North Star Review Board
Freeport, ME
Dr. Rosenfeld is the Executive Director and Review Board Chair of North Star Review Board, a unique 501(c)(3) nonprofit independent learning IRB and the President of Freeport Research Systems, LLC.
Dr. Rosenfeld is a hematologist who trained at Cornell, Dartmouth and NHLBI. He spent 19 years at NIH doing basic and clinical research and working in medical informatics and hospital administration. He ended his time at the NIH as the Clinical Center's Chief Information Officer. Dr. Rosenfeld moved from Maryland to Maine to become the CIO of MaineHealth, a large independent delivery network, before moving to Washington State as the CEO of the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB). After leaving WIRB he spent 7 years as the Executive Board Chair of Quorum Review.
In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Rosenfeld holds a master’s in business administration with a focus on international business from the Georgetown McDonough School of Business. He is past chair of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), where he led development of guidance on AI, Justice, the independence of OHRP, and the role of IRBs in the oversight of uninformative research. He has served on the Board of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) and is the current Chair of the Board of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). He is a member of the CIOMS working group on Artificial Intelligence and Pharmacovigilance and SMART IRB’s Harmonization Steering Committee, among other ongoing engagements.
A01 - PLENARY: Navigating the IRB's Role Beyond Regulatory Compliance
Friday, November 7, 2025
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
E04 - Preparing for sIRB Review: Perspectives from Institutional and Independent IRBs
Saturday, November 8, 2025
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET