Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (5:30pm – 7:00pm)
Location:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 6:00-7:00PM Strauch Auditorium The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Armstrong Medical Education Building 1600 McElderry Street, Baltimore, MD 21205
Details:
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to present the 2025 Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series event: A Conversation with Meena Seshamani, M.D., Ph.D. The event will be held in Strauch Auditorium in the Armstrong Medical Education Building on Tuesday, May 20, from 6–7 p.m. A pre-event dinner and reception will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Meena Seshamani, M.D., Ph.D., most recently led the Medicare program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On Feb. 6, 2025, she was appointed Maryland Department of Health secretary by Gov. Wes Moore. She is an accomplished, strategic leader with a deep understanding of health care policy and operations, and a heartfelt commitment to outstanding patient care. Her diverse background as a health care executive, health economist, physician and health policy expert has given her a unique perspective on how health care policy and operations affect the real lives of patients. Dr. Seshamani is a Johns Hopkins-trained surgeon and Oxford-trained Ph.D. economist, where she was a Marshall scholar.
Scott Berkowitz, chief population health officer and vice president of population health for Johns Hopkins Medicine, will moderate the conversation. The discussion will center on public health, funding, Medicare, the FDA and the role of government in health care.
About the Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series
The Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series was established by medical students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to expose the student body and the greater Johns Hopkins community to inspirational and world-renowned thinkers and to new and innovative ideas. Speakers have included Nobel Prize winners, Lasker Award winners, MacArthur “Genius Award recipients, and a host of others who have informed and inspired us by sharing their amazing stories and novel ideas.
Roy C. Ziegelstein, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr., Professor of Medicine
Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education
Vice Dean for Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine