David Dranove is the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he is also Professor of Strategy.  He was previously Director of the Health Enterprise Management program. He has a PhD in Economics from Stanford University.

Professor Dranove's research focuses on problems in industrial organization and business strategy with an emphasis on the health care industry.  He has published nearly 100 research articles and book chapters and written six books, including The Economic Evolution of American Healthcare, What’s Your Life Worth?, and Big Med. His textbook, The Economics of Strategy, is used by leading business schools around the world. Professor Dranove has served as the lead economics expert in several high profile healthcare antitrust cases, including FTC v. St. Luke's Healthcare System, U.S. v. Anthem and Cigna, and State of California v. Sutter Health System, and regularly consults with leading healthcare organizations in the public and private sector. He has also served on the Executive Committee and Board  of Directors of the Health Care Cost Institute and is currently Treasurer of the American Society of Health Economists.   

• PhD, 1983, Economics, Business, Policy, Stanford University
• MBA, 1979, Health Administration, Cornell University
• BA, 1977, Genetics, Cornell University

• Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Director, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Department Chair, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/2000
• Richard Paget Distinguished Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/2000
• Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1995
• Co-Director, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1991
• Associate Professor of Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1991
• Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1987

• 2022 American Society of Health Economists: Victor Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics
• 2018 Finalist, National Institute for Health Care Management Paper of the Year. (One of five finalists out of 114 entries.) Winner to be announced on May 13. This is for the paper “The Effect of Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices on Pricing and Spending,” which is appears in the Journal of Health Economics.
• Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Economics, American Antitrust Institute
• Finalist: Economist of the Year, Global Competition Review
• Finalist: Economist of the Year, Global Competition Review
• Workshop on Health IT Best Paper Award 2012, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2008-2009, 2004-2005, 2001-2002
• Stanley Reiter Best Paper Award (Co-Winner), Kellogg School of Management, 2005