Health experts available to discuss health care reform

Johns Hopkins Medicine has experts available for interviews about health care reform.

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE HEALTH CARE REFORM EXPERTS

Edward D. Miller, M.D.
Dean/CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Areas of expertise: effect of health care reform on academic medical centers; health care delivery systems; health care innovation zones

Edward D. Miller was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997.

Under his aegis, both The Johns Hopkins Hospital and school of medicine continue to be ranked among the very best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, and the school continues to rank tops in National Institutes of Health research funding. As part of Dr. Miller's vision to improve access to Johns Hopkins Medicine through the development of a regional, integrated health care delivery system, Howard County General Hospital, strategically located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and Suburban Hospital, located in Bethesda, Md., were acquired and integrated into Johns Hopkins Medicine. In addition, several highly successful suburban outpatient centers were constructed and strategic affiliations were formed with other area hospitals. Dr. Miller also greatly broadened Johns Hopkins Medicine's presence outside the United States with the creation of Johns Hopkins International, forging links with governments, health care consortia, physician groups and academic institutions in more than 40 countries.

Ronald R. Peterson
President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Areas of expertise: effect of health care reform on hospital industry; hospital financial administration; managed care models

Ronald R. Peterson is president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine—the umbrella organization uniting the health system and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As president of the health system, he provides senior oversight for Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Howard County General Hospital. He also serves as chairman of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, which provides ambulatory care at 18 centers throughout Maryland, and as a trustee of the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group.

In 1982, Mr. Peterson began transforming the financially troubled Baltimore City Hospitals into what is now known as Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, directing a $100 million physical redevelopment program and turning a $7 million a year loss under city ownership into a positive bottom line averaging $5 million a year. He served as president of the medical center from 1984 to 1999.

In 1995, Mr. Peterson was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Johns Hopkins Health System. He was named acting president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System in September 1996, positions that were made permanent in December 1996 and February 1997, respectively.

Chi Van Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Area of expertise: effect of health care reform on biomedical research
A professor of medicine, pathology, oncology and cell biology with a joint appointment in molecular biology and genetics, Chi Van Dang oversees Johns Hopkins' Institute for Cell Engineering. Before signing on as vice dean for research, he was director of the Johns Hopkins Division of Hematology and deputy director for research for the Department of Medicine. The inaugural recipient of the Johns Hopkins Family Professorship in Oncology Research, Dr. Dang is senior editor of Cancer Research and serves on the editorial boards of Current Cancer Therapy Reviews, Drug Discovery Today, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Molecular Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Neoplasia.

David G. Nichols, M.D.
Vice Dean for Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Area of expertise: effect of health care reform on medical education
As vice dean for education, David G. Nichols oversees undergraduate, graduate, residency, postdoctoral and continuing medical education at the school of medicine. The Mary Wallace Stanton Professor and and a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and pediatrics, he is the editor in chief of the leading textbooks in pediatric critical care medicine, including Rogers Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care and Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children.

Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care
Areas of expertise: health care reform and patient safety
An anesthesiologist and critical care physician, teacher, researcher and international patient safety leader, Peter J. Pronovost is the author of more than 270 articles and book chapters on patient safety, quality health care and evidence-based medicine. In 2003, he established the Quality and Safety Research Group to advance the science of safety, and he is leading World Health Organization efforts to improve patient safety measurement, evaluation and leadership capacity globally..A professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, he holds a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management.

Dr. Pronovost has won several national awards for his research, including the 2004 John Eisenberg Patient Safety Research Award. In 2008, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, known popularly as the "genius grant." Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 "most influential people" in 2008 for his work in patient safety.

Patricia M.C. Brown, Esq.
President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC; Senior Counsel, Johns Hopkins Health System
Areas of expertise: health care reform and managed care, health insurance programs
As president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC, a managed care organization owned by the Johns Hopkins Health System and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Patricia Brown is responsible for the administration of all Johns Hopkins managed care products for 200,000 individuals enrolled in self-funded employer, Medicaid and Department of Defense health benefit plans. She is also responsible for integrating and coordinating managed care contracting and payer and market strategy for all Johns Hopkins Medicine entities, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital, Suburban Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. As senior counsel for the Johns Hopkins Health System, she provides legal advice in the areas of managed care and regulatory compliance.

Before joining Johns Hopkins in 1994, Ms. Brown was an assistant attorney general with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, serving as counsel to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission and the Maryland Board of Dental Examiners. She chairs the board of Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients, a consortium of health care systems committed to developing a health care information exchange in the region.

Daniel E. Ford, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: health care reform and clinical research
Daniel E. Ford, is the David M. Levine Professor in the Department of Medicine and holds joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

William A. Baumgartner, M.D.
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: health care reform and phyisican practice and reimbursement
The Vincent L. Gott Professor of Cardiac Surgery, William A. Baumgartner is director of the Surgical Research Laboratory and president of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Practice Association, a group practice of over 1,700 full-time faculty members who provide medical care to patients. In this role, he is responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the clinical and administrative activities of the association. Dr. Baumgartner is co-leader of a committee that was formed to identify and prepare Johns Hopkins Medicine for the potential effects of health care reform.

Richard A. Grossi, M.B.A.
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Area of expertise: health care system financial management
An expert in financial management and strategy; planning and operation of university- and hospital-based clinical practice; facilities design, construction, and management; and real estate syndication. Mr. Grossi has been at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1978. He previously held senior-level financial positions in several major health care systems and hospitals, including St. Johns Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, the Medical Group at the University of Connecticut and the Medical Group at Wright State University in Ohio.

Stuart Erdman
Assistant Treasurer and Senior Director of Finance, Johns Hopkins Health System
Areas of expertise: hospital, health care system finances, Medicare/Medicaid reporting, Health Services Cost Review Commission (Maryland)
A certified public accountant, Stuart Erdman is responsible for arranging long-term capital financing cash management, and for managing the hospital rate-setting function with the Health Services Cost Review Commission and for assuring compliance with Medicare and Medicaid reporting requirements. He also serves on the Finance Committee and technical committees of the Maryland Hospital Association. In 1982, he was president of the Maryland chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association and is currently an active advanced member.