U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Bruce Nedrow (Ned) Calonge, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
Dr. Calonge, the Chief Medical Officer of the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment, is also the State Epidemiologist and the
Executive Director of State Bioterrorism Preparedness. He is an
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and of Preventive Medicine and
Biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr.
Calonge is also the President of the Colorado Board of Medical
Examiners, which licenses and provides regulatory oversight for
physicians and physician assistants. Dr. Calonge serves on the Board of
Directors for the Colorado Academy of Family Practice (President), the
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (Board Chair), and the Colorado
Prevention Center. At the Colorado Medical Society, he chairs the
Health Affairs Committee. He is a member of the Colorado Patient Safety
Coalition.
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Diana B. Petitti, M.D., M.P.H. (Vice Chair)
Dr. Petitti is Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She was previously Senior Scientific Advisor for Health Policy and Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Southern CA, Pasadena, CA. She is a member of the American Public Health Association, the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the American Epidemiologic Society and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology. Dr. Petitti serves on the editorial board of Epidemiology, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and American Journal of Medicine. She is also currently a member of the Institute of Medicine, New Approaches to Early Detection of Breast Cancer; the California Office of Statewide Planning on Health, and the Technical Advisory Committee.
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Allen J. Dietrich, M.D.
Dr. Dietrich, a board-certified family physician, is a professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He is also associate director for population sciences at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and serves as chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care.
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Thomas G. DeWitt, M.D.
Thomas G. DeWitt, M.D. is the Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Associate Chair for Primary Care, in the Department of Pediatrics, at the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Since the mid-1980s, he has served as the Project Director for the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) grants in General Pediatrics Residency Training and Faculty Development, both at Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati and at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. For 10 years, Dr. DeWitt served on the Board of Directors of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (APA), serving as president from 1993-1994. He was instrumental in the APA's role in developing BHPr supported educational guidelines in general pediatrics for both medical students and residents. In 1996, Dr. DeWitt also served as Chair of the Planning Committee for the first national conference on faculty development, jointly sponsored by the BHPr and the American Association of Medical Colleges. He has published and presented extensively on the subject of community-based education and faculty development for community preceptors.
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Kimberly D. Gregory, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Gregory is Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Director of Women's
Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. She
is an Associate Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department
of Obstetrics & Gynecology and at the UCLA School of Public Health Department
of Community Health Sciences. She is President of the Perinatal Advisory Council,
Los Angeles Communities and has served on numerous advisory boards, including
the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development—California Health
Policy and Data Advisory Commission on Lowering Cesarean Sections; the Department
Health Services Maternal & Child Health Branch; Department of Health Services
Office of Women's Health; the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative;
and the March of Dimes. Dr. Gregory is a member of many professional organizations,
including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology where she is currently
on the OB Practice Committee and ACOG District IX Legislative Committee.
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David Grossman, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Grossman, a board-certified pediatrician recognized for his research on injury prevention and Native American health, is medical director of preventive care at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle. He is also a senior investigator at the Group Health Center for Health Studies and a professor of health services and adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington. He serves on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Injury Prevention and Control for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2007, the American Academy of Pediatrics awarded Dr. Grossman the Native American Child Health Advocacy Award.
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George Isham, M.D., M.S.
George J. Isham, M.D. is Medical Director and Chief Health Officer for HealthPartners, a
large health care organization in Minnesota, representing nearly 800,000 members. Dr.
Isham is responsible for quality, utilization management, health promotion and disease
management, research, and health professionals' education at HealthPartners. He is
active in strategic planning and policy issues. He is an experienced primary care clinician and was chair of the Institute of Medicine committee that produced the report, Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality.
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Michael L. LeFevre, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Dr. LeFevre is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. He is the Medical Director for Family Medicine at Missouri University Health Care; is Director of the Missouri University Health Care Electronic Medical Record project; Chair of the Credentialing Committee for the Department of Family Medicine; and Director of Clinical Services at the Department of Family Medicine. He has served on the Commission on Clinical Policies and Research of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. LeFevre is a researcher, a published author and consultant, and has been invited to give many presentations across the country.
