The Founders

Jack Silversin DMD, DrPH and Mary Jane Kornacki, MS are the founding partners of Amicus.

A graduate of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, Jack Silversin holds a doctorate in public health from Harvard University and serves as a member of the faculty of medicine in the School of Dental Medicine. He is a nationally recognized speaker on physician culture and change in physician organizations and is a frequent speaker at Institute for Healthcare Improvement, American Medical Group Association, and Medical Group Management Association meetings. He is helping to establish a center dedicated to understanding and promoting change in health care settings to be based at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Mary Jane Kornacki holds a master of science degree in public health from the University of Massachusetts, where she specialized in health education and health behavior. Her special interests include leadership, team dynamics and the professional satisfaction of women physicians in medical organizations. Her understanding of the principles of adult learning and behavior change are reflected in the models and tools that are fundamental to Amicus' consulting work. Jack and Mary Jane have collaborated on numerous publications on physician cultures, physician morale, medical group dynamics, governance in physician organizations and service improvement in health care.