External Advisory Board Bios
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Christine K. Cassel, MD
David M. Chess, MD
Lena Chow Kuhar, MBA
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President and CEO American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and ABIM Foundation In July 2003, Dr. Cassel became the President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation after recently serving as the Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She is a leading expert in geriatric medicine, medical ethics, and quality of care. Among her many professional associations, she is currently Chair of the Greenwall Foundation, which supports work in bioethics; President of the American Federation for Aging Research; and Co-Chair for the Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century at the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Cassel is the chief editor of a seminal textbook, Geriatric Medicine, now in its fourth edition; and her new book, Older Americans and the Future of Medicare: The 21st Century. A member of the Institute of Medicine and the IOM Governing Council and the Association of American Physicians, Dr. Cassel was formerly Chair of the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, and professor of Geriatrics and Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, 1995-2001. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and completed her residency in internal medicine at Children's Hospital and the University of California at San Francisco, with subsequent fellowships in bioethics and geriatrics at UCSF and the University of Oregon. |
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CEO Dr. David Chess is a geriatrician, internist, and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience working to improve the quality and cost of the health care delivery system. As the founder and CEO of Enhanced Care Initiatives, Dr. Chess has focused on creating the most robust engines to drive health outcomes for our most costly and impaired populations. He also serves as President of Project Patient Care (PPC), a non-profit (501(c) 3 patient advocacy organization he founded in January 2000. PPC’s goal is to create a set of measures that help guide improvements to our healthcare system. Unbiased measures will be the engine and catalyst for better healthcare decision-making. In 2004, PPC was awarded a grant from the Connecticut Health Foundation to develop a Health Care Barometer for the State of Connecticut. Dr. Chess co-authored a paper with David Nash and his team at Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College entitled “Pharmacy Utilization and the Medicare Modernization Act” A Review of the Literature, published in the Millbank Quarterly in spring 2005. Dr. Chess received his Medical Degree from Creighton University School of Medicine, performed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and was Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Bridgeport Hospital. He is an Alpha Omega Alpha recipient, among numerous other academic achievements. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lena Chow is chairman and chief executive officer of JYT Health Media Corporation (Palo Alto, CA and Shanghai, China), a healthcare communication and information company in China. She is a strategist, marketer, communicator and entrepreneur with 20-plus years experience in biotechnology and healthcare. She founded Lena Chow Advertising, one of the top 50 U.S. healthcare agencies and a specialist in transformational products instrumental in shaping the future of biotechnology and healthcare. Euro RSCG Worldwide acquired the agency in 1999, and Lena Chow continued as president and later as chairman and chief strategic officer until the fall of 2003. During her tenure, the agency created markets, revitalized brands and increased sales for market leaders and new ventures alike. Lena Chow is a founder of Women In Biotechnology Foundation, a member of the Development Board of the Association of Friends of Institut Pasteur, Hong Kong, and a member of the Ethics Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association, Beijing, China. Lena Chow received her BS in chemistry from the University of Hong Kong and her MBA from Santa Clara University. She did graduate studies in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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