Members of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
Jane F. Barlow, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. (2009)
Dr. Barlow is responsible for the delivery of health care for over 600,000 employee, retirees and dependents in the U.S. at a cost of over $1.7 billion annually. She has an extensive background in creating and implementing health care benefits and health program for employees and is a strong advocate for patient centered care. Previously Dr. Barlow served as Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, Medical Director for the Family Health Center in Del Rio, Texas, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and flight surgeon at Beal Air Force Base California. She currently co-chairs the National Committee on Evidence-based Benefit Design, National Business Group on Health. She has published frequently on keeping healthy in the workplace and is a national speaker on patient-centered care.
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Dale W. Bratzler, D.O., M.P.H. (2008)
Dale W. Bratzler is QIOSC Medical Director, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Bratzler currently serves as Chair of both the Health Care Information Advisory Committee and the Hospital Advisory Committee of the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Dr. Bratzler is immediate past President of the American Health Quality Association (AHQA). He is the recipient of the 2002 Excellence in Physician Leadership Award presented by the James Q. Cannon Memorial Endowment, and the American College of Osteopathic Internists Researcher of the Year. He is also currently working with the Medicare National Pneumonia Quality Improvement Project and the CMS/CDC National Surgical Site Infection Project. Dr. Bratzler graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Central Missouri State University; received his doctor of osteopathy at the College of Osteopathic Medicine (1st in class), University of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri; and, received his M.P.H. with a 4.0 GPA at the University of Oklahoma.
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Timothy J. Brei, M.D. (2009)
Dr. Brei, a recognized expert on diagnosing and treating children with disabilities, has written and presented extensively on the subject. Dr. Brei himself has Spina Bifida and serves on the Board of many national, regional and local committees, including DAMAR Homes, Inc., for children and adolescents with severe disabilities and behavior disorders, and the Spina Bifida Association of America. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
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Patricia Flatley Brennan, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., F.A.C.M.I. (2008)
Patricia Flatley Brennan is the Moehlman Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, University Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brennan's area of expertise is the nexus of engineering principles and health care. Dr. Brennan has been a recipient of many awards and honors. In 2001, she was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2002, she was named distinguished nurse researcher by the National Institute of Nursing Research. During 2005, she is Distinguished Lecturer, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Lazerow Lecturer, University of Minnesota. Dr. Brennan serves as associate editor of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and reviewer for many other publications. She serves on the Markel Foundations Personal Health Technology Council and the Robert Wood John Foundation Personal Health System. Dr. Brennan has been a guest lecturer for health care informatics internationally and she has published numerous articles on healthcare and informatics. Dr. Brennan is an in-demand consultant with hospitals nationwide. She received a B.S. in nursing from the University of Delaware; an M.S. in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Andrew J. Fishmann, M.D., F.C.C.P., F.A.C.P. (2009)
Dr. Fishmann is an experienced hospitalist, as well as, co-founder and Board Member of Cogent Healthcare, Inc. In addition, Dr. Fishmann is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit, Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, and is in private practice with California Lung Associates. Dr. Fishmann received his B.A. in Biology from Franklin and Marshall College and his M.D. from the Temple University Medical School, and his Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship from the University of California, San Diego.
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Robert S. Galvin, M.D. (2010)
Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Glavin is responsible for medical services internationally of 225 clinics, 750 physicians and nurses and 1.5 million patient visits including oversight of wellness and disease management programs and occupations medicine programs. He is also adjunct professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Glavin co-funded the Leapfrog Group and Bridges to Excellence. He is a member of the National Commission on Quality Accreditation. He served on the Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force on the future of Military Health Care, and the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a Highly Effective Health Care Systems. He has been a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committees and has reviewed IOM Reports. He has been asked to testify and present on the issues of health care costs and quality before both Congress and Secretaries of Executive Departments. Dr. Galvin received his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. at the Boston University School of Management.
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M. Carolina Hinestrosa, M.A., M.P.H. (2009)
Ms. Hinestrosa is a leader in representing cancer patients and cancer survivors. Her expertise has been called upon by the Institute of Medicine, the National Quality Forum, and the National Cancer Institute, to serve on a variety of committees involving detection and treatment of cancer. Previously, she founded and was executive director of Nueva Vida, Inc., a non profit organization delivering comprehensive support to Latinas with breast and cervical cancer. Ms. Hinestrosa also coordinated the development of the Latina Health Radio Network that broadcast a daily Spanish language program on health promotion and disease prevention and is a well known speaker at the World Conferences on Breast Cancer Advocacy.
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Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., R.N. (2008)
Ada Sue Hinshaw is Dean and Professor, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor. Dr. Hinshaw is a health services educator and researcher who has received many academic awards and honors in the fields of clinical nursing and nursing administration as well as in the development and testing of health evaluation and cost models. Dr. Hinshaw is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Honorary Nursing Society at the Universities of Kansas, Arizona and Michigan; Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society of North America. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academies of Practice. She has been a Visiting Professor in both in the US and internationally, most recently at Peking and Tanjin Universities. Dr. Hinshaw was recognized in a 2004 book by Houser, B.P. and Player, K.N., Pivotal Moments in Nursing: Leaders Who Changed the Path of a Profession, and in 2005, received an Honorary Doctor of Science from Binghamton, University. She received a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Kansas; a M.S.N. from Yale University; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Hinshaw previously served on the National Advisory Council in 1997.
