Christoph U. Lehmann, MD, will serve as a committee expert on vulnerable populations. He is a professor in pediatrics and biomedical informatics at Nashville, Tenn-based Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Cerner Founder, Board Chairman and CEO Neal Patterson will serve as a committee health IT vendor. Mr. Patterson is also a former member of the RAND Health Advisory Board.
Kim Schofield will serve as a representative of consumers and patients on the committee. She serves as a Health Educator and Advocacy Chair for the Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America. Through her position with the Lupus Foundation of America, she acts as a liaison to the Georgia legislature.
“Nominations were submitted for a number of extremely well-qualified individuals, and I’m pleased the GAO had such a strong pool of candidates from which to select today’s appointees,” said Gene L. Dodaro, comptroller general of the U.S. and head of the GAO, in the news release.
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