Victor G. Rodwin

LANGUAGES
Bilingual (French and English) Fluent in Russian Basic understanding in Serbo-Croatian
EDUCATION
1973-1980	University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, 1980 M.P.H., Public Health, 1976
1974-1975	State University of Leningrad, USSR Certificate in Russian language, 1975
1969-1973	University of Wisconsin, Madison B.A., Economics, 1973 (with distinction)

EXPERIENCE
1996- present	Professor of Health Policy and Management, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University
1992-1998	Director, International Initiative, Wagner School of Public Service, New York University
1985-1995	Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
1991-92	Visiting Scholar (on sabbatical leave), French National Health Insurance Fund, Paris
1985-91	Assistant Director and Director, Advanced Management Program for Clinicians, NewYork University funded by a seed grant from the Kellogg Foundation
1983-85	Assistant Professor of Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco
May-June 1984	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Rennes, France
Spring 1983	Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
1982-83	Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Health Policy and Medical Anthropology), UniversityCalifornia, San Francisco
1981-82	Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Alcohol Research Group);Lecturer (Health Program) - University of California, Berkeley

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS AND/OR REFEREE FUNCTIONS

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Board of Editors Journal d'Economie Médicale, Board of Editors American Journal of Public Health, Referee Journal of the American Medical Association, Referee New England Journal of Medicine Inquiry, Referee Milbank Quarterly, Referee Public Health Policy, Referee Social Science and Medicine, Referee The American Review of Public Administration, Referee

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Academy of Social Insurance (elected member) American Public Health Association Committee on Health Politics, American Political Science Association Scientific Council, Institute for Health Policy Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris VI Scientific Council, International Council for Global Health Progress, Paris Editorial Board and U.S. Correspondent, Réseaux et Filiúeres, Newsletter on networks for integrated health care, Paris

FUNDED PROJECTS
2000-2003	Recipient of R.W. Johnson Investigator Award for project on "Megacities and Health: A Neglected Dimension of U.S Health Policy."
1999	Principal Investigator, World Cities Project: Health, Quality of Life and Health Services for Older Persons in New York City, London, Paris and Tokyo. Subcontract with the International Longevity Center, USA, Ltd ($270,000).
1997	Curricular Challenge Fund Grant (with Roger Kropf), New York University to Develop and teach TV-interactive class with the University of Paris IX (Dauphine ) on "Managed Care and European Health Care Reform ($6,000).
1997	Principal Investigator, "Prevention of Premature Disability and Mortality from Ischemic Heart Disease in the Republic of Georgia," a grant to provide training and design evaluation research for a pilot project funded by the World Bank, Open Society Institute, New York ($75,000).
1993-1996	World Bank Project to assist in establishment of Romanian Institute of Health Systems Management in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Montreal ($2.2 million for 3 years).
1994	Principal Investigator, "Cost-Effective Medical Care for the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease," a grant to complete a proposal for the design and evaluation of pilot programs in Central and Eastern Europe, Downtown Medical Research Foundation, New York, ($15,400).
1994	Co-investigator (with Michael Yedidia, PI), Research Project on "Readiness for Managed Care" at the Manhattan VA Hospital, Health Services and Development Project, Department of Veterans Affairs ($100,000).
1994	Curricular Challenge Fund Grant, New York University, to develop a new Institute on Development Assistance and Strategy in Central and Eastern Europe ($6,000).
1988	Health Sector Review for the Management Audit Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Mauritius. Project Director for New York University contract to review problems in the health sector, draft a national health policy statement, and assist with the formulation of an action plan ($71,000).
1987	Proposal to Establish an Advanced Management Program for Senior Managers in Public Hospitals. Grant Award from Pew Charitable Trusts (with Howard Newman, Charles Brecher and Anthony Kovner).
1986-88	Proposal to Link the Program in Health Policy and Management with Investor-Owned Health Care Corporations. Grant of $11,500 from New York University's Fund to Develop University/Industry Linkages (with Roger Kropf).
1985-88	Proposal to Establish an Advanced Interdisciplinary Management Training Program for Clinicians. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant for $470,000 (with Anthony Kovner).

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? (with the assistance of Llyn Kawasaki and James Littlehales) New York: Japan Society, 1994.

Public Hospital Systems in New York City and Paris, (with C. Brecher, D. Jolly and R. Baxter) New York: New York University Press, 1992.

Systèmes de Santé, Pouvoirs Publics et Financeurs: Qui Contrôle Quoi? Contributor and editor (with M. Berthod-Wurmser, Y. Souteyrand, and J.C. Henrard) Paris: Documentation Française, 1987.

The Health Planning Predicament: France, Quebec, England, and the United States, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Translated in Italian: I Sistemi Sanitari: Studio Comparativo su Francia, Quebec, Inghilterra e Stati Uniti (Venice: Marsilio Editori, 1986).

The End of an Illusion: The Future of Health Policy in Western Industrialized Nations Principal contributor and editor (with Jean de Kervasdoué and John Kimberly) Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.

La Santé Rationnée? La Fin d'un Mirage, Contributor and editor (with Jean de Kervasdoué and John Kimberly) Paris: Economica, 1981.

ARTICLES

"The Health Care System under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States," The American Journal of Public Health, January 2003, Vol. 93 No. 01

"Infant Mortality Rates in Four Cities: London, Manhattan, Paris, and Tokyo," (with Leland G. Neuberg) Indicators - The Journal of Social Health, Winter 2002-03, Vol. 02 No. 01

"The World Cities Project: Rationale, Organization, and Design for Comparison of Megacity Health Systems," (with Michael K. Gusmano) Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 79, No. 4, December 2002

"Project Report: Population Aging and Longevity in World Cities," The Center for Global Partnership Newsletter, Fall 2000, Vol. 26

"The Rise of Managed Care in the United States:Lessons for French Health Policy," Health Policy Reform, National Variations, and Globalization. Altenstetter, C. and Björkman, J.W. eds., New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

"Les maladies du Plan Juppé," Le Monde,November, 19, l996.