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Carlos Roberto Jaen, M.D., Ph.D. (2008)
Dr. Jaen is Professor and Chairman, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center—San Antonio, TX. He also holds the Dr. M. Smith Professorship.
Dr. Jaen's research interests are in behavioral health counseling, Latino health issues, primary care, and smoking cessation. He has authored numerous abstracts, book chapters, and journal articles on these subjects. In 2004 he was honored by Who's Who Among America's Teachers; received the Unsung Hero Presidential Award from the Texas Academy of Family Physicians; awarded the degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Family Physicians; and was named in the Best Doctor's in America. His research has been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The National Board of Medicine Examiners, and the American Cancer Society. Dr. Jaen serves as a reviewer for a number of medical publications including the Annals of Family Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, and JAMA. He is a member of the America Family Medicine Organizations Committee on Research Capacity and of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Research Committee. Dr. Jaen received a B.S. (cum laude) in Biology and an M.S. in Oncology from Niagara University, a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Community Health, and his M.D. at the State University of New York.
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Brent James, M.D. (2008)
Dr. James is the Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research and Vice President, Medical Research and Executive Director of its Institute for Health Care Delivery Research which leads IHC's clinical improvement efforts. An interest in cancer led him to spend several years with the American College of Surgeons where he helped support the Commission on Cancer and designed and staffed the College's first in-house mainframe computer system. He later served as a biostatistician in the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group while an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. James received an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, a Master of Statistics degree, an M.D. degree, and training in general surgery from the University of Utah.
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Wishwa N. Kapoor, M.D., M.P.H. (2010)
Dr. Kapoor is an expert in health services research, most recently examining the outcomes and evaluation of syncope, and outcomes, cost, and quality of pneumonia. As the Director of the Center for Research on Health Care, he has developed the Clinical Research Training Program and teaches research methodology courses in the program. Dr. Kapoor has extensive experience in mentoring fellows and junior faculty. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a American Academy of Pediatrics, Past President of Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and recipient for the Robert J. Glaser award for Exceptional Achievement in Teaching and Research. Dr. Kapoor has been a member of the grant review committee for the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and has testified before Congress on Residency Programs. He has published hundreds of research papers in peer reviewed professional and scientific publications and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Medicine and the Journal of International Medicine. Dr. Kapoor received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering, and his M.D. at Washington University, St. Louis, and his M.P.H. in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Munr Kazmir, M.D. (2008)
Dr. Kazmir is founder and CEO of Direct Meds, Inc. in Leonia, New Jersey. Direct Meds, Inc. is a company licensed to provide prescription medicines thought the United States. He is also the founder and CEO of Quality Home Care, a company that serves over 200,000 patients in the diverse New York, New Jersey metropolitan area to ensure that indigents, homeless, HIV patients and children of neglect receive appropriate medical care. Dr. Kazmir is the recipient of many international humanitarian awards. The State of New Jersey Child Protection Commission and Children's Trust Fund honored him for his fundraising efforts to combat Juvenile diabetes. Keren-Or, an organization in Jerusalem devoted to the care and rehabilitation of multi-handicapped blind children, awarded Dr. Kazmir the Maimonides Award in recognition of his generous support. Dr. Kazmir was born in Pakistan and graduated from the University of Punjab in LaHore where he received his M.B.B.S./M.D. He completed a one-year internship at the Mayo Hospital in LaHore and a two year residency at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Upon arriving in the United States, Dr. Kazmir successfully completed his internal medicine internship at the White Plains Hospital—Montefiore Medical Center and pursued additional medical studies at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. He completed his third year residency at SUNY Department of Medicine. Dr. Kazmir speaks six languages.
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Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D. (2010)
Dr Lohr is also Research Professor at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Previously, Dr. Lohr's served as the director for the Division of Health Care Services for the Institute of Medicine, Technical Information Specialist in the Bureau of Health Professions, Department of Health Education and Welfare, and was a researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Hygiene and Public Health. She has published countless, articles, monographs and books and is in demand as a member of diverse advisory panels for both the public and private sector. She is the 2005 recipient of the Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, and a Fellow of the Association for Health Services Research. Dr. Lohr received her B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. from RAND Graduate Institute, Santa Monica, CA.
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Thomas P. Miller, J.D. (2009)
Mr. Miller is a senior policy professional with 30 years experience in economic and regulatory policy, communication and legal issues in health policy, among other expertise.
He has participated in health care forums including consumer driven health care, insurance deductibles and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), the uninsured and long term care. He directed health policy studies at the CATO Institute and has been a journalist in both broadcast and print media. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from New York University and received his J.D. degree from Duke Law School.