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Rosanne Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Leipzig, a board-certified internist and geriatrician is a professor in the departments of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Medicine, and Health Policy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She also serves as vice chair of Education in the Departments of Education and Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai. She has been a recipient of the American College of Physicians Richard and Hinda Rosenthal award, given for the notable contribution her work in evidence-based medicine has made to improve clinical care in internal medicine.
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Lucy N. Marion, Ph.D., R.N.
Dr. Marion is the new Dean and Professor at the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing in Augusta, Georgia, after several years as Associate Dean for Academic Nursing Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. As a researcher, clinician (family nurse practitioner), published author, and international consultant, Dr. Marion has received numerous honors and awards. She has served on state and national advisory groups concerning mental health care, environmental risks to children, the genetics workforce, and the practice doctorate for nurses, and belongs to several professional organizations. Her NIH-funded translational research focuses on sexual risk reduction interventions for high risk minority populations. In Chicago, she developed a nurse-managed system in partnership with Thresholds Psychosocial Rehabilitation Agency for the delivery of integrated primary and mental health care for people with severe and persistent mental illness.
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Bernadette Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P/N.P.P.
Dr. Melnyk is dean and distinguished foundation professor in nursing at the Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. She is a pediatric and psychiatric nurse practitioner whose research focuses on improving mental health outcomes in children, teens, and parents. She directs the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' KySS mental health promotion program. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Mental Health Task Force in 2006 and the Institute of Medicine's working committee on evidence-based practice in 2007. For her dedication to innovative programming leading to health care solutions, the American Academy of Nursing named her a 2006 Edge Runner.
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Virginia A. Moyer, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Moyer is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and also the Director of the Fellowship Program in Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She is also Associate Director of Ambulatory Services at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. She is a member of the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group, which has produced the Journal of the American Medical Association "Users' Guides to the Medical Literature" series, a member of the Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management Bright Futures Evidence Consultant, and is Chair of the Scholarly Activities CoreCurriculum Examination Committee. Dr. Moyer is Editor in Chief of Evidence Based Pediatrics and Child Health. She is Editor in Chief of Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care and is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Pediatrics and AAP Grand Rounds.
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Judith K. Ockene, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Dr. Ockene is a clinical psychologist with an appointment as Professor of Medicine
at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she is also the Barbara
Helen Smith Chair, Chief, and founder of the Division of Preventive and Behavioral
Medicine. Dr. Ockene has extensive experience in both research and evaluation
of evidence-based methods in the area of disease prevention and health promotion.
Dr. Ockene has served on numerous advisory panels and review groups, has served
as scientific editor on two Surgeon General Reports on smoking, and is president-elect
of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She has over 140 publications in preventive
and behavioral medicine and serves as a reviewer for several journals, including
Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of
Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Health Psychology,
and Preventive Medicine.
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George F. Sawaya, M.D.
Dr. Sawaya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Sawaya has received many honors and awards; is an active researcher and lecturer; is a published author; and currently serves on two Expert Panels for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focusing on detection of ovarian, breast, and cervical cancers. He developed and teaches the required curriculum in evidence-based medicine and clinical decision making at UCSF. Dr. Sawaya serves as a peer reviewer for several journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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J. Sanford (Sandy) Schwartz, M.D.
Dr. Schwartz, a board-certified internal medicine specialist, is the Leon Hess Professor of Medicine, Health Management, and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton School. He is past president of the American Federation of Clinical Research and the Society for Medical Decision Making, former Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and past Editor of the American Journal of Managed Care. An expert in the evaluation of medical practices and guidelines, Dr. Schwartz has served on the National Institutes of Health and Institute of Medicine committees in these areas. He is a member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medical Care Advisory Committee and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations Medical Advisory Panel.
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Timothy Wilt, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Wilt, a board-certified internal medicine specialist, is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. As an investigator in the Minneapolis VA Health Services Research and Development Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, his research interests include evidence-based chronic disease prevention and management. Dr. Wilt served on the Outcomes Research & Epidemiology Task Force in 1997 and currently sits on the editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine.
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Current as of March 2008
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Biographical Sketches of Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstbio.htm
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