CHRB Announces Its New Officers for 2004-2005
RICHMOND —The Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB) today announced its new officers
for 2005-2006. Mr. S. Lawrence Kocot, of Alexandria has been elected to the
position of Chairman and Dr. Kamlesh N. Dave of Hopewell has been elected to
the position of Vice Chairman.
Mr. Kocot received his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.
He also earned a Master of Legal Letters in International and Comparative Law,
With Distinction, from the Georgetown University Law Center. In addition, Mr.
Kocot holds a B.A. and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. Mr. Kocot is currently Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department for Health
and Human Services in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dave received his internal medicine residency training from the Hahneman
University Affiliate Program in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He received his
cardiology fellowship training from New York Hospital - Cornell University. He
completed an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at St. Vincent Hospital - New
York Medical Center in New York, New York. Dr. Dave is a cardiologist in
private practice in Hopewell, Virginia and serves as the Chief of Staff at
Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. He also serves on
the Board of Directors for First Capital Bank in Richmond.
Mr. Kocot was appointed to the CHRB by Governor Warner in April 2002. Dr. Dave
was appointed by the Joint Rules Committee to the CHRB in April 2003.
The CHRB was established in 1997 by the Virginia General Assembly using funds
provided from the conversion of Trigon from a mutual company to a stock
company. The CHRB awards grants for traditional medical and biomedical research
as well as research related to health services and the delivery of health care.
Other members of the CHRB include: David L. Bernd, Norfolk; The Honorable George
E. Broman, M.D. Forest; Jan Burrus, R.Ph., Alexandria; Robert S. Call, M.D.,
Richmond; Mark J. Werner, M.D., Roanoke.
