Michael McGinnis

Dr. Michael McGinnis, MD, is on the Board of Directors at The Nemours Foundation.
He brings national and international experience with health policy to Nemours.
He adds dimensions to Board consideration and support as the organization strives to raise the bar on standards for the health and health care of children.
He is a physician, epidemiologist and long-time contributor to national and international health programs and policy.
An elected Member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, he has, since 2005, also served as IOM Senior Scholar and Executive Director of the IOM Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care.
He previously served as founding Director, respectively, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Health Group, the World Health Organization's Office for Health Reconstruction in Bosnia, the federal Office of Research Integrity, and the federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
In a tenure unusual for political and policy posts, he held continuous appointment through the Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton Administrations at the Department of Health and Human Services, with policy responsibilities for disease prevention and health promotion (1977-1995).
Dr. McGinnis brings national and international experience with health policy to Nemours.
He adds dimensions to Board consideration and support as the organization strives to raise the bar on standards for the health and health care of children.