Tomas J. Philipson, Ph.D

Experience

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  Goldman Sachs

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  Associate
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  University of Chicago

  Jan 1989 - Aug 2017

  The Becker Friedman Institute’s Health Economics Initiative aims to develop and support the advancement of fundamental economic research on health and the healthcare sector. http://bfi.uchicago.edu/healthecon Dr. Philipson was an economist at the University of Chicago with appointments as the Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy at the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy, Department of Economics, and the Law School.

  • Becker Friedman Institute, Director-Health Economics

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2017

  • Daniel Levin Chair Public Policy

    Jul 1999 - Aug 2017

  • Department of Economics

    Jan 1989 - Aug 1999
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  National Bureau of Economic Research

  Jan 1996 - Aug 2017

  Research Associate
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  FDA

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Senior Economic Advisor to the Commisioner
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  Bush Administration, McCain Presidential Campaign, US House of Representatives

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2016

  Political Appointee and Advisor

  Philipson served as a health care advisor to Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. In December, 2010, he was appointed by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives to the National Key Indicator Commission. He served as a Scientific Advisor to the House of Representatives on the 21st Century Cures legislation as well as to Vice President Biden’s Cancer Initiative.

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  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Senior Economic Advisor to the Administrator
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  Milken Institute

  Jan 2004 - Sept 2017

  Senior Fellow
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  Manhattan Institute

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Chairman-Project FDA
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  RAND

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Adjunct Fellow
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  American Enterprise Institute

  Jan 2005 - Sept 2017

  Visiting Fellow
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  PRECISIONheor

  Aug 2006 - Apr 2015

  Co-Founder

  Dr. Philipson co-founded Precision Health Economics, a premium brand health care consultancy with an exit in 2015. PHE had offices in a dozen of cities throughout the US, Canada, and Europe to serve global Fortune 500 healthcare clients on a range of commercial and policy issues. Precision Health Economics was acquired by Precision for Medicine in 2015 and later merged into PRECISIONheor.

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  Forbes

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2017

  Columnist

  Dr. Philipson is a monthly op-ed contributor to Forbes magazine, and regularly appear in numerous popular media outlets such as CNN, NBC, CNBC, CBS, FOX News, Bloomberg TV, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Economist, The Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, and USA Today.

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  Council of Economic Advisers, The White House

  Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  Web: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceaTwitter: @TomPhilipson45

  • Acting Chairman

    Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Member and Vice Chairman

    Aug 2017 - Jun 2019
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  TJP Economic Consulting

  Aug 2020 - now

  Founder
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  University of Chicago

  Aug 2020 - now

  Co-Director - Center for Choice and Competition in Health Care, Department of Economics
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  MEDA Ventures

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Managing Partner

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Investor

    Nov 2021 - Jul 2024
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  Epigenetix

  Jun 2022 - now

  Board of Advisors
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  GATC Health

  Nov 2022 - now

  Board of Advisers
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  Nested Knowledge, Inc.

  Jan 2023 - now

  Member Board of Directors
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  IRemedy

  Nov 2023 - now

  Board of Advisers
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  M2i Global Inc (www.m2i.global)

  Aug 2024 - now

  Board of Advisers
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  Stand Up To Cancer

  Sept 2024 - now

  Scientific Advisory Committee