2011 Advisory Board
The ACS HPRI Advisory Board brought together leaders in surgery, medicine, academia, informatics, health policy, and business to review the institute’s work and guide research priorities.
Cross-sector guidance for surgical policy research
Michael M. E. Johns, MD
Chancellor, Emory University — role listed in the 2011 ACS HPRI record.
Academic medicine and health policy leader who served as chair of the archived Advisory Board.
John D. Birkmeyer, MD
Director, Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research & Evaluation.
Kathleen Buto, MPA
Vice President, Health Policy and Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson.
Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS, FCCM
LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine.
Don E. Detmer, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Informatics Association.
E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery; Associate Vice President for Health Sciences; Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs, Ohio State University Medical Center.
Richard Knapp, PhD
Executive Vice President, Office of Governmental Relations, Association of American Medical Colleges.
Kenneth E. MacWilliams, MBA
Founder and President, Woodrow Wilson Associates.
Aaron McKethan, PhD
Director, Beacon Communities Program, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. DHHS.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College.
Marshall Z. Schwartz, MD
Chief, Pediatric Surgery, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
John Santa, MD, MPH
Director, Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, Consumers Union.
Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD
Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Additional surgical leadership
Anthony A. Meyer, MD, PhD
Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine — role listed in the historical ACS HPRI record.
Lord Bernard Ribeiro
Immediate past president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England — role listed in the historical ACS HPRI record.
Explore the work this board helped guide
Review the institute’s research projects, publications, maps, and surgical workforce policy reporting.