Robert McDonough, MD, JD
Head, Clinical Policy Research & Development
Aetna
ROBERT S. MCDONOUGH, MD, JD, MPP is head of Clinical Policy Research and Development for Aetna, where he is responsible for developing Aetna's clinical policies. He is cochairman of Aetna's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and has been a member of several Institute of Medicine Committees and a member of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee. He has special interests in preventive health services, technology assessment, and outcomes research. He is former senior analyst and project director with the Health Program of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. He is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine and School of Law (J.D.), and has a masters degree in policy analysis from Duke's Sanford Institute of Public Policy. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine.