Barry Liden

Director, Public Policy at USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics

Speaker

Barry Liden is Director of Public Policy for the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, helping measurably improve value in health through evidence-based policy solutions, research excellence, and private and public-sector engagement.

Before launching Patient Voice Advisors in 2022, Liden served as a medical device industry executive at Edwards Lifesciences for almost two decades. His career there culminated as Vice President of Patient Engagement where he created a new function to engage with, learn from and empower patients to improve the healthcare experience. Liden joined Edwards in 2002 as Director of Global Communications, and served in several public affairs positions, including Vice President of Government Affairs.

Liden is also Founder and Managing Advisor of Patient Voice Advisors. For more than three decades, Liden has integrated public policy, government relations and communications practices to provide strategic solutions to unique challenges.