Kenneth B. Chance, D.D.S.
Work:
Federal Relations Advisor
Office of Government and Public Affairs
Associate Professor and Acting Chair
Department of Endodontics
Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Urban Resource Development
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Dental School
110 Bergen Street
Newark, New Jersey 07103-2425
(201) 982-3434
FAX (201) 982-3689
Home:
619 Colonial Boulevard
Westwood, New Jersey 07675
(201) 722-1264
FAX (201) 982-3689
Education:
B.S., Fordham University
D.D.S., Case Western Reserve University Dental School
Expertise:
Health policy (federal level)
Community health programs
Dental education and training
Robert G. Frank, Ph.D.
Work:
Dean, College of Health Related Professions
University of Florida
Health Science Center
P.O. Box 100185
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0185
(904) 392-0517
FAX (904) 392-6529
INTERNET: rfrank.hrp@mail.health.ufl.edu
Home:
6215 Northwest 56th Lane
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Education:
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1979
Expertise:
Clinical health psychology and neuropsychology
Health care financing
State health care reform
Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Work:
Assistant Chancellor for Health Policy
Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Program
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
(508) 856-3957
FAX (508) 856-1680
INTERNET: jhimmels@umassmed.ummed.edu
Home:
20 Berwick Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01602
(508) 798-0282
Education:
M.D., University of Maryland, 1978
M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, 1981
Expertise:
Workers compensation and health care reform
Occupational health policy and outcome studies
Integrating state and federal reforms
Philip J. Hofschire, M.D.
Work:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Great Plains Physician Group
4350 Dewey Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68103
(402) 552-3093
FAX (402) 552-3032
INTERNET: 76215.742 @ compuserve.com
Home:
2024 South 86th Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68124
(402) 393-1831
Education:
M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center
Expertise:
Pediatric cardiology
Integrated health care systems
Irwin R. Merkatz, M.D.
Work:
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Vice President for Clinical Affiliations
Montefiore Medical Center
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Room 502
Bronx, New York 10461
(718) 430-4192
FAX (718) 931-6670
Home:
89 Greenhaven Road
Rye, New York 10580
(914) 381-4449
Education:
M.D., Cornell University Medical College
Expertise:
Perinatology
Charles L. Rice, M.D.
Work:
Senior Associate Dean
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
1819 W. Polk Street (M/C784)
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7332
(312) 996-4496
FAX (312) 996-9006
INTERNET: clrice@uic.edu
Home:
1956 N. Maud Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
(312) 348-7055
FAX: Same
Education:
M.D., Medical College of Georgia
Expertise:
Trauma/critical care
Graduate medical education
Academic medical centers
Steven P. Ringel, M.D.
Work:
Professor of Neurology
Director, Office of Clinical Practice
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 East Ninth Avenue, Box B 185
Denver, Colorado 80262
(303) 270-7221
FAX (303) 270-6796
INTERNET: ringel-s@oberon.hsc.colorado.edu
Home:
1970 Holly Street
Denver, Colorado 80220
(303) 393-1463
FAX: Same
Education:
M.D., University of Michigan
Expertise:
Clinical resource management in medicine
U.S. neurological practice, education, and research priorities
Neuromuscular disorders: management and investigation