is a government relations, public policy and strategic development firm representing clients in the dynamic new world of predictive and personalized health care. We specialize in navigating the labyrinth of legislators, regulators, health care providers, patient advocates, third-party payers, and journalists who will ultimately determine if innovation succeeds or fails.
Lyle B. Dennis, Partner
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Lyle B. Dennis served in state and federal government for 16 years. His practice includes medical and scientific research societies and associations, physician organizations, health care-related corporations, public and private universities and related associations, and patient advocacy groups, particularly those focused on genetic diseases. Lyle joined CRD Associates in 1994 and became a partner in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, he directed the State of New Jersey’s Washington, D.C. Office, where he was the governor’s chief liaison with the Congress, White House and the executive branch, ensuring the flow of more than $3.0 billion of federal aid into the state. Prior to that position, Lyle served as chief of staff for 12 years to Congressman Bernard J. Dwyer of New Jersey, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and of the House Budget Committee. He currently serves as a member of the steering committee of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, the leading advocacy organization for the National Institutes of Health. He is co-editor and co-author of Health Care Advocacy: A Guide for Busy Clinicians (Springer; 2011). He is frequently called upon to lecture on public policy issues at universities and before corporate and non-profit organizations. Lyle earned his B.A. in political science from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a master’s degree in Political Science from the prestigious Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers. |