"Le Plan Juppé,"(with Claude Le Pen) Droit Social, September-October, 1996.

"Vers un managed care à la Française?"(with Emile Lévy) Chroniques Economiques S.E.D.E.I.S,(45), September, 1996.

Book Review of E. Immergut, Health Politics:Interests and Institutions in Western Europe, Public Health Policy, (16), Spring, 1995.

"La réforme du système de santé aux Etats Unis," Concours Médicale, Paris, France (three part series), September-October, 1994.

"L'Etat et les systèmes de santé, (with C. Vladescu) Médecine et Hygiène (Geneva, Switzerland, Fall 1994).

"Le rôle de l'assurance maladie dans la régulation du système de santé," Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine, No. 1, 1994.

"Health Care under French National Health Insurance: A Public-Private Mix, Low Prices and High Volumes," (with Simone Sandier), Health Affairs, Fall 1993.

"Health Insurance and Health Policy, American and Japanese Style: Lessons of Comparative Experience," Japan and the World Economy, (5)2, Summer 1993.

"The Once and Future Health System in the Former Yugoslavia: Myths and Realities," (with Muhamed Saric), Journal of Public Health Policy, Spring 1993.

"Medical Care and the State," Review Essay, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (17) 2, Summer, 1992.

"Physician Payment Reform: Lessons From Abroad," Health Affairs (9)1, Winter 1990.

"Updating the Fee Schedule for Physician Reimbursement: A Comparative Analysis of France, Germany and Canada," (with H. Grable and G. Thiel) Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, February 1990.

"American Exceptionalism in the Health Sector: The Advantages of `Backwardness' in Learning from Abroad," Medical Care Review, (44)1, 1987.

"The Public/Private Mix in the American Health Sector: A Misleading Dichotomy," Politiques et Management Publique (4)1985.

"Les réseaux de soins coordonnés (RSC): propositions pour une réforme profonde du système de santé" (with R.J. Launois, B. Majnoni?d'Intignano, and J.C. Stéphan) Revue Française des Affaires Sociales (1) January?March, 1985.

"On the Separation of Health Planning and Provider Reimbursement: The U.S. and France," Inquiry, Blue Cross Association, Summer, 1981.

"The Marriage of NHI and la Médecine Libérale in France: A Costly Union," Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, (59)1, 1981. Reprinted in J. McKinlay, ed., Politics and Health Care. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1982.

BOOK CHAPTERS

"L'hôpital et les réseaux de médecins." Proceedings from the June 20, 2001 colloquium, La santé en France au XXIe siècle: Quelle perspectives? Paris: Editions Nucleon.

"Urban Health: Is the City Infected?" Medicine and Humanity. London: King's Fund, 2001.

An International Perspective: Comparative Analysis of Health Systems Chapter 5 in Health Care Delivery in the United States. Ed. A. Kovner. 5th Edition. New York: Springer, l998.

Health Care Reform in the Transitional Economies," Ch. 3 in Poverty in Transition. New York: UNDP, 1998.

"The Rise of Managed Care in the United States: Lessons for French Health Policy." Forthcoming in Health Policy Reform, National Schemes and Globalization. Ed. C. Altenstetter and J. Björkman. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, l997.

"Comparative Health Systems: A Policy Perspective." Chapter 17 in Health Care Delivery in the United States. Ed. A. Kovner. 5th Edition. New York: Springer, l995.

"The Role of Public Authorities in Managing the Health System." French-American Conference on Health Care Issues. Paris: French-American Foundation, 1994.

"Le Système de santé et les tentatives de gestion aux Etats Unis." La Médecine Libérale: Quels Projets Pour la France? Paris: Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Les Editions Médicales Françaises, 1992.

"New Ideas for Health Policy in France, Canada and Britain." Success and Crisis in National Health Systems: A Comparative Approach. Ed. M. Field. New York: Routledge, 1989.

"Le contrôle des dépenses hospitalières en Grande Bretagne" (with R. Fonteneau, et al.). Les Hôpitaux sous contrainte financière. Ed. R. Fonteneau. Paris: McGraw Hill, 1989.

"La généralisation de l'expérience de New Jersey de gestion au coût par pathologie dans un contexte de concurrence" (with R. Fonteneau, et al.). Les Hôpitaux sous contrainte financière. Ed. R. Fonteneau. Paris: McGraw Hill, 1989.

"Inequalities in Private and Public Health Systems: The United States, France, Canada and Britain." Ethnicity and Health. Ed. W. Van Horne and T.V. Tonneson. Madison: University of Wisconsin System American Ethnic Studies, 1988.

"Pourquoi n'y a-t-il pas un système national?" L'Assurance Maladie A Cents Ans. Ed. G. Blain. Montreal: Presses de l'Université de Montreal, 1983.

"Management Without Objectives: The French Health Policy Gamble." The Public/Private Mix for Health: The Relevance and Realities of Change. Ed. A. Maynard and G. McLachlan. London: Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, 1982.

"Health Planning in International Perspective." Chapter 13 in Planning for Health: Development and Application of Social Change Theory. Ed. H. Blum. 2nd Edition. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1981.

"Comparative Evaluation of Health Planning in France, Quebec and England: Implications for Systems Science." Systems Science in Health Care. Ed. C. Tilquin. Willowdale: Pergamon, 1981.