Howard M. Haft, MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE

Dr. Haft received his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island, attended Medical School at Pennsylvania State University, and took post-graduate Internship and Residencies at Brown University. Dr. Haft is Board Certified as a specialist in Internal Medicine. Following his residency at Brown, he held a position at the University of California, Davis as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry. He has a Master’s degree from Tulane University in Medical Management (MMM). He is recognized by the American Board of Physician Executives as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) and as a Fellow of the ACPE. He served as an Adjunct Professor in the McDonough Graduate School of Business and is currently and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. Haft served as the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services in the Maryland Department of Health. During his tenure at the Maryland Department of Health he also served as the Interim Executive Director of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, Executive Director and Maryland Primary Care Program and Senior Medical Advisor to the Department during the Covid pandemic. Prior to serving in state government, he was the Founder and the Chief Medical Officer of Conmed Healthcare Management, a publicly traded company. He served as the President of Maryland Healthcare, a multispecialty clinic in Southern Maryland and as President of the Maryland Foundation for Quality Healthcare, Dr Haft is currently serving as an independent consultant to regional and national companies on issues related to healthcare delivery, equity and payment systems.