Chair:
Alan M. Garber, M.D, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Vice-Chair:
Alexander H. Krist, MD
Family Physician
Fairfax Family Practice Center
Fairfax, VA
Voting Members:
Deborah S. Cummins, PhD
Director of Research and Evidence Analysis
American Dietetic Association
Chicago, IL
Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Robert S. McDonough, MD
Aetna
Hartford, CT
Clifford Goodman, PhD
Vice President
The Lewin Group
Falls Church, VA
Daniel D. Foley, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Medical Director
United Hospital of St. Paul
Allina Health System
St. Paul, MN
Norman S. Kato MD, FACC, FCCP, FACS, FAHA
Cardiac Care Medical Group, Inc.
Encino, CA
Alexander Emyr Ommaya, ScD, MA Director, Clinical Research Roundtable Institute of Medicine, The National Academies Washington, DC
Nora A. Janjan, MD
Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Catherine A. Glennon, RN
Private Diagnostic at Duke Oncology Services Health Center
Administrator, Hematology/Oncology
Durham, NC
Mark Fendrick, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine and Health Management & Policy
Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Managed Care
Ann Arbor, MI
Nancy Davenport-Ennis, BA
CEO
Patient Advocate Foundation
Newport News, VA
Industry Rep:
Kim K. Kuebler, MN, RN
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Savannah, GA
Consumer Rep:
Linda A. Bergthold, PhD
WatsonWyatt
Santa Cruz, CA
Guest Expert Panelists:
Richard W. Whitten, MD, FACP
Contractor Medical Director, Medicare B for AK, HI & WA
Mark Clanton, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute and Deputy Director for Cancer Care Delivery Systems
Bethesda, Maryland
CMS Liaison
Steve Phurrough, MD, MPA
Director, Coverage and Analysis Group
Executive Secretary
Michelle Atkinson