Marco Sartirana

Marco Sartirana is a Researcher at CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management) of SDA Bocconi School of Management.

He has participated in and coordinated numerous research and action-research projects in the fields of healthcare management and healthcare organization, working with healthcare organizations, regional governments, scientific societies, and pharmaceutical companies. He also collaborates with SDA Bocconi’s OASI Observatory on Healthcare Organizations and Policies. He has coordinated executive education programs for both public and private organizations and teaches in executive programs for healthcare professionals. He has also taught in Master's programs and Public Management courses at both Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Università Bocconi.

His research interests and action-research projects focus on healthcare management, particularly human resource management, organizational design, process management, healthcare networks, and organizational change in healthcare organizations. His academic work has paid particular attention to the management of professional organizations and to the role of hybrid physician-managers, examining how these professionals can be effectively supported within healthcare systems.

His research has been published in leading international and national journals in public administration and healthcare management, including Public Administration, Public Management Review, Health Policy, BMC Health Services Research, Health Services Management Research, European Journal of Public Health, The International Journal of Public Sector Management, MECOSAN, Prospettive in Organizzazione, and Organizzazione Sanitaria.

He is also the author of numerous chapters of the OASI Reports since 2010 and co-author of the book “Idoneità e idoneità parziali alla mansione specifica del personale SSN: stato dell’arte e proposte di policy" (Egea, 2017). He also contributed to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management (2023) and to the volume “Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession” (Palgrave, 2025).

Marco earned a Master’s Degree in International Management from Università Bocconi in 2009 and obtained a Ph.D. from the Utrecht University School of Governance in 2018.