FORA.tv Speaker - Mark B. McClellan

In July 2007, Dr. Mark B. McClellan, Senior Fellow, became the Director of the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform at the Brookings Institution. In addition, Dr. McClellan is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies. Dr. McClellan previously served as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (2002-2004) and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2004-2006). He also served as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and senior director for health care policy at the White House (2001–2002). In these positions, he developed and implemented major reforms in health policy, including the development of the FDA’s Critical Path initiative, regulatory reforms to modernize pharmaceutical manufacturing and efficient risk-management methods to better address safety issues.