2025 Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series

2025 Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series

The 2025 Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series presents A Conversation with Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, 6-7 pm Tuesday, May 20, in Strauch Auditorium in the Armstrong Medical Education Building, 1600 McElderry Street. A pre-event dinner and reception will begin at 5:30 pm.

Dr. Seshamani, a Johns Hopkins-trained surgeon and Oxford-trained economist, 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. The discussion will center on public health, funding, Medicare, the FDA and the role of government in health care.