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 20-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. The next meeting is March 18, 2021.
Review meeting minutes from 2015 to the present.
Members


Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 963-2049
Email: kamstutz1@iuhealth.org

Executive Director
Ariadne Labs
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
401 Park Drive
Landmark Center, Floor 3 East
Boston, MA 02215
Phone (617) 384-6555
Email: abitton@bwh.harvard.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

Mike Curb Professor of Health Policy
Chair
Department of Health Policy
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Suite 1200
2525 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 322‐1488
Email: melinda.buntin@vanderbilt.edu

President and CEO
Consumer Health Ratings
A public service of The Dahlen Company, L.L.C.
1952 North Kollath Road
Verona, WI 53593
Phone: (608) 832-6609
Email: gretchen.dahlen@consumerhealthratings.com

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

Executive Director
John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital, 16th Floor
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone (617) 643-3931
Email: sedgmanlevitan@mgh.harvard.edu

President and Chief Executive Officer
Regenstrief Institute
1101 West 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 274-9094
Email: pembi@regenstrief.org

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

Chief Executive Officer
Rush University Medical Center
Professional Office Building, Suite 364
1725 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-6706
Email: omar_lateef@rush.edu

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Reliable Health
Texas Health Resources
612 E. Lamar Boulevard # 500
Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: (682) 236-7737
Email: AndrewMasica@texashealth.org

President
Institute for Exceptional Care
1231 C Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (443) 996‐7179
Email: maipham@gmail.com

Former Senior Vice President and Community Health Investment Officer
Northwell Health
2000 Marcus Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Phone: (516)321-6080
Email: indidoc@aol.com

Senior Vice President
Chief Digital Innovation Officer
Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 745-8870
Email: Edmondo.Robinson@Moffitt.org

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
University of California Davis
Division of General Medicine
4150 V Street, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-7005
Email: psromano@ucdavis.edu

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
David Meyers, M.D.
Acting Director
Phone: (301) 426-1634
Email: david.meyers@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