b'Department of Veterans Affairs Special Medical Advisory GroupProvides advice to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary for Health on the care and treatment of enrolled veterans and other matters pertinent to the operations of the Veterans Health Administration. The group is comprised of members of the medical, dental, podiatric, optometric, and allied scientificprofessions. Other members of the group are individuals considered by the Under Secretary for Health to have experience pertinent to the mission of the VA.Abbreviated Member Bios Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., MSHA, MACP, FACMI (Chairman)Serving as the SMAG Committee Chair until April 2022 is Dr. Jonathan Perlin, who previously served as the VA Under Secretary for Health from 20042006. Dr. Perlin is currently Chief Medical Officer and President of Clinical Services for the Nashville, Tennessee-based Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Gregg Meyer, M.D., MSc (Vice Chair)Dr. Meyer currently serves Chief Clinical Officer of the Partners Healthcare System in Boston, Massachusetts, responsible for overall direction, operations, and management of system aspects of healthcare delivery throughout the Partners Healthcare delivery system. Lewis G. Sandy, M.D., FACPDr. Sandy is the Executive Vice President (EVP), Clinical Advancement, UnitedHealth Group (UHG). He focuses on clinical innovation, payment/delivery reforms to modernize our health care system, and physician/health professional collaboration. Kameron Matthews, M.D., J.D., FAAFPAs Assistant Under Secretary for Health (AUSH) for Clinical Services, Dr. Kameron Matthews is the Chief Medical Officer of the Veterans Health Administration. She formerly served as the AUSH for Community Care where she was responsible for the community-based provider network that expanded Veteran access to care. Beth Taylor, DHA, RN, NEA-BCAs the Chief Nursing Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Beth Taylor provides executive leadership and strategic direction for the Office of Nursing Services. She advises the Under Secretary for Health on nursing issues that impact Veteran care for the over 98,000 VA nursing personnel nationwide. Richard Pollack Mr. Pollack is the president and Chief Executive Officer of the American Hospital Association, the nations largest hospital and health care system membership organization with nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care. 192H U.S. MEDICINE 2022 DIRECTORY OF FEDERAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIESH'