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North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (jcrawford1@nshs.edu)

James Crawford, MD, PhD, is chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and senior vice President for laboratory services, in the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.  This integrated 15-hospital system serves the Long Island, Queens, and Staten Island portion of the greater New York metropolitan area.  For that purpose, Crawford is also professor and founding chair of the Department of Pathology for the new Hofstra University School of Medicine, slated for matriculating its first students in July 2011.

Crawford earned his bachelors degree from Dartmouth College and his medical and PhD degrees from Duke University. After interning in pathology at Duke University Medical Center he trained as an anatomic pathology resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, including a fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology; he also served as a Liver Pathology Research Fellow at the Royal Free Hospital in London.  He has served as a faculty member in the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was associate professor and director of the Program in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine, and served as professor and chair of the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Crawford is well known as a liver pathologist and for his research in hepatobiliary pathophysiology.  In more recent years he has served as e-Editor-in-chief of Laboratory Investigation, president of the Association of Pathology Chairs, and chair of the Board of Directors for the College of American Pathologists’ Political Action Committee.  He is currently chair-elect of the Council of Academic Societies of the Association of American Colleges, and is a member of the AAMC Board of Directors

McKesson Corporation (david.nace@mckesson.com) 

David K Nace, M.D. serves as vice president and medical director of clinical development of McKesson Corporation, one of the world’s largest health care services and information technology companies. Prior to his current role, Nace served as senior vice president and corporate medical director with United Health Group,  vice president and chief medical officer  with  the Aetna Corporation , and founding principle of Health Strategy Solutions, LLC – a benefits consulting firm serving large employers.  He has also held medical directorships in a variety of academic and community health care organizations, as well as a privately owned EAP company.

Nace has played a leadership role in health care and health care financing strategies in the US since the early 1990s.  He has served as a consultant for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics/Wharton School of Business, and the United Nations Business Council.  He has also served as an advisor to the World Federation on Mental Health, the World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization on issues from health promotion and wellness to employer policy and health care financing issues, and has frequently called on as a consultant to members of the Medical Advisory Council of the Occupational Review Committee.

(cnohrden@hughes.net)

Christopher ("Chris") Nohrden is an IBM retiree.  His previous position in IBM's Healthcare & Life Sciences organization involved strategic business development initiatives for health information technology. In his 29-year career with IBM, Nohrden worked in diverse areas of the company's global occupational health and safety endeavors, including assignments in Latin America and Asia Pacific operations. He holds professional certifications in the fields of industrial hygiene and safety engineering. He helped lead the team that developed IBM's innovative well-being and health benefits knowledge management portal. He is a former nurse and paramedic and served as a Navy Hospital Corpsman during the Vietnam era.