DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2399
(410) 767-4639; 1-877-463-3464 (toll free, Maryland)
(410) 767-6500 (public information)
e-mail: joshua.sharfstein@maryland.gov
fax: (410) 767-6489; tdd: 1-800-735-2258 (toll free)
web: www.dhmh.state.md.us

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2011-; Children's Cabinet, 2011-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2011-. Chair, State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2011-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2011-. Co-Chair, Maryland Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-. Vice-Chair, Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council, 2011-. Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2011-; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2011-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2011-; Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, 2011-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2011-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2011-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2011-; State Emergency Medical Services Board, 2011-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2011-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2011-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2011-; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2011-. Chair, Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, 2011-. Board of Directors, Maryland Health Insurance Plan, 2011-. Member, Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2011-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2011-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2011-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2011-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2011-; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2011-; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2011-; Advisory Board on Prescription-Drug Monitoring, 2011-; Rural Maryland Council, 2011-; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2011-; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2011-; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2011-; Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2011-. Co-Chair, Advisory Board, Institute for a Healthiest Maryland, 2011-. Member, Advisory Board on After-School and Summer Opportunity Programs, 2012-; Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2012-; Joint Committee on Health Benefit Exchange Financing, 2012-; Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts, 2012-; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2012-; Task Force to Study Temporary Disability Insurance Programs and the Process for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities at Local Departments of Social Services, 2013-; Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth, 2013-; Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Work Group, 2013-; Task Force on the Implementation of Tax Benefits for Emergency Preparedness Equipment, 2013-; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2013-.

Chair, Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2011. Member, Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Commission, 2011; Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board, 2011; Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland, 2011-12; Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Work Group, 2011-12; Task Force on Prisoner Re-entry, 2011-12; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2011-12; Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms, 2012-13.

Minority Staff and Health Policy Advisory to Government Reform Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 2001-05. Commissioner of Health, Baltimore City, 2005-09. Principal Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2009-11. Member, Health Information Technology Policy Committee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011-.

Harvard University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1991. Volunteer, Project HOPE & Clinica de Pavas, Guatemala and Costa Rica, 1991-92. Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1996. Primary Care Pediatric Resident and Pediatrician, Latino Clinic, Boston Medical Center, 1996-2001. Primary Care Pediatric Resident, Dimock Street Community Health Center, 1997-99. Co-founder and Co-director, Docs4Kids Project, 1997-99. Part-time fellow, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1999-2000. Researcher and writer, World Health Organization, 2000. Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-. Fast track physician, Emergency Department, Children's National Medical Center, 2002-05. Adjuvant staff, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, 2002-05. Board of Directors, Docsfortots, 2003-05; Reach out and Read, 2005. Member, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, 2007-09. Editorial Board, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2012-. Public Official of the Year, Governing Magazine, 2008. Public Service Award, The Arc Baltimore, 2012.

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