About BREF

About BREF
BREF is completely unbiased and objective; contributors have no vested interest in the technology we review. BREF's information and research is free of market bias and has no vested or financial interest in any technology reviewed.

BREF is a not-for-profit foundation created in November 2003 to create independent information resources about the biomedical products in use today. BREF supports novel biomedical research that helps the advancement of medicine and strengthens the ties between financial communities and medical research.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors involvement is altruistic and voluntary. The start up funds have been provided to our non-profit foundation from private donors who find it important that doctors to be aware of appropriate uses of available technology. These individuals who put forward their time, effort and money into BREF all share in the mission of our foundation.
  • Deborah Freund, PhD
    Syracuse University;
    Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and CPR Senior Research Associate
  • Laurie Perlmutter
  • Lawton Rob Burns
    James Joo-Jin Kim Professor; Professor of Health Care Systems and Management
    Chairperson, Health Care Systems Department; Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics
  • George Day, Ph.D.
    University of Pennsylvania
    Professor, Wharton School of Business
  • Terry Fadem (President)
    University of Pennsylvania
    Director, Office of Corporate Alliance
  • Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.(Secretary)
    Georgetown University
    Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
    Executive Dean of the School of Medicine
  • Bruce Moskowitz, M.D. (Chair)
    Private Practice
    Internist
  • Arthur Rubenstein, MBBCh
    University of Pennsylvania
    Executive Vice President, Health System
    Dean, School of Medicine

Executive Director

  • Aaron Moskowitz