DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

Office of Secretary
Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston St., Suite 500
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2399
(410) 767-6505
e-mail: healthmd@dhmh.state.md.us
fax: (410) 767-6489
World Wide Web: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1999-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1999-; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-; Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 1999-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1999-; Assisted-Living Programs Board, 1999-; State Emergency Medical Services Board, 1999-; State Health Resources Planning Commission, 1999-; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1999-; State Information Technology Board, 1999-; Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1999-; Medical Assistance Advisory Committee, 1999-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1999; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 1999-; State Advisory Council on Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness, 1999-; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1999-; Commission on Women's Health, 1999-; Women's Health Promotion Council, 1999-; Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, September 28, 1952. Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., 1973; College of Medicine, University of Illinois, M.D., 1978. Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1981. Chief, Acute Illness Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center, 1981-83; Emergency Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1983-87. Chair, Department of Community Health and Ambulatory Care, District of Columbia General Hospital, 1987-90. Acting Health Commissioner, District of Columbia, 1990-91. Director, Emergency Ambulance Bureau, District of Columbia, 1990-91, 1994-95. Dehaven-Hinkson Award, National Medical Association, 1985. Distinguished Public Service Award, District of Columbia, 1991. Noble J. Swearingen Award, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 1998.

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