Robert McDonough, Chair, EXCITE International Payers Advisory Committee

Dr. Robert McDonough is the chair of the EXCITE International Payers Advisory Committee.


Dr. McDonough is chair of the EXCITE International Payers Advisory Committee. He is Senior Director for Clinical Policy Research and Development at Aetna/CVS, where he is responsible for developing Aetna's clinical policies. He is also a former co-chairman of Aetna's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. 

He has special interests in preventive health services, technology assessment, and outcomes research. He is a former senior analyst and project director with the Health Program of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.

He is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine and School of Law (J.D.), and has a master’s degree in policy analysis from Duke's Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

He completed an internship in internal medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine

Mcdonough, EXCITE International Advisory Council & ISC

Dr. Robert McDonough

Chair, EXCITE International Payers Advisory Committee.

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