The U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc., International Advisory Board is chaired by Ron Loeppke, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM, Vice Chairman of U.S. Preventive Medicine and David Nash, MD, MBA, founding Dean and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.

USPM International Advisory Board
The nation's experts in preventive health and productivity speak about the power of prevention to improve health and lower costs
(length: 4 min)

The International Advisory Board is comprised of leading researchers, physicians and executives in the field of prevention, and health and productivity management, with the purpose of advancing evidence-based prevention in health care. 

Ronald Loeppke, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Co-Chairman


Dr. Ron Loeppke is Vice-Chairman of U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. He is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine; Fellowship trained in Occupational Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the American College of Preventive Medicine, (ACPM). He is a member of the Board of Directors of ACOEM and the Co-Chairman of the ACOEM Section on Health and Productivity. 

Dr. Loeppke has over 20 years of clinical and physician executive experience in the Occupational Health, Preventive Medicine and Medical Management arenas. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters relating to health and productivity, occupational health, managed care, quality care improvement, adoption of evidence based medicine, employer health initiatives, consumer driven healthcare, preventive medicine and innovative models for the business of healthcare. 


David Nash, MD, MBA
Co-Chairman


Dr. David Nash is the Founding Dean and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the
Jefferson School of Population Health (JSPH) of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development and quality-of-care improvement.  Repeatedly named to the Modern Healthcare list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope.  He serves as Chair of a National Quality Forum Technical Advisory Panel; is a member of the Board of Directors of the DMAA:  The Care Continuum Alliance and the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Institute; and was recently appointed to the ACP Clinical Guidelines Project.  Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American College of Physician Executives in Tampa, Florida, and is the developer of the ACPE Capstone Course on Quality. 

 
ADVISORS

George K. Anderson, MD, MPH, FACPM
Major General, USAF, MC (retired)
Executive Director
The Society of the Federal Health Agencies

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward CB
Chair, Public Health Wales and Director,
Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research

Catherine M. Baase, MD
Global Director, Health Services
The Dow Chemical Company

Wayne N. Burton, MD
Adjunct Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago

Robert N. Butler, MD
President & CEO
International Longevity Center – USA

Mike Critelli
Retired Executive Chairman
Pitney Bowes

Dee W. Edington, PhD
Director
Health Management Research Center
University of Michigan

Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD
Institute for Health and Productivity Studies
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research
Thomson Reuters

Sandra Gibson Hassink, MD
Director, The Nemours Pediatric Obesity Initiative
A.I. DuPont Hospital

Pamela A. Hymel, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Senior Director, Integrated Health
Corporate Medical Director
Cisco Systems

Ronald C. Kessler, PhD
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

M. Akram Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
President
The Center for Preventive Medicine™ North Texas;
Cardiac Center of Texas, P.A.

Professor Jaspal S. Kooner, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Head of Clinical Cardiology and
Consultant Cardiologist
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

John J. (Jack) Mahoney, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Center for Health Value Innovation

Chris McSwain
Director, Global Benefits
Whirlpool Corporation

Cyndy Nayer, MA
President / CEO
Center for Health Value Innovation

Sean Nicholson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Policy Analysis and Management at
Cornell University

S. Jay Olshansky, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health
The Population Research Center

Thomas Parry, PhD
President
Integrated Benefits Institute

Andrew Webber
President & CEO
National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)