The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on priorities for a national health services research agenda.
The 21-member panel is comprised of private-sector experts who contribute a varied perspective on the health care system and the most important questions that AHRQ's research should address in order to promote improvements in the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of clinical practice. The private-sector members represent health care plans, providers, purchasers, consumers, and researchers.
Also serving in an ex-officio capacity are principal representatives of seven Federal agencies that address health care system issues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Department of Defense (Health Affairs) (DoD); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration [HCFA]); and the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Private-sector members are appointed by the Secretary, HHS, to serve 3-year terms. A list of current members follows. Biographies are available as a group or individually by selecting the member's name.
Council meetings are open to the public. Meetings will be held at AHRQ's AHRQ Conference Center, First Floor, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD, 20850. Select for Map and Directions. The next meeting will be held on November 5, 2004.
Andrew Balas, M.D., Ph.D. (2006)
Dean, School of Public Health
St. Louis University
3545 Lafayette Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: 1-800-782-6769
Fax: (314) 977-8150
Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P. (2005)
President and CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
375 Longwood Avenue, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 754-4852
Fax: (617) 754-4865
E-mail: dberwick@ihi.org
Doug Campos-Outcalt, M.D., M.P.A. (2006)
Medical Director
Maricopa County Department of Public Health
1845 E. Roosevelt St.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone: (602) 506-6900
Fax: (602) 506-6885
Timothy F. Cullen (2004)
Senior Vice President
Cobalt Corporation
401 W. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 226-6298
Fax: (414) 226-6229
E-mail: Tim.Cullen@cobalt-corp.com
Lisa Egbuonu-Davis, M.D. (2004)
Vice President, Medical Director
Pfizer, Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 573-3896
E-mail: egbuol@pfizer.com
Michael Everett, Ph.D. (2006)
Founder and CEO
Avatar International, Inc.
106 Commerce Street, Suite 102
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Phone: 1-800-282-8274
Fax: (407) 805-9507
Andrew Fishmann, M.D. (2006)
Cogent Healthcare, Inc.
2600 Michelson Dr., Ste. 1400
Irvine, CA 92612-6529
Barbara Ann Barth Frink, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. (2004)
Enterprise Nurse Executive
Patient Care and ICU Systems
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, MO
Phone: (301) 656-8305
Fax: (816) 571-5722
E-mail: bfrink@cerner.com
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H. (2004)
Associate Professor in Residence
Department of Pediatrics
Universit of California, San Francisco
Mail Stop 6E, 1001 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 206-4196
Fax: (415) 206-3686
E-mail: elenaf@itsa.ucsf.edu
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. (2006)
Dean and Vice President
University of Virginia Medical School
Box 800793
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone: (434) 924-5118
E-mail: garson@virginia.edu
The Honorable Newt Gingrich (2005)
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
1150 - Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20000
Phone: (202) 862-7197
Fax: (202) 862-5840
E-mail: ngingrich@aei.org
Jessie Gruman, Ph.D. (2006)
President and Executive Director
Center for the Advancement of Health
2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20009-1231
Phone: (202) 387-2829
Fax: (202) 387-2857
Terry Jacobson, M.D. (2006)
Director
Office of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Grady Health Systems
80 Jesse Hill Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Brent C. James, M.D. (2005)
Vice President for Medical Research
Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Intermountain Health Care
36 South State Street, 16th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1486
Phone: (801) 442-3730
Fax: (801) 442-3486
E-mail: bjames@ihc.com
Jonathan T. Lord, M.D. (2005)
Chief, Clinical Strategies and Innovation Officer
Senior Vice President
Humana, Inc.
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 580-4290
E-mail: j.t.lord@worldnet.att.net
Dennis O'Leary, M.D. (2004)
President
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Phone: (630) 792-5650
Fax: (630) 792-4650
E-mail: doleary@jcaho.org
Mark Pauly, Ph.D. (2004)
Chair, Department of Health Care Systems
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
208 Colonial Penn Center, 3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 1914-7025
Phone: (215) 898-5411
Fax: (215) 573-7025
E-mail: pauly@wharton.upenn.edu
James J. Rohack, M.D. (2006)
Senior Staff Cardiologist
Scott and White Clinic
2401 South 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508
Paul Wallace, M.D. (2006)
Executive Director
Care Management Institute
Kaiser Permanente
One Kaiser Plaza, 16th floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Robert Rex Waller, M.D. (2004)
President Emeritus
The Mayo Foundation
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: (507) 284-2202
E-mail: rwaller@mayo.edu
Pamela Jean Woods, Ph.D. (2005)
Chief Nursing Officer and Administrator
University Hospital
One South Administration Building
2211 Lomas Boulevard, N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: (505) 272-8644
Fax: (505) 272-1827
E-mail: PJWoods@salud.unm.edu
Meeting Coordinator:
Anne Lebbon
540 Gaither Road, Suite 4000
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (30l) 427-1215
E-mail: ALebbon@ahrq.gov
Current as of July 2004
Internet Citation:
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/council.htm
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