Laura Herrera Scott, MD, MPH
Secretary
Maryland Department of Health
美國馬里蘭州衛生部部長

Laura Herrera Scott 醫師是馬里蘭州衛生部 (MDH) 部長。MDH有四個主要部門：公共衛生服務、行為健康、發展障礙及醫療保健財務。此外，該部設有20 個委員會，負責對醫療保健專業人員進行發照和管理。MDH還有其他多個委員會，負責發放補助金、研究影響馬里蘭州醫療照護服務系統的問題並提出建議。身為領導者，Scott部長管理超過6,500名員工和超過120億美元的預算，為馬里蘭州衛生福利需求提供服務。

Scott 醫師是一位醫療保健領導者，在整合以價值為基礎的醫療照護理念與臨床及人口健康策略方面具有數十年的專業經驗。她在健康領域中是富有遠見的領導者，領導優化患者的治療結果、提高護理品質和促進健康公平。

近期，Scott醫師出任Summit Health的群體健康執行副總裁，負責執行Summit Health的以價值為基礎的照護策略。於此之前，她在Anthem和美國退伍軍人健康管理局（Veterns Health Administration）擔任多個領導職務，重點工作項目為群體健康、支付制度改革和醫療輸送系統轉型，以改善服務量能不足社區中，民眾之健康狀態及結果。她曾在2011年至2015年擔任馬里蘭州衛生部副部長的經歷。

Scott部長於1998年至2008年擔任美國陸軍醫療部少校，是美國陸軍預備役的退伍軍人。她在約翰霍普金斯大學取得公共衛生碩士學位，並在紐約布魯克林的紐約州立大學健康科學中心取得醫學博士學位。

Dr. Laura Herrera Scott is Secretary of Health for the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). MDH has four major divisions – Public Health Services, Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Health Care Financing. In addition, the department has 20 boards that license and regulate health care professionals, and various commissions that issue grants, research and make recommendations on issues that affect Maryland’s health care delivery system. At the leadership, Dr. Scott oversees a staff of more than 6,500 and a budget of more than $12 billion to provide needed services to Maryland communities.

Dr. Scott is a healthcare leader with expertise across decades in integrating value-based care philosophy with clinical and population health strategies. She is a visionary leader in the health space, spearheading the creation of progressive programs that optimize patient outcomes, improve the quality of care, and advance health equity.

Most recently, Dr. Scott served as Executive Vice President of Population Health at Summit Health, where she was responsible for executing on Summit Health’s value-based care strategy. Before this, she held several leadership positions at Anthem and the Veterans Health Administration, where her work focused on population health, payment reform, and delivery system transformation to improve health status and outcomes in underserved communities. She also brings MDH experience, serving in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 2011-2015 as Deputy Secretary of Public Health Services.

Dr. Scott is a Veteran of the United States Army Reserves, serving from 1998-2008 as a Major in the Medical Corps. She received a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University and a Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.