Alex Swedlow serves as President of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (www.cwci.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the operation of the California workers' compensation system through research and education. Alex over 25 years of experience in health services research, public policy analysis, and data development and has published numerous research studies in the areas of managed medical and disability systems, evidence-based medicine, pharmaceutical utilization, access to care, return-to-work and key performance indicators of California workers ’ compensation reform.