Dan K. Morhaim

Dan K. Morhaim, M.D. is a practicing physician, state legislator, academic, and author www.drdanmorhaim.com www.thebetterend.com Dan was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994 and was re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. Delegate Morhaim has served on numerous committees including House Judiciary Committee (2017- now), Health and Government Operations Committee (2004-2016) Environmental Matters Committee (1994-2004), the Joint Committee on Biotech and Technology, the Joint Committee on Behavioral and Opioid Abuse Disorders, the Joint Committee on Open Government, and the Commission to Modernize State Procurement. Delegate Morhaim has successfully sponsored numerous bills with bi-partisan support focusing on health care, environment, and procurement reform. Full information is at Maryland General Assembly Web Page http://mgaleg.maryland.gov and Del. Morhaim’s web site at www.drdanmorhaim.com. He serves as Co-Chair of the Alliance for Patient Access, a bi-partisan national organization of physicians elected to state office and as Co-Chair of the Innovations in Health Care Task Force for the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL). Dr. Morhaim is board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine (1983-2013), and he has over 40 years front-line clinical experience. From 1981-1994, he chaired the Department of emergency medicine at Franklin Square Hospital (Baltimore) while building a 90-doctor 120-employee group at 6 Maryland hospitals. He is on staff at Sinai, Northwest, and University of Maryland Hospitals. Other clinical experiences include: the State of Maryland’s medical mission to Kuwait following the first Gulf War, the Indian Health Service (Navajo area), Health Care for the Homeless (Baltimore), medical director for local ambulance companies, and medical director for the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Orioles Park. Dr. Morhaim is Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he is involved in teaching graduate students, public health research, organizing an annual lecture series, and writing articles for both peer-reviewed and general media publications. His book “The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today’s Modern Medical World” (Hopkins Press, www.thebetterend.com) is endorsed by Maya Angelou, Dr. Ben Carson, Hopkins Dean Dr. Michael Klag, and others. Dan has served on the Boards of several organizations, including University of Maryland Biotech Institute (UMBI), Western Indemnity Insurance Company, Maritime Medical Systems, Brick Mental Health Foundation, Unified Community Connections (formerly United Cerebral Palsy), Baltimore Humane Society, Health Care for the Homeless, the State’s Task Force on Recycling, Region III medical director for the State Emergency Medical System, and on the Executive Committees at Franklin Square and Sinai Hospitals. He has been recognized for his medical, academic, and legislative work by numerous organizations, including receiving the AMA’s prestigious Nathan Davis Award for Public Service in 2011 and awards from Maryland nurses, physicians, architects, retailers, minority business groups, and many others. Dan Morhaim has published numerous articles, both medical and non-medical, and he is a frequent guest on radio and TV. Dan is married to writer and film producer Shelley Cole Morhaim, and they have three adult children and two grandchildren.