The Institute’s Advisory Board is composed of leaders in medicine, academia, and business with substantive knowledge of healthcare delivery and organization, healthcare policy, and the delivery of surgical services. Dr. Michael E. Johns is the Chairman of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board meets annually to review the work of the Institute and provide guidance for future research and policy priorities. The next Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for for January 2010 in Chapel Hill, NC.
Michael M.E. Johns, MD (Chairman)
Chancellor, Emory University
John Birkmeyer, MD
Director, Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research & Evaluation
Enriqueta Bond, Ph.D.
President Emeritus, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Kathleen Buto, MPH
Vice President, Health Policy and Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH
President, The Joint Commission
Helen Darling, MS
President, National Business Group on Health
Don E Detmer, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Informatics Association
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH
Director,Healthcare Technology and Strategic Initiatives, IBM
Richard Knapp, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Office of Governmental Relations, Association of American Medical Colleges
David B. Nash, MD
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College
Marshall Z. Schwartz, MD
Chief, Pediatric Surgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Howard M. Snyder, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Special Consultants to the ACS Health Policy Research Institute also include Dr. Anthony Meyer, Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine and Mr. Bernie Ribeiro, immediate past president of The Royal College of Surgeons of England.