| Jurisdiction: | State of Maryland |
| Headquarters: | 201 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, Maryland, US |
| Formed: | (as the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) (as the Maryland Department of Health) |
| Chief1 Name: | Laura Herrera Scott |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary of Health |
| Chief2 Name: | Aliya C. Jones, M.D. |
| Chief2 Position: | Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health |
| Chief3 Name: | Bernard A. Simons |
| Chief3 Position: | Deputy Secretary, Developmental Disabilities |
| Chief4 Name: | Vacant |
| Chief4 Position: | Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing & Chief Operating Officer |
| Chief5 Name: | Atif T. Chaudhry |
| Chief5 Position: | Deputy Secretary, Operations |
| Chief6 Name: | Jinlene Chan, M.D., (acting) |
| Chief6 Position: | Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services |
| Chief7 Name: | Bryan I. Mroz |
| Chief7 Position: | Assistant Secretary & Chief Medical Officer |
| Chief8 Name: | Webster Ye |
| Chief8 Position: | Assistant Secretary for Health Policy |
| Chief9 Name: | Kathleen A. Ellis |
| Chief9 Position: | Principal Counsel |
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 Laura Herrera Scott.[1] Previous secretaries have included Dennis R. Schrader, Robert R. Neall, Joshua Sharfstein, and Georges C. Benjamin.[2]
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. 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]