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Robert H. Curry, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Health Services Research
Associate Director, Research Programs, Institute of Health Administration
Professor, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine
M.P.H., Emory University School of Medicine
B.A., Emory University


Research Interests:
· Quality of care (including HEDIS outcomes measures)
· Evaluation of health programs
· Organization and operations management
· Encounter data analysis

Profile:
Dr. Curry graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida. His undergraduate degree was in English from Emory University and he received a Masters of Public Health in Management and Health Policy from Emory (Atlanta, Georgia). A pediatrician with additional academic preparation in public health and preventive medicine, Dr. Curry is an active educator, administrator and researcher with expertise in program development, implementation, evaluation and accreditation.

He has broad experience in developing and evaluating managed care programs, and instituting quality improvement programs for physicians and other health care providers in a managed care environment. Dr. Curry has extensive experience with financing of various health care programs.

Previously he was Chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, where he developed and managed a clinical academic department with over 75 faculty and a budget of more than $10 million. He has published in Public Health Reports, Gerontology and Geriatric Education, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Academic Medicine, Cancer Practice, Social Science and Medicine, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. His current research projects involve evaluation of Medicaid managed care programs, including Georgia Better Health Care and the Medicaid HMO Program. Dr. Curry is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Georgia Chapter), American Public Health Association, Medical Association of Georgia and Medical Association of Atlanta.

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