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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 | Members | NAC Coordinators
Overview
The 19-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 by selecting the member's name.
For more details about the Council, please visit the Council Charter Documents.
Meetings
Council meetings are open to the public. Please check the Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting to confirm meeting times and location.
Review meeting minutes from 2015 to the present.
Members
Healthcare Consultant
Stutz & Company
7603 North Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Phone: (317) 730-7736
Email: kaamstut@iu.edu
Associate Director, Population Health Sciences
Associate Dean, Colorado School of Public Health
University of Colorado Cancer Center, MS-434
13001 East 17th Place
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: (303) 724-9526
Email: cathy.bradley@ucdenver.edu
Faculty, Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group
Strategic Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz
901 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 508-3457
Email: sheila_burke@hks.harvard.edu
Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Officer
Sparrow Clinton Hospital
805 South Oakland Street
St. Johns, MI 48879
Phone: (989) 227-3400
Email: daugherty.nshc@yahoo.com
President and Chief Executive Officer
Regenstrief Institute
1101 West 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 274-9094
Email: pembi@regenstrief.org
Executive Director
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety
501 Boylston Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 701-8172
Email: barbara.fain@state.ma.us
Assistant Vice President, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
Director, Center for Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare
MedStar Health
3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5N
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 364-6219
Email: chris.a.goeschel@medstar.net
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Officer
March of Dimes
1550 Crystal Drive, Suite 1300
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (571) 257-2321
Email: rgupta@marchofdimes.org
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
1265 Welch Road
Stanford, CA 94305-5479
Phone: (650) 725-5507
Email: boussard@stanford.edu
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federation of American Hospitals
750 9th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001-4524
Phone: (202) 624-1534
Email: ckahn@fah.org
President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Bellin Health
1102 South Monroe Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54301
Email: george.kerwin@bellin.org
Vice President and Chief Clinical Effectiveness Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
8080 North Central Expressway, Suite 500, LB 81
Dallas, TX 75206
Phone: (214) 265-3624
Email: andrew.masica@bswhealth.org
Dean, College of Science
Professor of Statistics
Virginia Tech
North End Center, Suite 4300
300 Turner Street, NW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-5422
Email: scmorton@vt.edu
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Medical Group Association
One Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (730) 838-0033
Email: jpenso@amfa.org
Chief Transformation Officer
Senior Vice President, Consumerism
Senior Vice President and Executive Director
Christiana Care-Wilmington
Wilmington Hospital Administration
501 West 14th Street, Suite 1N01
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 320-4625
Email: erobinson@christianacare.org
Chief Medical Officer
Humana
500 West Main Street, 6th Floor
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 580-1133
Email: wshrank@humana.com
President
Washington Advocates for Patient Safety
3941 NE 158th Lane
Seattle, WA 98155
Phone: (206) 543-1254
Email: 2yanlingyu@gmail.com
* Member is serving in a representative capacity.
NAC Coordinators
Gopal Khanna, M.B.A.
Director
Phone: (301) 427-1200
Email: gopal.khanna@ahrq.hhs.gov
Jaime Zimmerman, MPH, PMP
Designated Management Official
Phone: (301) 427-1456
Email: jaime.zimmerman@ahrq.hhs.gov
Karen Brooks, CMP
NAC Coordinator
Phone: (301) 427-1801
Email: karen.brooks@ahrq.hhs.gov
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