Expertise
The effectiveness of medical treatments in improving health;the economic and policy factors influencing medical treatment decisions and health outcomes;the impact of new technologies on public health and medical expenditures;and the relationship between health status and economic well-being.
Background
Past Positions
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2002-2004);FDA commissioner (2002–2004);Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and senior director for health care policy at the White House (2001–2002);Deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy (1998–1999)
Education
M.P.A., Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 1991;M.D., Harvard- MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 1992;Ph.D., MIT, 1993