 

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