November 30, 2000
BIRMINGHAM, AL — The School of Health Related Professions (SHRP) at UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) has named Gerald L. Glandon, Ph.D., as chair of the Department of Health Services Administration following a nationwide search. Dr. Glandon, who has had a distinguished career in research, health administration education and academic administration, has been program director of the Department of Health Systems Management at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago.
“We are very pleased to have gained the services of such a well respected individual as Dr. Glandon,” said C. Michael Brooks, Ed.D, interim dean of the School of Health Related Professions. “He enjoys a national and international reputation in health administration and medical informatics and we are excited to have his leadership for the years to come.”
The Department of Health Services Administration, currently ranked 10th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, trains students in the fields of organization and financing of health services. The department also prepares students to develop and manage the information systems needed for effective, efficient delivery of health services. The department offers doctoral and masters degrees in health administration, and a master's degree in health informatics. A variety of continuing education opportunities are offered for health services executives.
In addition to his work in health administration, Dr. Glandon’s research has focused on the economic aspects of aging and aging markets, patient and physician satisfaction assessment, technology evaluation and assessment of organization performance.
He has recently been part of a combined medicine, nursing and administration team that received a Hartford Foundation Grant to study technology as a factor to improve the functioning of multidisciplinary teams in the care of chronically-ill elderly.
Dr. Glandon has also worked extensively in international health in Albania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He has developed and delivered management education in these countries and provided health care strategic analysis to ministries of health and to individual hospitals.
The UAB School of Health Related Professions has 20 academic programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree levels within four departments: Critical and Diagnostic Care, Health Services Administration, Nutrition Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences.