AcademyHealth would like to thank all members of the Advisory Committee to the 2009 National Health Policy Conference. It is because of their insights and contributions that we are able to provide you with a conference that examines the most important issues in health policy today. The members of our Advisory Committee are:

Joseph Antos
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy
American Enterprise Institute

David Blumenthal
Director
Institute for Health Policy
Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen Davis
President
The Commonwealth Fund

Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief
Health Affairs

Robert Galvin
Director of Global Health Care
General Electric Company

W. David Helms
AcademyHealth
President and CEO

Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Senior Policy Advisor
John McCain 2008

Andrew Hyman
Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Charles Kahn III
President
Federation of American Hospitals 

Jeanne Lambrew
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin

Robert Reischauer
President
The Urban Institute

Leonard Schaeffer
Chairman, Surgical Care Affiliates
Senior Advisor, TPG Capital

Ian Spatz
Vice President of Public Policy
Merck and Company

Gail Wilensky
Senior Fellow
Project HOPE