The Ethical Force program® Oversight Body

The Ethical Force Program® Oversight Body is responsible for selecting topics for performance measure development as well as reviewing and approving all research programs and products. Oversight Body members have been selected to share their diverse perspectives on the health care delivery system, but at Oversight Body meetings each member is asked to set their "institutional hat" aside and participate in improving the health care system on behalf of everyone. Therefore, Oversight Body members are not official representatives of the organizations from which they have been drawn. Ethical Force Program® products should not be construed as official policy positions of these organizations.

Current members
(Organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only)

Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD (Founder)
The Buehler Center, Northwestern University

Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH (Executive Director)
The Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association

Paul M. Schyve, MD (Chair)
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization

Gail B. Agrawal, JD, MPH
University of Iowa College of Law

Raj Ambay, DDS, MD
American Medical Association

Ron Anderson, MD
Parkland Health and Hospital System

Laurie Badzek JD, LLM, RN
American Nurses Association

Larry S. Boress
Midwest Business Group on Health

Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM
GlaxoSmithKline

John R. Combes, MD
American Hospital Association

Susan Dorr Goold, MHSA, MA
AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

J. Michael Fitzmaurice, PhD, FACMI
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Marc D. Hiller, Dr PH
University of New Hampshire

Sharon King-Donohue, JD
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Mark Levine, MD
University of Colorado-Denver

Harold S. Luft, Ph.D
University of California, San Francisco

Edward L. Martinez, MS
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

Carol Matyka, MA
National Breast Cancer Coalition

Ruth M. Parker, MD
Emory University

Michael D. Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM
American College of Preventive Medicine

Mary A. Pittman, DrPH
Public Health Institute

Walter Talamonti, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Ford Motor Company

J. Russell Teagarden, MA, RPh
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

Past Ethical Force Oversight Body members
We are very grateful to the individuals listed here for contributing their time and experience to this effort.