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Robert O. Lunn, Ph.D.

Professor of Management

Dr. Robert Lunn

 

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Title:
Professor of Management and Director of the Master of Health Administration Program

Education

Master of Health Administration (MHA) from Duke University
Ph.D. in Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests

Health Institutions Organization and Management
Medical Group Management
Ambulatory Care Management
Health Care Strategic Management

Research Interests

Physician Compensation and Productivity
Total Quality Management in Medical Settings
Physician Executives' Impact on Physician/Administrator Relations
Survival of Faculty Practice Plans in Academic Medicine

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Robert O. Lunn, MHA, Ph.D.

August 23, 2003

Dr. Lunn joined the Missouri State College of Business Administration in 1999 as Professor of Management & Director of the new Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program. After earning a BA in Psychology from Williams College in 1969, Dr. Lunn followed brief military service by earning an MHA from Duke University in 1973. He then served for several years as Director of Blue Ridge Comprehensive Community Health Center in Charlottesville, VA, before attending UNC-Chapel Hill, where he received a Ph.D. in Business Administration in 1981. While completing his dissertation, Dr. Lunn was an Assistant Professor in Duke’s Department of Health Administration, where he also served as Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Admissions. After several years of teaching, Dr. Lunn returned to health executive practice. He planned, built and served as start-up Executive Director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at UMASS Medical Center, followed by 6 years as Chief Administrative Officer of the 400 physician University of Florida Clinic in Gainesville. Dr. Lunn then served as start-up Chief Operating Officer of the 125 physician Emory Pediatric Care Foundation at Emory University in Atlanta. Before moving to Missouri State, he was Professor and Administrative Vice Chair for an 80 physician internal medicine group at East Carolina University Medical School in Greenville, NC.

Dr. Lunn has held faculty positions at Duke University, UNC-Greensboro, University of Massachusetts, University of Florida, Emory University, and East Carolina University. Among his articles are publications in Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, Aging and Work and Healthcare Management Review. Dr. Lunn’s research interests include physician executives, medical group management and physician group governance. He is a retired Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps Officer, having been recalled in 1991 to take part in Operation Desert Storm. Several years ago, Dr. Lunn was asked by the Association of Professors of Medicine to develop and teach a national level orientation curriculum for newly appointed Chairs of Academic Medicine. Dr. Lunn was presented an Missouri State COBA Teaching Award in August, 2001. In August 2003, he was presented the Missouri State COBA Outstanding Research Paper Award. Also in 2003, he was presented the Missouri State Graduate College’s inaugural Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award.