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Barbara McNeil, MD, PhD
Professor, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's
Hospital
Founding Head of the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard
Medical School
Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD, is the Ridley Watts Professor
and founding head of the Department of Health Care Policy
at Harvard Medical School. She is also a professor of radiology
at Harvard Medical School and at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Dr. McNeil's research activities have focused on several
areas, most notably technology assessment and quality of
care. Her most recent work includes two large studies supported
by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The first focused
on a comparison of quality of care for veterans with cardiac
disease with the care provided to Medicare beneficiaries
seen in private settings. Its report led to the introduction
of many changes in the care of veterans with cardiac disease.
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Dr. Robert Crone
Chief Executive Officer
Harvard Medical International
Dr. Crone joined the Harvard Medical School faculty as
Dean for International programs, and Clinical Professor
of Anaesthesia in 1994, and is currently on the adjunct
clinical staff at Children's Hospital. Dr. Crone provides
the overall leadership and strategic direction of Harvard
Medical International and its programs. He interfaces with
the Dean of Harvard Medical School, HMI's Board of Directors,
and Harvard University's Central Administration on policy
decisions, including decisions to engage in new projects. Dr. Crone has extensive knowledge of medical education and health care provision around the world, in both public and private sectors.
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Webster Golinkin
Chief Executive Officer
RediClinic
Mr. Golinkin serves as CEO of RediClinic, which provides
health screenings and flu shots at retail outlets and employer
worksites nationwide and operates RediClinic 'convenient
care' centers in four states. Mr. Golinkin was named President
of the Convenient Care Association in October 2007. For
the past 23 years, Mr. Golinkin has served as chairman,
vice chairman, president, and/or chief executive officer
of five companies, including three in the health field.
In 1988, he co-founded and served as President and CEO of
American Medical Communications, Inc., which became one
of the nation's largest producers and distributors of health-related
television and video programming. In 1993, he co-founded
and served as Chairman and CEO of America's Health Network,
Inc., which became the nation's largest health-related cable
television network. Mr. Golinkin earned a B.A. from Harvard
University and is a member of World Presidents' Organization.
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James Hummer
Founder, President and CEO
Whole Health Management
Jim Hummer heads Whole Health Management, an innovative
provider of direct contract, on-site employee health services
to leading self-insured companies. It provides integrated
health services including occupational, preventive, urgent
and primary health care services, health risk and disease
management, physical therapy, fitness programs and behavioral
health services. Clients include Sprint, Qualcomm, Florida
Power & Light, Continental Airlines and Harrah's Entertainment.
Before Whole Health, he co-founded and was president of
the Ivy Medical Group, an ambulatory health care company.
Previously, he was Director of Planning and Human Resources
at Martin Marietta Corporation's Chemical Group. Earlier,
he was with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. He holds a BA
in accounting from the University of Notre Dame and his
MBA from Harvard.
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Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
Jon Kingsdale is the Executive Director of the Commonwealth
Health Insurance Connector Authority, an independent authority
established to promote coverage of the uninsured. As a senior
executive at the Tufts Health Plans for almost twenty years,
he was responsible for strategic planning, product development,
public affairs and government relations. His work experience
also includes executive roles in strategic planning and
reimbursement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
and research on hospital finances at the Harvard School
of Public Health. He received a doctorate in economic history
from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from the University
of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Peter L. Slavin
President
Massachusetts General Hospital
Peter L. Slavin, M.D. is the President of Massachusetts
General Hospital (MGH) and Professor of Health Care Policy
at Harvard Medical School. MGH operates 900 inpatient beds,
has an annual operating budget of $1.9 billion, and has
the largest hospital research program in the country. Previously,
he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical
Officer at MGH and as the president of the Barnes-Jewish
Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Slavin also served
as the Chairman and CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians
Organization. Dr. Slavin is a graduate of Harvard College,
Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Business School.
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