Clifford Goodman is Senior Vice President at The Lewin Group, a health care policy consulting firm based near Washington, DC. 

Dr. Goodman has more than 30 years of experience in such areas as health technology assessment, evidence-based health care, comparative effectiveness research, clinical practice guidelines, health economics, and studies pertaining to health care innovation, regulation, and payment.  He directs studies and projects for an international range of government agencies; pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies; health care provider institutions; and professional, industry, and patient advocacy groups. 

Dr. Goodman is an internationally recognized health policy issues moderator and facilitator of expert panels, advisory boards, workshops, and focus groups, having conducted hundreds such events over just the last several years. 

Dr. Goodman served as Chair of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (2009-12) for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  He served as president of the professional society, Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi, 2011-13).  In 2022, he received the David Banta Distinguished Career Award in Health Technology Assessment from HTAi. 

He earned a PhD from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.