C. Patrick Chaulk, MD, MPH, FACP has been appointed the Executive Director and President of the Maryland Patient Safety Center (MPSC), effective late March 2010. He replaces William Minogue, MD, FACP, who is retiring after leading the Maryland Patient Safety Center since its 2004 inception.

As Senior Associate for Health at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore since 1994, Dr. Chaulk managed the foundation’s grant portfolio in health and public health. He has a clinical background in pediatrics, providing primary care to children and adolescents in East Baltimore for eight years and has provided clinical services to clients of Baltimore City public health clinics.

Dr. Chaulk has been teaching at The Johns Hospital School of Medicine and School of Public Health for 18 years. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease and an Associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health.

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