Alan M. Garber

Administrative Appointments

• Chair, Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2005 - 2007)
• Research Associate and Director, Health Care Program, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (1990 - present)
• Director, Center for Health Policy, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (1997 - present)
• Director, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine (1997 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (2010)
• Member, Institute of Medicine (1998)
• Member, Association of American Physicians (2003)
• Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (1998)
• Fellow, Association for Health Services Research (AcademyHealth) (1996)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Mucio Delgado

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Health Research and Policy
• Health Services Research
• Medicine

Internet Links

• CHP/PCOR Profile

Current Research Interests

Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease

Publications

• Cost-effectiveness analysis of adjunct VSL#3 therapy versus standard medical therapy in pediatric ulcerative colitis. Park KT, Perez F, Tsai R, Honkanen A, Bass D, Garber A. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011; 53 (5): 489-96
• Cost-effectiveness of dabigatran compared with warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Freeman JV, Zhu RP, Owens DK, Garber AM, Hutton DW, Go AS, Wang PJ, Turakhia MP. Ann Intern Med. 2011; 154 (1): 1-11
• How CER could pay for itself--insights from vertebral fracture treatments. Elshaug AG, Garber AM. N Engl J Med. 2011; 364 (15): 1390-3
• Individualized cost-effectiveness analysis. Ioannidis JP, Garber AM. PLoS Med. 2011; 8 (7): e1001058
• A cost-benefit analysis of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for carrier couples of cystic fibrosis. Davis LB, Champion SJ, Fair SO, Baker VL, Garber AM. Fertil Steril. 2010; 93 (6): 1793-804