Technical Advisory Group

• Joseph W. Eschbach, MD
• University of Washington

• Alan E. Lichtin, MD
• Hematology/Oncology
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Co-Chair, ASH/ASCO Expert Panel on the Use of Erythropoietin

• Allen R. Nissenson, MD
• University of California in Los Angeles

• Earl Steinberg, MD, MPP
• Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services, Inc.

Task Order Officer

• Martin Erlichman, MS
• Center for Health Care Technology
• AHRQ

Health Care Financing Administration Liaison

• John Whyte, MD, MPH
• Medical Officer
• HCFA

External Expert Reviewers/Advisors

• John W. Adamson, MD
• Blood Research Institute

• Tom Anderson, MD
• Division of Hematology/Oncology
• Medical College of Wisconsin

• Barbara Alving, MD
• Director, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

• Hanan S. Bell, PhD
• Independent Consultant; formerly Clinical Policies Analyst/Co-Director
• American Academy of Family Physicians

• Allan J. Collins, MD, FACP
• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Division of Nephrology, University of Minnesota

• Helen Danko, MS, RN, CNN
• Winthrop Hospital, Minneola, New York

• Peter DeOreo, MD
• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
• Case Western Reserve University, Division of Nephrology
• University Hospitals of Cleveland

• Steve Fishbane, MD
• Director, Dialysis Services
• Winthrop University Hospital, Minneola, New York

• Thomas Golper, MD
• Professor of Medicine
• Division of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

• David Goodkin, MD
• Amgen, Inc.

• Lawrence Goodnough, MD
• Division of Laboratory Medicine
• Washington University

• Paul Kimmel, MD
• Nephrology Program Director
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institutes of Health

• Carolyn E. Latham, President
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association

• Glenn Ramsey, MD
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Blood Bank

• Mitchell Slavin, PharmD
• Ortho Biotech, Inc.

• Alice Thurston, Esq.
• Patient Advocate
• American Association of Kidney Patients

• Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA
• Johns Hopkins University
• School of Hygiene and Public Health

• Fernando Valderrabano, MD
• Chief, Department of Nephrology
• Hospital General Universitario
• Gregorio Maranon
• Madrid, Spain

• David van Wyck, MD
• Tucson, Arizona

• Sandra L. Watkins, MD
• Department of Pediatrics
• University of Washington Children's Hospital

• Jay Wish, MD
• Coordinator, Patient-based Program of Hemodialysis Services
• University Hospital, Division of Nephrology, Cleveland, Ohio

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Medical Advisory Panel

• Peter C. Albertsen, MD
• University of Connecticut Health Center
• Division of Urology

• James. O. Armitage, MD
• Internal Medicine
• University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Wade Aubry, MD (Chair)
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
• National Medical Consultant

• J. Lawrence Colley, MD
• Corporate Medical Director
• Trigon BlueCross BlueShield

• Helen Darling, MA
• Practice Leader, Group Benefits & Health Care
• Watson Wyatt & Company

• David M. Eddy, MD, PhD
• Kaiser Permanente
• Southern California Region
• Scientific Advisor for Health Policy and Management

• Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD
• Director, PCOR and CHP
• Stanford University

• Michael A. Hattwick, MD
• Woodburn Internal Medicine Associates, Ltd.

• I. Craig Henderson, MD
• University of California, San Francisco
• Professor of Medicine, Chief of Oncology

• Albert R. Jonsen, PhD
• University of Washington
• Department of Medical History and Ethics

• Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
• Children's Primary Care Research Group

• Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD
• Ridley-Watts Professor and Head of Health Care Policy
• Harvard Medical School

• Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD
• Department of Family Medicine
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

• Earl P. Steinberg, MD, MPP
• Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services, Inc.

• Clifford Waldman, MD
• Medical Director
• Anthem BlueCross & BlueShield

• Paul J. Wallace, MD
• Kaiser Permanente Northwest

• Les Zendle, MD
• Associate Medical Director
• Kaiser Permanente Southern California