Dr. Salive is Mid-Atlantic Regent of the American College of Preventive Medicine and a past recipient of the ACPM Distinguished Service Award. He serves as Trustee of the American Board of Preventive Medicine, and has been selected as Vice Chair for General Preventive Medicine and Public Health beginning in 2009. He is a Captain in the US Public Health Service (PHS), and during his 20 year career he has held leadership positions with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration. Currently he is Director of the Division of Medical and Surgical Services within the Coverage and Analysis Group of CMS. The Division is responsible for developing and maintaining national coverage decisions for all Medicare beneficiaries using a rigorous and open evidence-based process. The specific clinical areas considered by this Division include preventive medicine, surgery, cardiology, and implantable medical devices. His work in developing Medicare coverage of new and innovative preventive services was recognized with the PHS Outstanding Service Medal. He previously served as acting deputy leader of the prevention scientific research group in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, where he was project officer of the clinical trial demonstrating lives saved by public access defibrillation in community settings. He has developed and led research initiatives in several areas including outcomes research, Alzheimer disease etiology, vaccine safety, and translation of clinical research into primary care practice. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan and completed his preventive medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University.