CMTP would like to thank our 2011 Summit Planning Committee Members:
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