December 4, 2007

Opening Statements

• Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security [Astrue's statement]
• Stephen Groft, Pharm. D., Director, NIH Office of Rare Diseases [Groft's statement]
• Frank Cristaudo, Chief Administrative Law Judge
• David Rust, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs

Overview of Rare Diseases

• Diane Dorman, Vice President for Public Policy, National Organization for Rare Disorders [Dorman's testimony]
• Paul Lipkin, M.D., Director , Center for Development and Learning , Kennedy Krieger Institute  and  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for The American Academy of Pediatrics [Lipkin's testimony]
• Noni M. (Sissi) Langford, Chair, Committee on Federal Legislation, on behalf of the National MPS Society (Caregiver). [Langford's estimony]

Rare Diseases and the Adjudicatory Process

• Linda Landry, Senior Attorney, Disability Law Center, Boston [Landry's testimony]
• William Leach, Staff Attorney, Access Program, Tampa  (Primary Spokesperson)  [Leach's testimony]
• Kim Bernstein, Director, Access Program, Tampa (Secondary Comments)

Rare Diseases in Adults

• Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,  National Institutes of Health [Koroshetz's testimony]
• Steve Gibson, Vice President of Government Relations & Public Affairs, ALS Association [Gibson's testimony]
• Ron Bartek, President, Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (Caregiver). [Bartek's testimony]

Rare Diseases and Technology

• Dr. R. Rodney Howell, M.D., President, American College of Medical Genetics Foundation & Chair, Secretary Leavitt’s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children [Howell's testimony]
• William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health with P. Suzanne Hart, Ph.D. [Gahl's testimony]
• Andrea Gropman, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Attending in Neurology, Children's National Medical Center

Closing Remarks

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