National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
The National Advisory Council (NAC) for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on priorities for a national health services research agenda.
Overview | Subcommittees | Meetings | Members | NAC Coordinators
Overview
The 20-member panel is comprised of private-sector experts who contribute a varied perspective on the health care system and the most important questions that AHRQ's research should address in order to promote improvements in the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of clinical practice. The private-sector members represent health care plans, providers, purchasers, consumers, and researchers.
Also serving in an ex-officio capacity are principal representatives of seven Federal agencies that address health care system issues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Department of Defense (Health Affairs) (DoD); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration [HCFA]); and the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Private-sector members are appointed by the Secretary, HHS, to serve 3-year terms. A list of current members follows. Biographies are available by selecting the member's name.
For more details about the Council, please visit the Council Charter Documents.
Subcommittees of the National Advisory Council
Select for information on the AHRQ Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Healthcare Quality Measurement (SNAC).
Select for information on the Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Investments and Future Activities.
Meetings
Council meetings are open to the public. Please check the Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting to confirm meeting times and location.
Review meeting minutes from 2015 to the present.
Members
![Edmondo J. Robinson, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/edmondo-robinson_0.jpg)
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 745-8870
Email: edmondo.robinson@moffitt.org
![Peter B. Angood, M.D., FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL (Hon)](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/ankood-thumbnail.jpg)
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Physician Leadership
P.O. Box 96503
BMB 97493
Washington, DC 20090-6503
Phone: (800) 562-8088
Email: pangood@physicianleaders.org
![David A. Asch, M.D, M.B.A.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/asch2_0.jpg)
Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Perelman School of Medicine
John Morgan Professor
Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 746-2705
Email: asch@wharton.upenn.edu
![Komal Bajaj, M.D., MS-HPEd](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/bajaj-komal_0.jpg)
Chief Quality Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB
Medical Director of Sustainability, NYC Health + Hospitals
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1400 Pelham Parkway South Building 1, 5N34
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 918-5034
Email: komal.bajaj@nychhc.org
![Lemrey 鈥淎l鈥 Carter, M.S., Pharm.D., R.Ph.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/Carter_Al.jpg)
Executive Director
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
1600 Feehanville Drive
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Phone: (847) 391-4412
Email: acarter@nabp.pharmacy
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/emert-thumbnail.jpg)
Mason B. Emert, M.P.H. Epidemiologist
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority
1801 Chukka Hina
Durant, OK 74701
Phone: (580) 775-3289
Email: mbemert@cnhsa.com
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/gelrud2.jpg)
Special Advocate for Children Maryland Health Care Commission
Baltimore, MD
(Retired) Luminis Health
Chief Quality and Population Health Officer
Phone: (240) 808-0589
Email: joanie_gel@outlook.com
![Neil I. Goldfarb](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/goldfarb-neil_0.jpg)
President and CEO
Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
123 South Broad Street, Suite 1235
Philadelphia, PA 19109
Phone: (215) 731-2472
Email: ngoldfarb@gpbch.org
![Sinsi Hern谩ndez-Cancio, J.D.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/Hernandez_Sinsi_0.jpg)
Vice President for Health Justice
National Partnership for Women and Families
1725 Eye Street, NW, Suite 950
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 238-4875
Email: shc@nationalpartnership.org
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/sharon-hickman-thumbnail.jpg)
Founding Principal and President
ChangeZen Consulting, LLC
Greenville, SC 29609
Phone: (804) 512-1522
Email: sharon@changezen.org
![Krista Hughes](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/hughes-krista_0.jpg)
Founder and CEO
Hughes Advocacy
Passion 4 Patients
401 Shiloh Circle
Birmingham, AL 35213
Phone: (205) 478-9829
Email: kahughes73@gmail.com
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/sunil-kripalani-thumbnail.jpg)
Professor of Medicine
Director
Center for Health Services Research
Director
Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Suite 1200
2525 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 936-4875
Email: sunil.kripalani@vumc.org
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/cari-levy-thumbnail.jpg)
Goodstein Professor of Medicine
Division Head, Geriatric Medicine
Director, Multidisciplinary Center on Aging
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
6646 East 17th Ave
Denver, CO 80220
Phone: (303) 907-7132
Email: cari.levy@va.gov
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/makic-thumbnail.jpg)
Professor
College of Nursing
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Room C288-18
13120 East 19th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: (303) 724-8516
Mobile: (303) 564-5821
Email: marybeth.makic@cuanschutz.edu
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/millenson-thumbnail.jpg)
Michael L. Millenson
President
Health Quality Advisors, LLC
2735 Fort Sheridan Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone: (312) 952-1075
Email: michael@healthqualityadvisors.com
![](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/mario-molina-thumbnail.jpg)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Molina Healthcare
625 Fair Oaks Avenue
Suite 260
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Phone: (562) 221-5615
Email: drjmariomolina@gmail.com; mario.molina@molinainvest.com
![Elizabeth Mort, M.D., M.P.H.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/Mort_Elizabeth_0.jpg)
Former Senior Vice President, Quality and Safety
Primary Care Physician, Beacon Hill Primary Care
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Email: emort@partners.org
![Kannan Ramar](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/ramar-kannan_0.jpg)
Professor of Medicine, Chief Safety Officer and Assistant Dean
Clinical Learning Environment Optimization
School of Graduate Medical Education
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905-0001
Phone: (507) 284-2447
Email: ramar.kannan@mayo.edu
![Jeana A. Reyes](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/reyes-jeana_0.jpg)
Director, Clinical Transformation & Quality
Clinical Re-Engineering, Value-Based Programs
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
3 Penn Plaza East PP14S
Newark, NJ 07105-2200
Phone: (973) 466-6842
Email: jean_reyes@horizonblue.com
![Jiajie Zhang, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/zhang-jiajie_0.jpg)
Dean, Professor, and Glassell Family Foundation
Distinguished Chair in Informatics Excellence
School of Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
7000 Fannin Street, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 500-3922
Email: jiajie.zhang@uth.tmc.edu
* Member is serving in a representative capacity.
NAC Coordinators
Jaime Zimmerman, MPH, PMP
Designated Management Official
Phone: (301) 427-1456
Email: jaime.zimmerman@ahrq.hhs.gov
Amy Rabin
NAC Coordinator
Phone: (202) 486-3875
Email: amy.rabin@ahrq.hhs.gov