Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 1994. Member of the House since 1995.

Current Assignments

2007- Deputy Majority Leader

2003- Health and Government Operations Committee

2003- Chair, Government Operations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee

2007- Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee

2007- House Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing

2003- Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review

2011- Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government

2009- Joint Committee on Information Technology and Biotechnology

2009- House Emergency Medical Services System Workgroup

Past House Service

Assistant Majority Leader , 2007; Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing , 1999-2007; Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee , 2005-2006; Environmental Matters Committee , 1995-2003.

Public Service

Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Workgroup, 2011-; Health Care Delivery Reform Subcommittee, Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-; State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2005-; Governor's Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses, 2004-2005; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1999-2005; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, Aquaculture Industry Workgroup, 2002-2004; Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003; Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2003; Task Force on Indoor Air Quality, 2001-2002; Vice Chair, Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs, 1998-2001; State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 1995-2000; Task Force to Conquer Cancer in Maryland, 1999; Task Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children, 1997-1999; Vice Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 1995-1998; Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Task Force on Drug-Addicted Offenders, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-1996; Governor's Advisory Council on Recycling, 1989-1992; Committee on Cost, Spending, and Efficiency, Baltimore County, 1991; Task Force on Recycling, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, 1990.

Memberships

Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-; House Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Green Caucus, 1996-; Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic Party, 1992-1994; Elected Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1990-1994.

Awards

Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, American Medical Association , 2011; Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League , 2011, 2010, 2008.

Biographical Information

Born, Los Angeles, California, December 27, 1948 ; Fairfax High School, 1966 ; University of California, Berkeley, A.B., History, 1970 ; New York Medical College, M.D., 1975 ; Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine ; Fire Surgeon, Baltimore County, 1982- ; Medical Director, Region III, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS), 1982-89 ; Maryland-Kuwait Health Care Task Force , Visit to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, April 1991 ; Physician, Indian Health Service Hospital (Navajo), Chinle, Arizona, 1991-92 ; Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, 1981-94 ; Academic Appointments, University of Maryland Medical School and The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Emergency Physician, Sinai and Northwest Hospitals ; Married, Three children .