ICER Appoints New Members to Independent Councils

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced new appointments to each of its three independence evidence appraisal councils.

ICER appointed the following individuals:

CTAF

• Afsaneh Barzi, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor of Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Kathryn A. Philips, PhD
  Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research; Director and Founder, UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine; Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy/School of Pharmacy, UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies and UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Joanna Smith, LCSW, MPH, CHA
  Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Liaison, Inc.
• Anthony Sowry, BA
  Patient Advocate and Lead Volunteer, California, National Patient Advocate Foundation; Senior Vice President, Maritime Container Shipping (Retired)

Midwest CEPAC

• Alan Balch, PhD
  Chief Executive Officer, Patient Advocate Foundation, National Patient Advocate Foundation
• Angela Brown, MPH
  Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis Regional Health Commission (RHC)
• Bradley Martin, PharmD, PhD
  Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy
• Yngve Falck-Ytter, MD, AGAF
  Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland

New England CEPAC

• Kelly Buckland, MS
  Executive Director, National Council on Independent Living
• Megan Golden, JD
  Co-Director, Mission:Cure
• Tara Lavelle, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Center
• Rebecca Kirch, JD
  Executive Vice President, Health Care Quality and Value, National Patient Advocate Foundation

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