Dr. Cindy Akkerman, MBA, MBA-HCM, CPC, CPC-I, CPB, CRC, CPPM has been in the medical administrative field for over 20 years. During this time, she has had the opportunity to work with many different specialties but has primarily focused on Intraoperative Neurophysiology Monitoring and Neurodiagnostic Testing. She has presented all over the US on various healthcare management topics.
Dr. Akkerman began her teaching career in 2006 as an adjunct at smaller for-profit institutions. She word for a variety of institutions until she began as an adjunct with Oklahoma State University at the Oklahoma City Campus in 2019. In 2020, she become the lead instructor of the Healthcare Management Program and then the department head in 2021.
She strives to put students first, as she feels like a constant student always learning and keeping up with the constant changes in healthcare management.
She continues to show leadership and community involvement with local chapters of the AAPC (national organization for the business of healthcare) as a presenter and officer in the local chapters.