Charles J. Homer, MD, MPH, CEO

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
30 Winter St.
6th Floor
Boston, MA
USA 02108

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Charles Homer co-founded the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality in July 1999 and he currently serves as the organization's President and CEO. He is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. A member of the federal Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, Dr. Homer also served as a member of the Institute of Medicine's Pediatric Health and Quality Measurement Committee from 2009-2011; chaired NCQA’s Children’s Measurement Advisory Panel from 2009-2011; and co-chaired the National Quality Forum (NQF) Child Outcomes Steering Committee from 2009-2010. He represents NICHQ at the National Priority Partnership, convened by the National Quality Forum. In Massachusetts he is a member of the Expert Panel on Performance Measurement reporting to the Commonwealth’s Quality and Cost Council. He was a member of the third US Preventive Services Task Force from 2000-2002 and served as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Quality Improvement from 1999-2001 and its Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management from 2001-2004. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Yale University, his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Papers:
3241.0 Becoming baby-friendly: Improving breastfeeding support in US hospitals