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Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. (2009)
Dr. Powe is Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, a multidisciplinary research and training center at Johns Hopkins focused on clinical and population-based research. He also is Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management at Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. He directs the Clinical Research Scholars Program, the Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program and the Clinical Epidemiology Program at Hopkins which have trained a cadre of physicians and population scientists in clinical research. He has published over 270 articles on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, value of health care technologies, and the effectiveness of the health care system. His major areas of interest and expertise are kidney and cardiovascular diseases; effectiveness and outcomes research and; economic evaluations in health care. He has studied physician decision making and other determinants of use of medical practices including payers' decisions about insurance coverage for new medical technologies, the effect of financial incentives on the use of technology, efficiency and outcomes in for-profit versus non-profit health care institutions, and the relation between hospital volume, technology and outcomes. Dr. Powe is author of more than 270 articles and among his many honors are membership in the Institute of Medicine, the John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research from the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Distinguished Educator Award from the Association of Clinical Research Training..
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Michael K. Raymond, M.D. (2010)
As CMO for the Rush North Shore Medical Center, Dr. Raymond implemented a quality improvement paradigm that established an effective process for collecting measures and reporting performance and encouraging employee feedback. Previously, Dr. Raymond served as Medical Director of the Physicians Hospital Organization (PHO) of the Rush North Shore Medical Center. In that capacity he managed all aspects of care, including contracting, utilization management, pay-for-performance initiatives and outcomes measurement. During his tenure, PHO has consistently exceeded its performance targets. Under his leadership the Rush North Shore PHO became one of the first integrated delivery systems in Illinois to implement a Clinical Integration program using physician profiles and report indicators of performance. Dr. Raymond is also an expert in the key performance indicators (KPI) from Medicare commercial payors and other external review agencies. Dr. Raymond received his B.S. from Bradley University, and his M.D., from the Universidad Autonomo De Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico.
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James J. Rohack, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P. (2008)
Dr. Rohack is a senior staff cardiologist with the Scott & White Clinic and Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMRHSC) College of Medicine. He serves as Medical Director for System Improvement for the Scott & White Health Plan, a nonprofit community based health plan with a national recognition for quality medical care delivery as well as the Director for the Center for Healthcare Policy at Scott and White. He is chair of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees as well as being Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Dr. Rohack has had a long involvement with medical education and accreditation standards. He service includes the Council on Medical Education of both the Texas Medical Association and American Medical Association; the National Board of Medical Examiners; the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education; the Liaison Committee on Specialty Boards and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education which accredits programs leading to the M.D. degree in the U.S. and Canada. He is a nationally recognized speaker on medical education and the financing and delivery of health care. He has served on External Advisory committees for the George Bush School of Public Policy and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and currently serves on the TAMUHSC School of Rural Public Health. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition including Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, America and the World, and the Golden Nugget Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP).
Dr. Rohack attended the UTEP as a Stevens Scholar and graduated with highest honors. He obtained his medical degree (M.D) with honors from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). He continued his training at UTMB with a residency in Internal Medicine, an additional year as Chief Resident, and a clinical fellowship in Cardiology.
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David L. Shern, Ph.D. (2010)
Dr. Shern is Professor and Dean of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. He is a member, Steering committee, Annapolis Coalition on Behavioral Health Workforce, National Institutes of Health Reviews Reserve—Ad Hoc Reviewer, Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer, Veterans Administration, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Advisory Board, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Many consultative positions including University of South Carolina Program on Research on Public Psychiatry, Missouri Institute of Mental Health. He is a member of the Governor's Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Who's Who in America (2002-Present). Dr. Shern has written and published technical reports, papers, articles, chapters, and newsletters for professional and trade journals. He serves on the editorial board of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. Dr. Shern received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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William Smith, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.S.H.P. (2010)
Dr. Smith has been Professor of Pharmacy and Executive Associate Dean for the past 10 years. He serves as a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy Executive Committee, Non-traditional Pharm.D. Program and Curriculum Committee, as well as a member of the Research Grants Program Selection Plan of the American Society of Hospital-base Pharmacists (AHSP). In his previous positions, Dr. Smith served as Vice President, Research Administration, where he was responsible for administrations of research programs and Assistant Dean for the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. He was also Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Northeastern University. Dr. Smith received his Pharm.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, and his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science from Auburn University.
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Myrl Weinberg, CAE (2010)
Ms. Weinberg is president of the National Health Council, an umbrella organization whose members are 50 of the leading voluntary health agencies committed to quality health care, and representing over 100 million individuals with chronic disease and /or disabilities. For over 30 years Ms. Weinberg's career has focused on health, medical research, and long-term care and she has held managerial and leadership positions in many different health care organizations including, the American Diabetes Association and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. She was selected to serve on the congressionally mandated Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee to assess how research priorities are established at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has served on numerous boards. Ms. Weinberg pursued advanced graduate study at Purdue University, holds an M.A. in Special Education from Georgia Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee, and holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Arkansas.
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Anthony C. Wisniewski, J.D. (2009)
As Executive Director for Health Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Wisniewski is responsible for health policy issues pending before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies. Previously, he served as head of public policy for the biotechnology company MedImmune, Inc. Mr. Wisniewski received his J.D. from Notre Dame University and his B.A. from the Catholic University of America.
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