Richard F. Southby, PhD (Med), FCHSE, CHE, FCLM (Hon), Hon MFPHM
Richard F. Southby, PhD (Med), FCHSE, CHE, FCLM (Hon), Hon
MFPHM, joined The George Washington University faculty
in 1979. From 1982 to 1998 he served as Chairman of the Department
of Health Services Management and Policy. Dean Southby graduated
with a bachelor's degree from The University of Melbourne,
Australia, in 1965; a master's degree from Cornell University,
New York, in 1967; and a doctoral degree from Monash University,
Australia, in 1973. He is a Fellow of the Australian College
of Health Service Executives, a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Medicine, United Kingdom, an Honorary Fellow of the American
College of Legal Medicine, and an Honorary Member of the Faculty
of Public Health Medicine, Royal Colleges of Physicians of
the United Kingdom. He is also a member of the Washington
Academy of Medicine.
In addition to his appointment at The George Washington University,
Dean Southby is Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine and
Biometrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He holds the rank of Captain,
Medical Service Corps, United States Naval Reserve. Since
1984 Dr. Southby has been the Director of the Interagency
Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, the major continuing
education program for senior health care executives from the
US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Public Health Service,
and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to his appointment
to the faculty of The George Washington University, Dean Southby
was Director of Health Services Research and Teaching in the
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at The University
of Sydney, Australia. He was a Senior Lecturer in Social and
Preventive Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University,
Australia, from 1968 to 1978. He is presently an Honorary
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences,
Monash University. In 1975 Dr. Southby served as a Full-Time
Commissioner on the Australian Hospitals and Health Services
Commission in Canberra.
Dean Southby is a member of numerous professional organizations.
He is Vice President of the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation;
Vice President (International) Asia Pacific Academic Consortium
for Public Health; and President of the International Health
Policy and Management Institute. He is Past President of the
Australian Public Health Association. Dr. Southby has been
a consultant on health services education, management, and
policy projects in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary,
Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia,
Thailand, and Turkey.
- Courses/Teaching Interests:
- International health policy
- Comparative health systems
- Health policy analysis
- Health financing
