The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification Program is designed to evaluate disease management and chronic care services. To achieve certification, Primary Stroke Centers must collect and report data on standardized performance measures. The measures are regularly reviewed by the Disease-Specific Care Stroke Performance Measure Advisory Panel, which is convened to provide advice on stroke measure development and modification. Members include:
Robert J. Adams, M.D., M.S. (co-facilitator)
Professor of neuroscience
University Eminent Scholar
Director, South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence
Director, Stroke Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C.
Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D. (co-facilitator)
Executive vice president for Quality Measurement and Research
The Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
Mark Alberts, M.D.
Professor of neurology
Director, Stroke Program
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Ill.
Pamela W. Duncan, Ph.D., FAPTA
Professor, Department of Health Services Administration
College of Health Professions
University of Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
Mary G. George, M.D., M.S.P.H., FACS
Medical officer
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Ga.
Tammy Gregory
Director of strategic alliances
American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas
Judith Hinchey, M.D.
Assistant professor, Division of Clinical Care Research
New England Medical Center
Boston, Mass.
Karen Johnston, M.D.
Associate professor of neurology and health evaluation sciences
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Va.
Timothy F. Kresowik, M.D.
Department of Surgery
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
David Matcher, M.D.
Director and professor of medicine
Duke Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
Durham, N.C.
David Nilasena, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S.
Medical officer
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dallas, Texas
Marilyn N. Rymer, M.D.
Medical director
Mid America Brain and Stroke Institute
Saint Luke's Hospital Stroke Center
Kansas City, Mo.
Lee H. Schwamm, M.D.
Assistant professor of neurology
Harvard Medical School
Department of Neurology
Chair, Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) National Steering Committee
Director, TeleStroke and Acute Stroke Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Mass.
Richard D. Zorowitz, M.D.
Associate professor and chairman
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Md.