CEO
Patient Advocate Foundation
Hampton, Virginia
Alan Balch, PhD
CEO
Patient Advocate Foundation
National Patient Advocate Foundation
Dr. Balch has over 20 years of executive leadership in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on consensus-building and collaboration. He became the CEO of PAF and NPAF in 2013. From 2006-2013, he served as Vice President of the Preventive Health Partnership -- a national health promotion collaboration between the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association. Prior to his work with the Preventive Health Partnership, Dr. Balch was the Executive Director of Friends of Cancer Research.
Dr. Balch volunteers as a board member for the Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC), Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB)) and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). Dr. Balch has served on the Executive Board of Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation since 2007. From 2006-2016, he served on the board of Fight Colorectal Cancer including several years as Vice Chair.
Dr. Balch serves on numerous advisory boards and committees including the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Consumer Advisory Council; Duke-Margolis Value-Based Payment Advisory Board; Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR) Advisory Board and the Journal of Clinical Pathways Editorial Advisory Board and contributing editor.
He earned his PhD in 2003 from the University of California, his master’s degree in 1997 from the University of Texas; and his bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in 1994 from Trinity University in San Antonio.
Disclosure(s): disclosed no financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).
Saturday, October 15, 2022
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM
Sunday, October 16, 2022
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Sunday, October 16, 2022
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM