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Madelaine “Mattie” Feldman is a native New Orleanian and has been in rheumatology private practice there for 30 years. Dr. Feldman completed her BA cum laude degree in theatre and biology at Newcomb College of Tulane University. She attended Tulane University School of Medicine and finished her residency in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology fellowship, training under Dr. Dennis Boulware at Tulane School of Medicine. Dr. Mattie Feldman began her passionate journey into advocacy in 2005 when she founded the Rheumatology Alliance of Louisiana (RAL) as a 501c3 with the help of a grant from the Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations (CSRO). That year she lost both of her offices to Hurricane Katrina but succeeded in her determination to establish RAL which began her journey in advocacy for her patients. Later as a member of the CSRO board of directors she became passionate about pharmacy benefit managers and the role formulary construction plays in patient access to medication and drug pricing. Since then she has written and lectured extensively on the drug supply channel to patient groups, physician organizations, regulators and legislators concentrating on formulary construction, PBMs, utilization management tools, patient access to care and drug pricing. She has testified before many state legislatures on utilization management tool legislation and drug pricing, as well as testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee. As a result of her advocacy work Dr. Feldman was presented the 2021 American College of Rheumatology's inaugural award for Innovation in Clinical Care. Dr. Mattie Feldman writes an advocacy column for Rheumatology News and is also contributor to Healio Rheumatology. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and past president of the Tulane Medical Alumni Association.
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