Jeff Rich

Dr. Rich is currently the Cleveland Clinic’s Chairman of Operations and Strategy for the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. He previously served as the Surgical Director of the Sentara Cardiac Research Institute, as past President of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and held leadership positions within the National Quality Forum (NQF). In addition, Dr. Rich served as the Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He testified four times before Congress and has served on Federal Advisory Committees for CMS as well as the FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee.