Key Contacts

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was established in 1989 as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Reauthorizing legislation passed in November 1999 establishes AHRQ as the lead Federal agency on quality research. AHRQ, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers.

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Employee Directory: Department of Health and Human Services

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Office of the Director:
Director
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
(301) 427-1200
540 Gaither Road, 3rd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Deputy Director
Kathie Kendrick, M.S., C.S., R.N.

Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets:
Irene Fraser, Ph.D., Director
(301) 427-1410
540 Gaither Road, 5th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends:
Steven B. Cohen, Ph.D., Director
(301) 427-1406
540 Gaither Road, 5th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Center for Outcomes and Evidence:
Jean R. Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H., Director
(301) 427-1600
540 Gaither Road, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships:
David Meyers, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1500
540 Gaither Road, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety:
William B. Munier, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1349
540 Gaither Road, 3rd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer:
Allan J. Lazar, M.B.A., Director
(301) 427-1364
540 Gaither Road, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations:
Francis Chesley, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1449
540 Gaither Road, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Office of Performance Accountability, Resources, and Technology:
Jeffrey Toven, Director
(301) 427-1700
540 Gaither Road, 4th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

Select AHRQ Offices and Centers for more information on Agency components.

Other Important Contacts:

AHRQ Web Site
Biff LeVee
(301) 427-1897

Budget
(301) 427-1774

Conference Center
(301) 427-1800

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
(301) 594-6665

Freedom of Information Act Requests
Nancy Comfort
(301) 427-1866

Grant Information
Joan Metcalfe
(301) 427-1447

Media Inquiries
Karen Migdail, (301) 427-1855
Farah Englert, (301) 427-1865

Publications Clearinghouse
800-358-9295
(703) 437-2078 (when calling from outside the United States)

TDD
888-586-6340 (hearing impaired only)

Current as of March 2008
AHRQ Publication No. 08-M030

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Internet Citation:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Key Contacts. AHRQ Publication No. 08-M030, March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/contacts.htm

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