Dr. Michael Broder has 30 years' experience in health economic and outcomes research. He has conducted dozens of expert panels on a wide variety of topics. In addition to being an experienced health services researcher, he is a board-certified physician and provides clinical expertise for many studies at PHAR.

Jesse Ortendahl has a background in mathematics and statistics and has 20 years’ experience developing disease simulation models for economic evaluations. At PHAR, Jesse conducts and oversees health economic projects using both quantitative and qualitative methods. In addition to traditional cost effectiveness and budget impact models, Jesse has led studies with more policy-relevant goals, such as identifying flaws in current health technology assessment approaches, forecasting the burden of disease and potential policy levers to reduce that burden, and estimating the ramifications of payer policies on cost and clinical outcomes. His work spans a wide range of clinical areas including oncology, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, and psychiatry.