National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality

The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on priorities for a national health services research agenda.

Overview | Meetings | Reports | Members | NAC Coordinators

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.

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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 meeting times and location. The next meeting will be held on July 26, 2013.

Meeting minutes:

November 9, 2012
July 13, 2012
April 13, 2012
November 4, 2011
July 22, 2011
April 8, 2011
November 5, 2010
July 23, 2010
April 9, 2010
November 13, 2009

Future National Advisory Council meetings are scheduled for:

November 15, 2013
April 4, 2014
July 25, 2014
November 7, 2014
March 27, 2015
July 24, 2015
November 6, 2015
 

Testimony on comparative effectiveness research was taken at the April 3, 2009, meeting.

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Reports

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Members

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH (Chair) (2014)
Chief Executive Officer
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Suite 950, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 585-0100
Fax: (202) 585-0561
Email: bsiegel@naph.org

Gregory Baker, RPh (2015)
Director, On-Site Pharmacy Operations
Take Care Employer Solutions Group
A Walgreens Health and Wellness Company
205 Miller Springs Court
Franklin, TN 37064
Phone: (615) 468-6571
Email: greg.baker@walgreens.com

Mitra Behroozi, JD (2013)
Executive Director
1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds
330 West 42nd Street—31st Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (646) 473-6060
Email: mitra.behroozi@1199funds.org

Paul N. Casale, MD, FACC (2013)
Medical Director of Quality
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Lancaster General Hospital
555 N. Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Phone: (717) 544-4890
Email: pncasale@lghealth.org

Francis J. Crosson, MD (2015)
Vice President, Physician Satisfaction
Care Delivery and Payment
American Medical Association
1491 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (312) 464-4331
Email: jay.crosson@ama-assn.org

Jane Durney Crowley, MHA (2014)
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Catholic Health Partners
615 Elsinore Place
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 639-2810
Email: jdcrowley@health-partners.org

Andrea Gelzer, MD, MS, FACP (2015)
Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Medical Officer
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
200 Stevens Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19113
Phone: (215) 937-8324
Email: andrea.gelzer@amerihealthmercy.com

Leon L. Haley, Jr, MD, MHSA, FACEP (2015)
Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs
Grady Health System
69 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 616-6419
Fax: (404) 616-7431
Email: lhaley@emory.edu

Michael P. Johnson, PT, PhD, OCS (2014)
Division Director and Chief Clinical Officer
Home Health Practice
Bayada Home Health Care
Suite 11, 1 Executive Drive
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Phone: (856) 380-1818
Email: mjohnson@bayada.com

Carol Matyka, MA (2015)
Field Coordinator
National Breast Cancer Coalition
2 Hawthorne Place 3L
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 523-0095
Email: camatyka@gmail.com

Newell E. McElwee III, PharmD, MSPH (2014)
Executive Director
U.S. Outcomes Research
Merck Global Affairs
UG2MW-05
351 North Sumneytown Pike
North Wales, PA 19454-2505
Phone: (267) 305-2503
Email: newell_mcelwee@merck.com

Andrea H. McGuire, MD, MBA (2013)
President and Chief Operating Officer
Meridian Health Plan
666 Grand Avenue, 14th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 802-3500
Fax: (515) 802-3553
Email: andrea.mcguire@mhplan.com

Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc (2015)
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Director of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Center for Science of Health Care Delivery
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, SW
Plummer 3-O2E
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: (507) 293-0175
Email: montori.victor@mayo.edu

Henry H. Ng, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP (2014)
Internist-Pediatrician
MetroHealth Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109
Phone: (216) 778-2882
Email: hng@metrohealth.org

David F. Penson, MD, MPH (2014)
Director
Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Professor of Urologic Surgery
Vanderbilt University
Suite 600, 2525 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203-1738
Phone: (615) 343-1529
Email: david.penson@vanderbilt.edu

Christopher Queram, MA (2013)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
P.O. Box 628578
Middleton, WI 53562
Phone: (608) 826-6837
Email: cqueram@wchq.org

Jean Rexford (2015)
Founder and Executive Director
Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
26 West Woodlake Drive
Redding, CT 06896
Phone: (203) 938-2776
Email: jeanrexford@aol.com

Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH (2014)
Dean
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts University
Executive Director
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Tufts Medical Center
Room 63, 800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 636-5009
Email: hselker@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Alan R. Spitzer, MD (2013)
Senior Vice President for Research, Education, and Quality
MEDNAX Services/Pediatrix Medical Group/American Anesthesiology
1301 Concord Terrace
Sunrise, FL 33323
Phone: (954) 384-0175, ext. 5660
Fax: (954) 337-2787
Email: alan_spitzer@pediatrix.com

Jeffery Thompson, MD, MPH (2013)
Chief Medical Officer
Medicaid Purchasing Administration
Department of Social and Health Services
State of Washington
626 8th Avenue, S.E.
Olympia, WA 98504-5502
Phone: (360) 725-1612
Email: jeff.thompsonMD@hca.wa.gov

Janet S. Wyatt, PhD, RN, FAANP (2013)
Executive Director
Institute of Pediatric Nursing
800 South Frederick Avenue, Suite 204
Gaithersburg, MD 20877-4152
Phone: (888) 641-2767
Fax: (301) 330-1504
Email: jwyatt@ipedsnursing.org

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NAC Coordinators

Jaime Zimmerman, MPH
NAC Coordinator
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 427-1456
Email: jaime.zimmerman@ahrq.hhs.gov

Karen Brooks
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 427-1801
Email: karen.brooks@ahrq.hhs.gov

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Current as of April 2013
Internet Citation: National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/organization/nac/index.html