Business Experience
Dr. Mark McClellan became the inaugural Director of the Duke-Robert J. Margolis, M.D., Institute for Health Policy and the Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine and Policy at Duke University in January 2016. He currently serves in various leadership and advisory capacities for the National Academy of Medicine and other nonprofit organizations. He also was the founding Chair of the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. McClellan is a two-time recipient of the Kenneth Arrow Award for Outstanding Research in Health Economics.
Previously, Dr. McClellan served from 2007 to 2015 as a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and as Director of the Initiatives on Value and Innovation in Health Care at the Brookings Institution. He was a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and was White House Senior Director for Health Care Policy from 2001 to 2002. He also was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the Department of the Treasury from 1998 to 1999. Dr. McClellan served as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2004 to 2006, where he oversaw implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit and the Medicare Advantage program. From 2002 to 2004, he served as Commissioner of the FDA, where he developed and implemented the Critical Path Initiative and other major reforms in regulatory policy.
Additionally, Dr. McClellan was at the center of U.S. efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and co-authored a road map and other publications for a comprehensive response and safe reopening. His ongoing collaborative research programs are developing policy reforms and support for resilient models of delivering better, more equitable care to address population health challenges; for more efficient development and effective use of innovative medicines, through better evidence on outcomes; and for accelerating applications of digital and AI technologies that improve health care access and affordability.