Planning Committee

Reza Alavi, MD, MHS, MBA

Research Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy

Lawrence Appel, MD MPH

Professor of Medicine and Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University

Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH

Senior Research Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy

Ralph Brindis, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California - San Francisco

Immediate Past President, American College of Cardiology

James Carr, PharmD

Regional Commercial Lead-Darapladib, GlaxoSmithKline

Andrew Farb, MD

Medical Officer, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration

Robert Giffin, PhD

Director, Healthcare Policy and Reimbursement, Covidien

John Hernandez, PhD

Division Vice President, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott Vascular

Aaron Horne, MD, MBA

Cardiology Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Louis Jacques, MD

Director, Coverage and Analysis Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services

Michael Lauer, MD

Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Danica Marinac-Dabic, MD, PhD

Director, Division of Epidemiology, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration

Parashar Patel

Vice President, Global Health Economics & Reimbursement, Boston Scientific

Lawrence Sadwin

President, Friends of the World Heart Federation and former Chairman of the Board, American Heart Association

Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Art Sedrakyan, MD, PhD

Director, Comparative Effectiveness Program, Weill Cornell Medical College

Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD

Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration

Robert Temple, MD

Deputy Center Director for Clinical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

William Weintraub, MD

Director, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Christiana Care Health Services

Janet Wright, MD

Senior Vice President for Science and Quality, American College of Cardiology