Maryland Department of Health
Health department in Maryland, US
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The Maryland Department of Health is an agency of the government of Maryland responsible for public health issues. The Department is headed by a Secretary who is a member of the Executive Council/Cabinet of the Governor of Maryland. Currently the secretary is Meena Seshamani.[1] Previous secretaries have included Laura Herrera Scott, Dennis R. Schrader, Robert R. Neall, Joshua Sharfstein, and Georges C. Benjamin.[2]
June 30, 2017 (as the Maryland Department of Health)
39.301917°N 76.621194°W
- Meena Seshamani, Secretary of Health
- Aliya C. Jones, M.D., Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health
- Bernard A. Simons, Deputy Secretary, Developmental Disabilities
- Vacant, Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing & Chief Operating Officer
- Atif T. Chaudhry, Deputy Secretary, Operations
- Jinlene Chan, M.D., (acting), Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services
- Bryan I. Mroz, Assistant Secretary & Chief Medical Officer
- Webster Ye, Assistant Secretary for Health Policy
- Kathleen A. Ellis, Principal Counsel
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| Formed | 1969 (as the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) June 30, 2017 (as the Maryland Department of Health) |
| Jurisdiction | State of Maryland |
| Headquarters | 201 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, Maryland, US 39.301917°N 76.621194°W |
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| Website | health |
History
The Department was formed in 1969 as the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and was known by this name until June 30, 2017.[3] Although the department itself was formed in 1969, some of its origins go back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.[3] In January 2022, the department disclosed a ransomware cyberattack discovered in the previous month causing disruption in healthcare systems already stressed by the COVID-19 surge.[4]
