Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD, is a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and adjunct faculty member at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics of the The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as the Medical Officer and Senior Programme Manager in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation. In this role, Navathe led initiatives to establish and develop new research comparing the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor conditions. As a result, he is regarded as one of the chief architects of America's comparative effectiveness strategy. Navathe served as a visiting fellow at the council of economic advisers in the White House, as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and in numerous technical and research consulting roles. Navathe received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, and his medical degree and doctoral degree in healthcare management and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.