Committee Chair
Peter Bach, MD, MAPP
Attending Physician & Director
Center for Health Policy and Outcomes
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Committee Vice-Chair
Aloysius B. Cuyjet, MD, MPH
Medical Director
HealthCare Partners, IPA
MEDCAC Members
Michael P. Cinquegrani, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine & Radiology
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director of Heart and Vascular Service Line
The Medical College of Wisconsin
Gregory Joseph Dehmer, MD
Director
Quality and Outcomes
Cardiovascular Institute
Carilion Clinic - Cardiology
Anita Fernander, PhD, ABPBC
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Chair, Lexington Fayette-County Health Disparities Coalition
Department of Behavioral Science
College of Medicine
University of Kentucky
Naftali Zvi Frankel
Patient and Consumer Advocate
Smadar Kort, MD, FACC, FASE, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Valve Center
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
Director, Echocardiography
Stony Brook University Hospital
Division of Cardiology, HSC T16-080
Sandra J. Lewis, MD
Director
Research and Prevention
Northwest Cardiovascular Institute
Daniel A. Ollendorf, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Zoltan Turi, MD, MPH, MSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Structural Heart Program
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Hackensack University Hospital
Seton Hall University Medical School
Industry Representative
Mark D. Carlson, MD, MA
Division Vice President
Chief Medical Officer
Abbott Laboratories
Guest Panel Members
Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, M.D.
Medical Officer
Heart Failure and Arrhythmias
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Invited Guest Speakers
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
Past President
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Brooke Roberts-William M. Measey
Professor of Surgery
Vice-Chief
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Surgical Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Aaron Horne, Jr., MD, MBA, MHS
Structural Interventionalist
Board Member
Association of Black Cardiologists
Martin B. Leon, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
Columbia University/NY Presbyterian Hospital
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
Cardiovascular Research Foundation NY City
Peter Pelikan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director
Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Structural Heart Program
Pacific Heart Institute and Providence Saint Johns Health Center
Carl L. Tommaso, MD
Cardiologist
NorthShore Medical Group
CMS Liaison
Daniel Arthur Caños, PhD, MPH
Director
Evidence Development Division
Coverage and Analysis Group
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Executive Secretary
Maria Ellis
Coverage and Analysis Group