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Maulik Joshi, DrPH
Maulik Joshi, Dr.P.H. is the President and CEO of Meritus Health, Inc. Meritus Health Inc. includes the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine (MSOM) and Meritus Medical Center. The mission of Meritus Health is to improve the health of our community by providing the best healthcare, health services and medical education.

Meritus Medical Center is a regional health system with 3,000+ employees and 600+ medical staff. MMC includes a 327 bed medical center, a 160 provider Meritus Medical Group, Meritus Home Health and 25% ownership of Maryland Physicians Care, a 230,000 Medicaid member health plan. Meritus Medical Center serves over 200,000 people in western Maryland, southern Pennsylvania and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

Previously, Maulik was the COO and Executive Vice President at the Anne Arundel Health System (AAHS). Prior to AAHS, Maulik was at the American Hospital Association as Associate Executive Vice President and President of the Health Research and Educational Trust. Maulik has also worked at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the University of Pennsylvania Health System and The HMO Group.

Maulik has a Doctorate in Public Health and a Master's degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan. He was Editor-in-Chief for the Journal for Healthcare Quality. He also co-edited The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy and Tools (5th edition published in 2022) and coauthored Healthcare Transformation: A Guide for the Hospital Board Member and Leading Healthcare Transformation: A Primer for Clinical Leaders. Maulik has authored a combination of over fifty peer-reviewed articles, commentaries and perspectives.
Maulik is adjunct faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Management & Policy where he teaches annually. He has served on the board of trustees for Anne