Anita Deswal, MD
Research Associate
Houston VAMC
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Mark Dunlap, MD
Staff Physician &
Director of the Heart Failure Program
Cleveland VAMC
Associate Professor of Medicine Physiology & Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Gregg Fonarow, MD
OPTIMIZE-HF
University of California
Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Frederick
BME, Commander, USN (Retired)
Consumer Representative
San Diego

Elaine Furmaga, Pharm D
Pharmacy Benefits Management
Hines VAMC
Hines, IL

Julie Gee, RN, MSN, CHFN
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Glenn D. Graham, MD PhD
Deputy National Director for Neurology
Office of Specialty Care Services
Clinical Consultant and Acting Director
Office of Specialty Care Transformation
VA Central Office, Washington, DC

Peter Groeneveld, MD, MPH
Staff Physician
Philadelphia VAMC
Asst Professor
Department of General Internal
Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS
Director
Staff Physician
Palo Alto VAMC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Robert L. Jesse, MD, PHD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health
VA Central Office, Washington, DC

Harlan Krumholz, MD MPH
Professor, Internal Med Cardiology
Director for Clinical Scholars Program & Professor
Epidemiology/Public Health
Department of Internal Medicine & Cardiology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Barry Massie, MD
Clinical Coordinator
Chief Cardiology
Chief Hypertension & Staff Physician
San Francisco VAMC
Professor in Residence Department of Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Marthe Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CNL
Clinical Nurse Advisor, Cardiovascular
Office of Nursing Services
Washington, DC

Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
Attending Physician (WOC)
Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Associate Chief for Academic Affairs
Division of Cardiology
Staff Heart Failure/Transplant
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Thomas Rector, PharmD, PhD
Clinical Epidemiologist, Pharmacist,
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
One Veterans Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Amy Rosen, PhD
Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA

John Rumsfeld, MD PHD
National Director for Cardiology Program
VA Central Office, Washington, DC
Staff Physician
Patient Care Services
Denver VAMC
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology University of Colorado at Denver
Denver, CO

Roxane Rusch, RN
Acting ADUSH for Quality, Safety and Value
VA Central Office, Washington, DC

Anju Sahay, PhD
Implementation
Research Coordinator
Research Health Science Specialist
Palo Alto VAMC
Palo Alto, CA

John Spertus, MD, MPH
Professor
School of Medicine University of Missouri- Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Douglas Wholey, MBA, PHD
Professor, Health Policy & Management
University of Minnesota and Visiting Professor
National Primary Care Research & Development Center
Universitiy of Manchester