Action Collaborative Members

Steering Committee 

The Steering Committee provides guidance and strategic direction for the Action Collaborative and oversees the activities of the working groups.

• Victor Dzau, MD, Chair | National Academy of Medicine
• Ruth Katz, JD, MPH, Co-Chair | Aspen Institute
• ADM Rachel Levine, MD, Co-Chair | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Richard Migliori, MD, Co-Chair | UnitedHealth Group
• Carlos Blanco, MD, PhD | National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP | Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN | American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Humayun “Hank” J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP | Federation of State Medical Boards
• Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA | Addiction Crisis Solutions
• Helena Hansen, MD, PhD | University of California, Los Angeles
• Eric Holmboe, MD, MACP, FRCP | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 
• Jan Losby, PhD, MSW | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Alonzo L. Plough, PhD, MPH | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Steve Singer, PhD | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

Persons with Lived Experience Advisory Group

The Persons with Lived Experience Advisory Group was assembled to ensure that the work of the Action Collaborative is inclusive of patients, their families, friends, and caregivers, and informed by their experiences. Advisory group members review and inform the work products of the Action Collaborative, and provide input on the broader priorities of the Action Collaborative.

• Penney Cowan | American Chronic Pain Association
• Rodrigo Garcia | Parkdale Center
• Cortney Lovell | National Council for Mental Wellbeing
• Joy Rucker | Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (previously)
• Daniel Sledge | Round Rock Fire Department
• Edna Boone | Health Information Technology Subject Matter Expert
• Joycelyn Woods | NAMA Recovery

Health Professional Education and Training Working Group

The Health Professional Education and Training Working Group is focused on creating a coordinated, interprofessional, patient- and family-centered framework for the continuum of health professional education that addresses acute and chronic pain management and substance use.

• • Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Working Group Co-Lead | American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • Eric Holmboe, MD, MACP, FRCP, Working Group Co-Lead | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  • Steve Singer, PhD, Working Group Co-Lead | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  • Mitra Ahadpour, MD, DABM | U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Timothy K. Brennan, MD, MPH | American Board of Addiction Medicine
  • Theresa M. Campo, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, FAANP, FAAN | American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • Lemrey “Al” Carter, PharmD, MS, RPh | National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
  • Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD | American Academy of Pain Medicine
  • Davoren Chick, MD, FACP | American College of Physicians
  • Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, FACP | Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • James Gifford, MD, FACP | Federation of State Medical Boards
  • R. Sterling Haring, DO, MPH | American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Lisa Howley, PhD, MEd | Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Margaret A. E. Jarvis, MD, DFASM | Geisinger Health System 
  • Beverley H. Johnson, BSN, FAAN | Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
  • Cynthia Leaver, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP | American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  • Roneet Lev, MD | Scripps Mercy Hospital
  • Lucinda Maine, PhD, RPh | American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (previously)
  • Ray Mitchell, MD, MBA | Georgetown University and Liaison Committee on Medical Education
  • Daniel Pace, BS, CCMEP | American Academy of Physician Assistants
  • Joy Rucker | Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (previously)
  • Margot Savoy, MD, MPH, FAAFP | American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Daniel Sledge | Round Rock Fire Department
    

Pain Management Guidelines and Evidence Standards Working Group

The Pain Management Guidelines and Evidence Standards Working Group is focused on highlighting and advancing opportunities to strengthen critical aspects of pain management, including patient-centered and evidence-based tapering guidance, multidisciplinary pain management approaches, and judiciously implementing pain guidelines into practice.

• Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Working Group Co-Lead | Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• Jan Losby, PhD, MSW, Working Group Co-Lead | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Rebecca Baker, PhD | National Institutes of Health
• Felicia Bloom, MHS | American Dental Association
• Anne L. Burns, BSPharm, RPh | American Pharmacists Association
• Roger Chou, MD | Oregon Health and Science University
• Penney Cowan | American Chronic Pain Association
• Anna Dopp, PharmD | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Kyle P. Edmonds, MD, FAAHPM | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Mary R. Grealy, JD | Healthcare Leadership Council
• Nicole Harrington | CVS Health
• Lisa Hines, PharmD | Pharmacy Quality Alliance
• Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP | Optum
• Roneet Lev, MD | Scripps Mercy Hospital
• Lewis Levy, MD, FACP | Teladoc Health
• Shari Ling, MD | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Robert “Chuck” Rich, Jr., MD, FAAFP | Bladen Medical Associates & Campbell University
• Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Michael Schlosser, MD, MBA | HCA Healthcare
• Bob Twillman, PhD | Integrative Health Policy Consortium
• Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP | American College of Emergency Physicians

Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Working Group 

The Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Working Group is focused on accelerating the curation and dissemination of best practices and integrated approaches to prevention, treatment, and recovery services for opioid use disorder, with guidance for how to implement, scale, and sustain them.

• Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, Working Group Co-Lead | University of California, Los Angeles
• Alonzo Plough, PhD, MPH, Working Group Co-Lead | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA | American Hospital Association
• Rhonda Robinson Beale, MD | UnitedHealth Group
• Kate Berry, MA | America’s Health Insurance Plans
• Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA, FACP | University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
• Carlos Blanco, MD, PhD | National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Richard Bonnie, LLB | University of Virginia
• Edna Boone, MA | Health Information Technology Subject Matter Expert
• Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA | Addiction Crisis Solutions
• Beth Connolly, BSW, MPA | Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Anna Dopp, PharmD | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Zina Gontscharow, MPP | American Nurses Association
• Jennie Jarrett, PharmD, BCPS, MMedEd, FCCP | American Medical Association
• Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, MPH | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Kelly King, PhD, MPH | American Institutes for Research
• Roneet Lev, MD | Scripps Mercy Hospital
• Cortney Lovell | National Council for Mental Wellbeing
• Bertha K. Madras, PhD | McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Bobby Mukkamala, MD | American Medical Association
• Andrey Ostrovsky, MD | Social Innovation Ventures
• Carter Roeber, PhD | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH | University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Joshua Sharfstein, MD | John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Matthew Stefanko | MANUAL
• Zac Talbott, MSW, LADAC, ICAADC, ICCS | NAMA Recovery
• Stephen Taylor, MD, MPH, DFASM | American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM | BrightView Health
• Sarah Wattenberg, MSW | National Association for Behavioral Healthcare
  

Research, Data, and Metrics Needs Working Group

The Research, Data, and Metrics Needs Working Group is focused on creating a comprehensive research agenda that collates and prioritizes critical evidence gaps, research questions, and data and metrics needs.

• Carlos Blanco, MD, PhD, Working Group Co-Lead | National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA, Working Group Co-Lead | Addiction Crisis Solutions
• Rebecca Baker, PhD | National Institutes of Health
• Richard Bonnie, LLB | University of Virginia
• Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN | American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Humayun “Hank” J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP | Federation of State Medical Boards
• Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD | American Academy of Pain Medicine
• Kyle P. Edmonds, MD, FAAHPM | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• James Gifford, MD, FACP | Federation of State Medical Boards
• Nicole Harrington | CVS Health
• Lisa Hines, PharmD | Pharmacy Quality Alliance
• Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, MPH | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Kelly King, PhD, MPH | American Institutes for Research
• Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP | Optum
• Bertha K. Madras, PhD | McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Ray Mitchell, MD, MBA | Georgetown University and Liaison Committee on Medical Education 
• Robert “Chuck” Rich, Jr., MD, FAAFP | Bladen Medical Associates & Campbell University
• Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Steve Singer, PhD | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

The Action Collaborative serves as a neutral platform through which to facilitate dialog and discussion among representatives from multiple sectors around topics of mutual interest and concern. Individual participating members of the Opioid Action Collaborative have disclosed any perceived or actual interests (financial, organizational, professional, or personal in nature) relevant to the activities of the Action Collaborative. Summaries of relevant interests reported can be found here.

A full list of our member organizations can be found here. 

For more information, please contact OpioidCollaborative@nas.edu