Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
National Health Council
Washington, District of Columbia
Dr. Eleanor M. Perfetto was named Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the National Health Council (NHC) in July of 2015 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in January 2019. Made up of more than 120 national health-related organizations and businesses, the NHC is the only organization that brings together all segments of the health community to provide a united voice for the more than 160 million people in the U.S. with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers. Dr. Perfetto also holds a part-time faculty appointment at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy where she is Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Service Research. Her research and policy work primarily focus on patient engagement in health care, including comparative effectiveness and patient centered-outcomes research (CER-PCOR); medical product development; patient-reported outcome selection and development; value assessment; and health care quality. Dr. Perfetto holds BS and MS degrees in pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island, and a PhD from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health with concentrations in health policy and epidemiology.
Tuesday, March 26
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM