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.
Overview
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.
Meetings
Council meetings are open to the public. Meetings are usually held at the AHRQ Conference Center, First Floor, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD, 20850. Select for Map and Directions. Please check the Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting to confirm location.
Testimony on comparative effectiveness research was taken at the last meeting, on April 3, 2009.
Members
Jane F. Barlow, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. (2009)
Vice President
Medical Strategy & Clinical Quality
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
100 Parsons Pond Drive, Mailstop F2-16
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Phone: (201) 269-3539
E-mail: jane_barlow@medco.com
Timothy J. Brei, M.D. (2009)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
for Children
702 Barnhill Drive, Room 1601
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200
Phone: (317) 274-4846
Fax: (317) 278-0126
E-mail: tbrei@iupui.edu
Andrew J. Fishmann, M.D., F.C.C.P., F.A.C.P. (2009)
Director, Intensive Care Unit
Good Samaritan Hospital
California Lung Associates
1245 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 407
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 977-4979
Fax: (213) 977-0544
E-mail: fish248@aol.com
Robert S. Galvin, M.D. (2010)
Director, Global Health Care
General Electric
376 Hillside Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
Phone: (203) 373-3435
robert.galvin@ge.com
M. Carolina Hinestrosa, M.A., M.P.H. (2009)
Executive Vice President, Programs and Planning
National Breast Cancer Coalition
1101 17th Street, NW, Suite 1300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 973-0575
Fax: (202) 265-6854
E-mail: chinestrosa@stopbreastcancer.org
Wishwa N. Kapoor, M.D., M.P.H. (2010)
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
200 Lothrop Street, Suite 933W-MUH
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-4821
E-mail: kapoorwn@upmc.edu
Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D. (2010)
Distinguished Fellow, Health
Services Research
RTI International
PO Box 12194
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
Phone: (919) 541-6512
E-mail: klohr@rti.org
Thomas P. Miller, J.D. (2009)
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 862-5886
Fax: (202) 828-7177
E-mail: tmiller@aei.org
Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. (2009)
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology & Clinical Research
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
and Bloomberg School of Public Health
2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-600
Baltimore, MD 21287-2223
Phone: (410) 955-6953
Fax: (410) 955-0476
E-mail: npowe@jhmi.edu
Michael K. Raymond, M.D. (2010)
Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Skokie Hospital
9600 Gross Point Road
Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: (847) 933-6007
E-mail: mraymond2@rsh.net
David L. Shern, Ph.D. (2010)
President and CEO
National Mental Health Association
2600 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: (703) 838-7500
E-mail: dshern@nmha.org
William Smith, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.S.H.P. (2010)
Executive Associate Dean
School of Pharmacy
Virginia Commonwealth University
Smith Building, Suite 155
Richmond VA 23298-0581
Phone: (804) 828-3009
E-mail: wesmith1@vcu.edu
Myrl Weinberg, CAE (2010)
President, National Health Council
1730 M. Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 785-3910
E-mail: mweinberg@nhcouncil.org
Anthony C. Wisniewski, J.D. (2009)
Executive Director, Health Policy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 463-5500
E-mail: awisniewski@uschamber.com
NAC Coordinator:
Deborah Queenan
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 427-1330
Fax: (301) 427-1341
E-mail: Deborah.Queenan@ahrq.hhs.gov
Current as of April 2009
Internet Citation:
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/council.htm
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850