Timothy Birkenstock, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Timothy Birkenstock, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Birkenstock joined Miami Children’s Hospital in 2012 and has over 35 years of experience in healthcare finance. He has overall responsibility for the financial management of the Miami Children’s Health System.
Prior to joining Miami Children’s Hospital, Mr. Birkenstock served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Children’s Hospital and Health System, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1991 to 2011. He served as Director of Financial Services of CHW from 1984 to 1990 and Director of Internal Audit from 1983 to 1984. Mr. Birkenstock has served on the Financial Services Advisory Council and the Research and Development Committee for Children’s Hospital Association (CHA).
He has served as President of the Milwaukee Chapter of Financial Executives International, associate clinical professor for The Medical College of Wisconsin, guest faculty at the University of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and has lectured on numerous health care finance issues for many national groups and conferences. He is a past President and Board Member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and also has served as its Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President.
Mr. Birkenstock received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater in 1975. Mr. Birkenstock is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.