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Jonathan C. Javitt, 51, M.D., M.P.H., Director. Dr. Javitt is a physician with a background in information technology, health economics, and public health. Dr. Javitt is a Senior Fellow of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, in addition to serving as Vice chairman of Health Directions, LLC a Bethesda-based investment grou0p that focuses on developing computer solutions to improve the delivery of health care. He has been a founder of health information technology companies that have become part of Siemens, Inc., United Health Group, Inc., and Aetna, Inc. Dr. Javitt was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, where he chaired the Health Subcommittee. Dr. Javitt graduated in 1978 with honors in Biochemistry from Princeton University and earned his M.D. at Cornell University Medical College. He was awarded a Kellogg Foundation Fellowship to attend the Harvard School of Public Health, from which he graduated with an M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management. | 