Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of Health Systems Management
Weatherhead School of Management and School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
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Research Interests:
Financing, Growth hormone, Health economics

Committees/Memberships:
Member, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, National Academies of Science, 2007-present
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Health Policy Institute of Ohio, 2006-present
Board of Directors, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2003-present, Committees: Vice Chair, Finance and Audit, Public
Policy, Nursing Advisory
Board of Directors, Kids Health 2020, (St. Luke’s Foundation Project to improve the health of children in the Mt. Pleasant Area of Cleveland), 2003-present, Chair
2002-2005
Board of Directors, SummaCare Health Plan, SummaCare Insurance Company, Akron, 2002-present

Publications:
Cuttler, L, Silvers, JB. Too much of a bad thing: Kids overeat, watch TV and forget about exercise. Op Ed., The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, May 16, 2008

Cuttler L, Silvers JB, Singh J, Tsai A, Radcliffe D 2005 Physician decisions to discontinue long-term medications using a two stage framework: the case of growth hormone therapy. Medical Care 43 (12):1185-93 (*Drs. Cuttler and Silvers received Health Policy Researcher of the Year award, Ohio 2006 for this work)

Presentations:
“The Impact of Gender on Referral of Children by Primary Care Physicians to Endocrinologists for Short Stature: A National Study,” Leona Cuttler, Detelina Marinova, Mary Beth Mercer, Alfred Connors, J.B. Silvers, Presentation at Academy Health Annual Research Meetings, Washington, DC, June 8, 2008