Antonio García Romero

Antonio is a full-time assistant professor in the Area of Operations and Business Analytics at IE Business School. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from U. Autónoma de Madrid, an MSc. in Applied Economics from U. Carlos III, and a BSc. in Theoretical Physics from U. Granada.

Throughout his career, Antonio has been involved in academic activities, advisory roles in public administration, and consulting. Before joining IE Business School, he worked in the healthcare sector for ten years. During this time, he served as Head of Innovation Policy in the Madrid Healthcare system, where he led projects focused on developing KPIs to measure hospital innovation, measuring the societal returns of medical research, or improving the health-related start-up ecosystem in the Region of Madrid.

Antonio is recognized as a healthcare innovation expert and has been involved in various projects. He designed the KPI for the Spanish Health Technologies Network (ITEMAS). He led a project to improve the efficiency of surgical facilities in a group of private hospitals in Spain. In 2022, he was awarded the E-Innova 2022 Prize in Health Care for his work in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. Antonio is leading the "Disrupting Healthcare" elective course in the IMBA and MIM programs. This course is part of a project to improve healthcare by implementing innovative solutions, including AI tools. The project involves an international collaboration with the Stevens Institute of Technology (USA) to optimize pay-for-performance mechanisms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Additionally, Antonio is a Board Member of Vulpix, a MedTech Start-up.