Dr. Goldschmidt is President of World Development Group. He was founder/CEO of Medical Care Management Corporation, and MCMC LLC; formerly Director of the Health Services Research and Development Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Washington, DC.

Dr. Goldschmidt is an expert on quality management and patient safety- including medical technology assessment, outcomes research, cost-effectiveness analysis, and health information systems. He is the co-author of Quality Management in Health Care (published by McGraw Hill, 1995). He designed the first and only commercially-available system for routinely assessing the quality of hospital care. As a consultant to the U.S. Institute of Medicine, he designed the Medical Technology Assessment Directory. His most important studies include the Medical Practice Information Demonstration Project (for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), and a Comprehensive Study of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Technology (a study mandated by the U.S. Congress). Dr. Goldschmidt's international health experience includes missions for the US Trade and Development Agency (US-TDA), US Agency for International Development (US-AID), World Bank, and World Health Organization.

Dr. Goldschmidt is a graduate of University College Hospital Medical School (London), the University of Westminster School of Management Studies (London), and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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