Robert A. Padgug

  Assc Professor
  Department: Health and Nutrition Sciences
  Location: 4113a Ingersoll Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5000 x1293
  Fax: 718-951-4670

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Education:
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY - 1970 (HISTORY )

M.A., HARVARD UNIVERSITY - 1965 (HISTORY )

B.A., CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK - 1964 (HISTORY )

Books and Publications
Robert A. Padgug, Peter Arno, and Karyn Bonuck, HIV/AIDS Financing, at The AIDS Knowledge Base (3rd edition, 2005, Little Brown). (Books and Publications: Book) 2005

Robert A. Padgug, "Looking Backward: The Future of an Epidemic," Health Affairs 19 no. 6 (November/December, 2000) 302ff. REV. (Books and Publications: Book) 2000

Robert A. Padgug and Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Health Care Financing in the United States: Ethical and Social Issues, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (Athenaeum, October, 1997). (Books and Publications: Book) 1997

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Health Policy & History in New York State, New York Health Systems Seminar, February 27 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Brooklyn College Faculty Day presentation (April 23): A Health Care Financing in New York State: Costs, Coverage, and Insurance Mergers, in the session on Recent Health Systems Trends in the New York Region. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Introduction to the CUNY PSC Conference on Our Health Care Benefits: What Does the Future Have in Store? What's at Risk?, December 2, Hunter School of Social Work.

(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

The New York Prospective Hospital Reimbursement Methodology and New York State Health Policy, New York Health Systems Seminar, November 28. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Gubernatorial Health Politics: Eliot Spitzer's Approach to Health and Public Health, presented at the Board of Directors meeting, Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC), March 7.

(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Hospital Charges and the Uninsured, presented to Rekindling Reform, April 20, 2006 (at the Queens College Workers Education Center). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Hospitals and their Future: the Report of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, presented at the Faculty Seminar of the Health & Nutritional Services Department, Brooklyn College, December 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Improving New York State Insurance? The Fair Share Act, presented at a public meeting of Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) on March 28, 2006 (at Beth Israel Medical Center). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Public Testimony at the New York State Assembly, Committees on Health and on Insurance, Hearing on A Consolidation in the Health Insurance Industry and its Impact on Health Care Services, Patients, and Providers, December 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

The Council on Education for Public Health Process: Overview, presented at the Faculty Seminar of the Health & Nutritional Services Department, Brooklyn College, October 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

The New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century: Déja Vu All Over Again, presented at a public meeting of Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) on February 28, 2006 (at Beth Israel Medical Center).

(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Avian Flu: the Coming Public Health Emergency, presented at the Board of Directors meeting, Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC), September 13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Democratic Presidential Candidates: Overview of Health Policies, presented at Rekindling Reform, February, 2004, (at Queens College Workers Education Center). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004

Hospitals, the Uninsured, and the Failure of Cross-Subsidization, presented on June 10, 2004, at the Conference on How Class Works, October 5-7, 2004, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, Long Island. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004

Health and Wealth: Hospitals and Health Care in New York City from Medicare to Managed Care, presented on October 6, 2001 at the Gotham Center (CUNY) Conference on New York City History, October 5-7, 2001, CUNY Graduate Center.

(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2001

Professional Leadership
Physicians for a National Health Plan (NYC PNHP): New York State Activities Committee Chair. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

B.C. Faculty Library Committee, 2007-present (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

H&NTR-PSC Union Representative (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

MPH Seminars (arranged and introduced two seminars per term with outside public health speakers)

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Belle Zeller Visiting Professorship Committee, 2006-present (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Re-Accreditation Sub-Committee (ad hoc) (created the CEPH Self-Study Document)

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Doctoral Program Committees: work (2006-7) with the ad hoc graduate committee working to implement a CUNY DPH (Doctor of Public Health) program, which will form the first stage of the new CUNY School of Public Health (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Graduate Internship Committee (chair) (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

H&NTR Graduate Admissions Committee (Chair)

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Masters of Public Health (MPH) Program Steering Committee (Chair 2007-present; subcommittees: internship, admissions, publicity, workforce)
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP), Corporate and Small Business Activities Committee Chair

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Community Activities
West Harlem Community Health Forum (sponsored by Ministerial Interfaith Association[MIA]/RainbowPUSH Health Initiative, Harlem/Northern Manhattan Holistic Health Commons.
2007

Other Professional Activities
Public Health Association of New YorkCity (PHANYC), Public Policy Comm. Chair
2003