Mr. Shabot has over two decades of executive search experience combined with over 15 years of direct hospital industry experience. His search practice focuses on healthcare systems, academic medicine, managed care, and health service companies, where he has successfully placed nearly 400 executives. He has in-depth knowledge of healthcare markets in New England, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, having directly worked in each of these markets. Moreover, his background in business strategy and organizational behavior provides additional value to clients. 

Prior to joining Korn/Ferry in 1988, Mr. Shabot served as director of the Metropolitan Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts Hospital Councils, and as the first vice president for Managed Care. He began his career in operations management at New York University Medical Center in Manhattan.

Mr. Shabot has also served on the executive board of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare,  provided consultation to a home-health company, taught health planning and marketing in a college health services program, and counseled numerous professionals in health services management careers. He has been an invited guest speaker at many health services graduate programs, including The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvannia, Villanova University and Columbia University. 

Mr. Shabot received a master’s in health services administration and a bachelor’s in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.