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 & Medicaid Services; Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and Senior Director for health care policy at the White House; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for economic policy
Education
MD, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences; PhD, MIT; MPA, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; BA/BS, University of Texas, Austin