Meet the Board

Prescription board Chair: Van T. Mitchell

Van T. Mitchell, Chair

Van Mitchell is the Chair of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. He previously served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health from 2015 through 2016, and as the Principal Deputy Secretary from 2004 through 2007. He also served as a Member of the House of Delegates from January 1995 through September 2004, where he sat on both the Economic Matters and Appropriations Committees.

Prescription board Member: Gerard Anderson, PhD

Gerard Anderson, PhD, Member

Gerard Anderson is a professor of health policy and management and professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management. Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Anderson held various positions in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he helped to develop Medicare prospective payment legislation.

Prescription board Member: Joseph Levy, PhD

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Member

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, is a well known health policy leader, practitioner and administrator. He currently serves as the executive director of the American Public Health Association, the nation's oldest and largest organization of public health professionals. He is also a former secretary of Health for the state of Maryland. Dr. Benjamin is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a fellow emeritus of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Prescription board Member: Eberechukwu Onukwugha, MS, PhD

Julia F. Slejko, PhD, Member

Dr. Julia F. Slejko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR) at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and is Co-Director of the Patient-Driven Values in Healthcare Evaluation (PAVE) Center and Director of the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Graduate Program. As a health economics and outcomes researcher, Dr. Slejko has expertise in real-world and patient-informed methods and data sources for value assessment.

Prescription board Member: Stephen Rockower, MD, FAAOS

Stephen Rockower, MD, FAAOS, Member

Dr. Rockower is a retired Orthopaedic Surgeon in Montgomery County. In his 40 years of practice, he has been President of the Montgomery County Medical Society, MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, and a Delegate to the American Medical Association. He has worked at all levels of medical and hospital organizations, and continues to see patients at a free clinic in Rockville. Dr. Rockower previously served on the PDAB Stakeholder Council representing physicians. He is also a volunteer guide at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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