DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance
Announces Changes to Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, D.C.—At its annual business meeting last week, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance approved 2007-2008 Board of Directors positions, including a new chair-elect and other key leadership slots.

At the meeting in Las Vegas, site of the 9th Annual DMAA Disease Management Leadership Forum, DMAA members approved Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA, as the organization’s chair-elect. Dr. Norman is Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Alere Medical Inc.

"I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute further to the expanding work of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance as Chair-Elect, working closely with current Chair William Popik, MD, other committed members of the Board of Directors and the talented association staff," Dr. Norman said. "It is a very exciting time for our evolving industry, and the myriad activities supporting the association’s new strategic plan and rebranding focus will benefit greatly from our new Board members’ perspectives, as well as continuity from our devoted incumbent members, with energetic leadership from the new DMAA officers."

In other Board officer changes approved at the Sept. 17 business meeting, Jan Berger, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Caremark Rx Inc., became DMAA treasurer, succeeding independent consultant Jaan Sidorov, MD; Christopher Coloian, Vice President, Health Advocacy Product, CIGNA HealthCare and Care Allies, became Government Affairs Committee chair, succeeding Dr. Berger; and Rose Maljanian, Vice President, Clinical Product Development, Magellan Health Services, became Quality and Research Committee chair, succeeding Dr. Norman.

DMAA added four new board members, including:

• D. W. Edington, PhD, Director, Health Management Research Center, University of Michigan.
• Patricia P. Mueller, MD, Head, Medical Operations, Aetna Inc.
• Jeremy J. Nobel, MD, MPH, faculty member, Harvard School of Public Health.
• Jerome V. Vaccaro, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer, APS Healthcare

The organization recognized the contributions of departing Board members, including:

• Sam Nussbaum, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Wellpoint.
• Christobel Selecky, immediate past-chair and LifeMasters Supported SelfCare CEO.
• Jaan Sidorov, MD, independent consultant and outgoing treasurer.
• Eileen Auen, of APS Healthcare
• Janet Wright, MD, Chair, Disease Management Committee, American College of Cardiology.
• Alex Rodriguez, MD, Medical Officer, Harmony Behavioral Health Inc., WellCare Health Plans Inc.

Current Board members continuing in their positions for the 2007-2008 term include:

• Chairman William C. Popik, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare Inc.
• At-Large Member Jack Mahoney, MD, Strategic Health Initiatives Director, Pitney Bowes Inc.
• Secretary Paul Wallace, MD, Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente
• Jeffrey Gruen, MD, President, CARE Division, Revolution Health Group
• Jeffrey Levin-Scherz, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Harvard Vanguard
• Emad Rizk, MD, President, McKesson Health Solutions
• George Bennett, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Health Dialog
• Donald W. Fisher, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group Association
• Sue Jennings, PhD, independent health care consultant
• Harlan Levine, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, UnitedHealth Group, Specialized Care Services
• Ken McDonough, MD, Medical Director, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
• David B. Nash, MD, Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy Chair, Jefferson Medical College
• James Pope, MD, Chief Operating Officer, Healthways Inc.
• Susan B. Riley
• Tehseen Salimi, MD, Medical Director, Managed Care, sanofi-aventis
• John Sory, Vice President, Pfizer Inc.

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About DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance
DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance convenes all stakeholders providing services along the care continuum toward the goal of population health improvement. These care continuum services include strategies such as health and wellness promotion, disease management and care coordination. DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance promotes the role of population health improvement in raising the quality of care, improving health outcomes and reducing preventable health care costs for people with chronic conditions and those at risk for developing chronic conditions. DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance represents more than 200 corporate and individual stakeholders, including health plans, disease management organizations, health information technology innovators, employers, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals and researchers and academicians.