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Pilot Program
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Health IT and How it Impacts the Quality of Health Care in America |
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Meet the Panel
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Carolyn Clancy, M.D.
Director
AHRQ
Full Bio
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Alan G. Merten, Ph.D.
President
George Mason University
Full Bio
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Alison Rein
Former Assistant Director Food and Health Policy
National Consumers League
Full Bio
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Gregory Bentz, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
INOVA Loudon Hospital
Full Bio
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Theresa M. Davis, R.N., M.S.N.
Operations Director/Patient Care Director eICU
INOVA Health System
Full Bio
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Gregg Meyer, M.D., M.Sc.
Senior VP for Quality and Patient Safety
Massachusetts General Hospital
Full Bio
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Robert M. Kolodner, M.D.
National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
Full Bio
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Dave deBronkart
PatientSite System User
Patient at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Full Bio
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Steven E. Wojcik
Vice President, Public Policy
National Business Group on Health
Full Bio
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Deven McGraw
Chief Operating Officer
National Partnership for Women & Families
Full Bio
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Geoffrey Brown, Ph.D.
Sr. VP/Chief Information Officer IT
INOVA Health System
Full Bio
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Alan G. Merten, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
President
George Mason University
The reputation of George Mason University (GMU) as a progressive, innovative
institution of higher learning has continued to gain in strength and scope
under the presidency of Alan G. Merten, Ph.D. Since becoming the university’s
fifth president in July 1996, GMU has gained national and international acclaim
for a number of significant initiatives and achievements ranging from the
completion of its first-ever capital campaign and becoming the first university
to host the World Congress on Information Technology to being named among the
“most wired” universities in the United States and dramatically increasing its
basic and applied research activities.
During Dr. Merten’s tenure as GMU’s president, the university has become the
fastest growing university in Virginia, with student enrollment climbing from
24,000 in 1996 to over 29,000 today. The quality of GMU’s students at all
levels has increased dramatically during this time. Coinciding with this growth
is the emergence of GMU as a vital center of cultural, academic, and athletic
activity for the entire Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C. region.
Prior to coming to GMU, Dr. Merten was the dean of the Johnson Graduate School
of Management of Cornell University from 1989 to1996. He was dean of the
College of Business Administration at the University of Florida from 1986-1989,
where he also served as a professor of information systems. From 1970 to 1986,
he was at the University of Michigan, first as an assistant professor of
industrial and operations engineering. Dr. Merten rose to the rank of associate
dean in the School of Business Administration where he was responsible for
executive education and computing services.
He has held academic appointments in both engineering and business, and
academic and business positions in Hungary and France. Throughout his career,
he has served on business and government councils and committees, holding
several leadership roles. Dr. Merten was chair of the National Research
Council’s Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology. He serves on
the Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Center for
Innovative Technology, INOVA Health Systems, Northern Virginia Technology
Council, a real estate investment trust and a mutual fund trust. He was a
member of the Virginia Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education.
Dr. Merten has been recognized for his contributions to the Northern Virginia
technology community, and as a leader of the Greater Washington, D.C. business
community. He has also been recognized for promoting volunteerism and service
to the community, and for his contributions to the use of information
technology in the federal government. Dr. Merten has an undergraduate degree in
mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree in computer
science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from
Wisconsin. He and his wife, Sally, have two children and two grandsons.
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