WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Department of Veterans Affairs Collaboration Opportunities with Affiliated Medical Institutions and the Department of Defense

Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 2:00  p.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D.
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Honorable Tim S. McClain
General Counsel
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Honorable William Winkenwerder, Jr., M.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Department of Defense 

Accompanied by: 

Honorable John L. Kokulis
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Budgets and Financial Policy Department of Defense

Panel 2

Mr. Michael E. Moreland, MSW, CHE
Director and Chief Executive Officer
VA Pittsburgh Health Care System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Raymond S. Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
President
Medical University of South Carolina 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Joseph G. Reves, M.D.
Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean
College of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina 

and 

John R. Feussner, M.D.
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina 

Donald R. Smithburg
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Health Care Services Division 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Statements for the Record 

Mr. John Sommer
Executive Director
The American Legion 

Mr. Dave Gorman
Executive Director
Disabled American Veterans 

Mr. Del McNeal
Executive Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Bob Wallace
Executive Director
Veterans of Foreign Wars 

Vice Admiral Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN (Ret.)
National President
Military Officers Association of America