 Victor Tabbush
Adjunct Professor
UCLA
Anderson School of Management
United States
Victor Tabbush, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA
Anderson School of Management. He completed his academic training with
a doctoral degree in Economics at UCLA. Prior to joining the faculty at
UCLA, Professor Tabbush served on the faculty at the University of
Nairobi in Kenya and at the University of Arizona.
He
has won Outstanding Teaching Awards in all three of UCLA’s MBA
programs, in the Full-Time MBA Program (2000), the UCLA Executive MBA
program (1998), and the Fully-Employed MBA program (1996).
He
has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of the School's Fully
Employed MBA Program from 2001 - 2007 and the Executive MBA from 2005 -
2007. Professor Tabbush also served from 1979-1993 as the Associate
Dean of the Anderson Office of Executive Education Programs.
Professor
Tabbush is a specialist in the area of healthcare economics and health
management and the originator and faculty director of many executive
programs specialized for healthcare providers. These include the
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program for U.S.
community-based organizations and the Management Development Institute
for African organizations offering services to patients and families
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. He also works closely with the
California Health Care Foundation in the design and delivery of its
Health Care Leadership Program.
In addition to his
teaching at UCLA, Professor Tabbush is a regular consultant and speaker
on healthcare issues. He has consulted with Unilever, Amgen, Eli Lilly,
Johnson & Johnson, Cedars-Sinai Health Center, and Sun Healthcare.
He has conducted research for the State of California on the cost
effectiveness of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention programs.
Professor
Tabbush continues an active research agenda and is a frequently
published author. He has written articles for the Journal of Clinical
Obstetrics and Gynecology and for the Archives of Internal Medicine on
the subject of cost containment in medicine. Most recently, he has
contributed a chapter in a volume titled, The Business of Medicine
(Aspen).
Professor Tabbush has a full history of public
service including chairing the Official Salaries Authority of the City
of Los Angeles, as Commissioner for the Worker's Compensation Insurance
Commission, and as a Commissioner for the Los Angeles City Civil
Service Commission. |
