Harris A. Berman, MD, is Dean of Public Health and Professional Degree Programs and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to joining the medical school, Dr. Berman served as chief executive officer of Tufts Health Plan for 17 years, a position he retired from in June 2003. Tufts Health Plan, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a leading non-profit managed care company in New England. During Dr. Berman's leadership as CEO, the health plan grew from 60,000 to more than 1,000,000 members.

Before joining Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Berman co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan in Nashua, NH, one of the first HMOs in New England. He served initially as the HMO's medical director beginning in 1971, then as its executive director. In 1995 he co-founded Tufts Health Care Institute, and he continues to serve as the Institute's Co-Chairman. He also serves as chairman of the Bank of America Celebrity Series of Boston, and as a board member of the National Quality Forum, and the Tufts-New England Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Berman has international experience as a Peace Corps physician and a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development in several countries.

A graduate of Harvard College, Dr. Berman received his medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, followed by residency training at the Harvard Medical Service of Boston City Hospital and New England Medical Center and an Infectious Disease fellowship at New England Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and holds the Morton A. Madoff Professorship in Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine.

James Roosevelt, Jr. is President and CEO of Tufts Health Plan, Waltham, MA. He is Co-Chairman of Tufts Health Care Institute and Past President of the American Health Lawyers Association. He is also chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and co-chair of the Rules and By-laws Committee of the Democratic National Committee. He was Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy of the Social Security Administration and a partner in Choate, Hall 7 Stewart in Boston.

He is a frequent lecturer and author on legal and public policy topics and he is Clinical Instructor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2003, earned his JD in 1971 from Harvard Law School and his AB from Harvard College in 1968. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and the US Supreme Court.

Medical Director, Care Management, Tufts Health Plan

Dr. LoNigro joined Tufts Health Plan in 2000 as Medical Director for Commercial Care Management. He works closely with the Pharmacy Department to oversee the activities and management of high-cost injectable products and the conditions they treat, supporting relationships with PBM, SPP, and Rare Disease Management vendors. His time is additionally shared between the active growth, development, implementation and evaluation of programs across the Care Management, Case/Utilization Management, and High Intensity/Complex/Specialty Care Management.

As a provider, Dr. LoNigro has a combined 16 years of individual and group practice experience as a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician in both the Los Angeles and Boston Managed Care markets. In 1996 he co-founded the Primary Care, LLC provider network in Boston, leading 225 PCPs and 750 affiliated specialists through the growth stages of a fledgling "super IPA." He served as Primary Care, LLC's Medical Director for five years, leading all clinical integration and management efforts for all Commercial and Medicare+Choice (Medicare Advantage) products.

Dr. LoNigro has been speaking nationally on topics germane to Managed Care for the past twelve years.

Treasurer, Tufts Health Plan

Mr. Price is the Treasurer of Tufts Health Plan, where he is primarily responsible for corporate investments and financial risk management in addition to other corporate finance matters. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan in 1995, Mr. Price held corporate finance and accounting positions with organizations in the hospitality and building material industries. Mr. Price received his MBA in Finance from Suffolk University.

Dr. Deeb Salem is the Chief Medical Officer and Physician-in-Chief of the New England Medical Center Hospital, the principle teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine. The hospital is a 515 bed, inpatient and ambulatory care facility with over 4,900 employees and an active medical staff of 547 physicians and surgeons. Dr. Salem has had a long and distinguished career as an academic cardiologist. He served as Chief of Cardiology at the New England Medical Center from 1987 to 1995. In 1987, he was appointed Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. In January of 1999, Dr. Salem was appointed the Sheldon M Wolff Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at TUSM. Dr. Salem has been President of the New England Cardiovascular Society as well as Vice-President of the Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Heart Association. He has been President-Elect of the Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Heart Association and was recently elected as the first President of the New England Affiliate of the American Heart Association. His academic accomplishments include over 100 scientific publications. He is recognized as a national expert in coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Affiliate of the American Heart Association and Tufts Health Care Institute. In 1995, he was listed in Boston Magazine as one of "Boston’s Best" physicians.

Dr. Salem received his BA and MD from Boston University (six year medical program) in 1968. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.