An Assistant Professor at Kuwait University
.. among other things  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Currently working at College of Business Administration
Department of Information Systems & Operations Management 
y.abdulsalam @ ku.edu.kw​

• Research
• Teaching
• Education
• Experience

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Research & Publications
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My research revolves around supply management topics in the health sector, including supply chain integration, the role and prevalence of purchasing alliances, and the physicians' role in the supply chain.
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A peek at one of my current research projects

Background

Preliminary Results

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

• ​Abdulsalam, Y., M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Maltz, and E. Schneller. 2018. The impact of physician-hospital integration on hospital supply management. Journal of Operations Management 57, 11–22.
• Abdulsalam, Y. and E. Schneller, 2017. Hospital Supply Expenses: An Important Ingredient in Health Services Research.  Medical Care Research and Review, July Issue.
• Abdulsalam, Y., M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Maltz, and E. Schneller. 2015. The Emergence of Consolidated Service Centers in Health Care. Journal of Business Logistics 36 (4): 321–34.
• Abdulsalam, Y., M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Maltz, and E. Schneller. 2015. Health Care Matters: Supply Chains In and Of the Health Sector. Journal of Business Logistics 36 (4): 335–39.

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More about my research (not necessarily authored by me)

• Kuwait's Hundred Million Dollar Supply Management Opportunity
  LSE Middle East Centre. January 2019.
• Hospital-doctor relationship is key to reduce healthcare supply costs
  ​W.P. Carey News & Research. Sept 2018.
• 2017 Healthcare Supply Chain Trends Survey.
  ​Health Purchasing News. May 2017.
• Consolidated Service Centers transform hospital purchasing
  W.P. Carey News & Research. Dec 2016. 
• Medical Devices become safer thanks to barcodes​
  W.P. Carey News & Research. Nov 2016. 

Teaching
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​College of Business Administration, Kuwait University

• Intro to Operations and Supply Chain Management, Fall 2016 - Spring 2018
• Introduction to Operations Research, Spring 2017
• Forecasting and Decision Modeling (Business Analytics), Fall 2017, Spring 2018

 W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University 

• Instructor, Supply Management (SCM355), Spring 2016
• Teaching Assistant, Analytics for Logistics (SCM314), Fall 2015
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM300), Fall 2014

Education

​​Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona - 2016
PhD in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management
Dissertation: A Diagnosis of Supply Chain Integration in Healthcare

​University of Miami School of Business - Coral Gables, Florida - 2010
M.B.A. in Management Science, Computer Information Systems
 
The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA - 2008
B.Sc. in Accounting, Minor in Information Science, Minor in Economics

Experience & Qualifications

​London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK - 2018
Visiting Research Fellow, LSE Middle East Centre

Ernst & Young  Kuwait City, Kuwait - 2010 to 2012
Consultant, Advisory Services
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​Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification - 2012