• M.S. Education, Area of Concentration:  Counseling, Guidance, and Personnel Services; Purdue University, May 1979
• B.S. Medical Record Administration, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 1974
• University of Oslo, Oslo Norway:  International Summer School, Summer 1972

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• July 1, 1997 to present:  PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, Dept. of Health Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.
• July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1997:  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, Dept. of Health Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.
• October 1984 to July 1986:  ACTING CHAIRMAN, Division of Allied Health Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.
• 1981 to 1982:  ACTING DIRECTOR, Academic Division, American Medical Record Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• 1975 to 1977:  ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Medical Record Technology Program, Indiana University/St. Margaret Hospital, Hammond, Indiana
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:  Medical Information Services, St. Margaret Hosital Hammond, Indiana.

CONSULTANT SHIPS

• Short term coding consultantships/seminars at midwest hospitals and health care facilities (1983 to present)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Health Information Management Association

• National President 2000
• National President Elect 1999
• National Board of Directors 1996 to 1998
• Chairman, Diversity Committee, 1997-98
• Council on Education, Member, 1986-1989; 1995-96
• Referee, Edition Review Board, Journal of the AMRA, 1982-1989
• Representative Committee on Allied Health Education & Accreditation, American Medical Association, 1982
• Site Surveyor, Health Information Technology Programs, 1982-1986; 1989 to 1996
• Speaker, numerous Health Information Management Association meetings throughout the United States.

• President, 1978
• Vice President/President Elect, 1977
• Delegate, National Meeting
• Speaker Annual Meeting
• Speaker, Fall Conference
• Distinguished Member, 1987

• Northern Indiana Health Information Management Association
• National Instructor, Basic & Advanced ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 Workshops, individual hospitals, colleges and agencies, 1993 to present.
• Statewide Teleconference and Seminar Lecturer, 1986 to 1991, 1998

BOOKS

• Skurka, Margaret A., Health Information Management: Principles and Organization for Health Record Services, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Skurka, Margaret Flettre, Health Information Management in Hospitals: Principles & Organization for Health Record Services, American Hospital Publishing, INc., Chicago, IL.
• Skurka, Margaret A., "Medical Records & Health Information", Chapter 21, Intro to Radiography Technology and Patient Care, Adler & Carlton, Saunders Publishing, Philadelphia, PA.

• Skurka, Margaret A. "Q + A Column", Medical Office Biller, Vol. 3, No. 3, Aspen Publications, August 1996, p. 6; additional columns 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
• Skurka, Margaret A. "President's Message", Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 10 issues, year 2000.

• Skurka, Margaret A. Published 22 different "Code-It" publications - master listing of codes per physician specialties, Karen Zupko & Associates, Chicago, Illinois.
• Skurka, Margaret A., "Coding with CPT-4", 2nd edition - cassette publication, Pluribus Press, Chicago, Illinois, March 1989.

• 1974 Registered Record Administrator, #7626, American Health Information Management Association; changed to Registered Health Information Administrator, January 2000.
• 1994 Certified Coding Specialist, #C07320, American Health Information Management Association