MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Capitol Hill:
506 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5311; fax: (202) 225-0254
web: http://harris.house.gov

Bel Air:
15 East Churchville Road, Suite 102B, Bel Air, MD, 21014
(410) 588-5670; fax: (410) 588-5673

Kent Island:
100 Olde Point Village, Suite 101, Chester, MD 21619
(410) 643-5425; fax: (410) 643-5429

Salisbury:
212 West Main St., Suite 204B, Salisbury MD, 21081
(443) 944-8624; fax: (443) 944-8625

Member of Senate, representing Baltimore County and Harford County, January 13, 1999 to January 5, 2011. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 1999-2011 (health subcommittee, 1999-2011; licensing & regulatory affairs subcommittee, 2003-04; alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2003-11, chair, 2003-06; member, ethics & election law subcommittee, 2008-11); Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1999-2011; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003; Executive Nominations Committee, 2003-06. Minority Whip, 2003-06. Member, Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-11; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-11. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (redistricting & elections committee, 2005-11).

Member, Task Force to Study Health Care Needs of Inmates in Transition from Correctional Institutions, 2000-02; Task Force to Study the Availability of Audiology and Speech-Language Services, 2003; Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access, 2004; Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce, 2006-08.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 1957. College of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, B.S. (human biology), 1977; School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, M.D., 1980; School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, M.H.S. (health policy & management; health finance & management), 1995. Served in Medical Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve (Lt. Commander, 1988-94; Commander, 1994-). Commanding Officer, The Johns Hopkins Naval Reserve Medical Unit, 1989-92. Anesthesiologist. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Member, Society of Anesthesiology (obstetric anesthesia subcommittee), 1993-94; Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, 1996-. Executive Committee, Maryland-D.C. Society of Anesthesiologists, 1997-. Medical School Council, The Johns Hopkins University, 1996-. Member, Knights of Columbus; Thornleigh Neighborhood Improvement Association (vice-president, 1984-85; president, 1985-86). Board of Directors, Sherwood Community Association, 1987-91. Vice-President, St. Joseph's School Home-School Association, 1992-94. Board of Directors, Maryland Leadership Council, 1995-98. Member, North Central Republican Club (treasurer, 1997-98; vice-president, 1998). Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2004. Laughlin Award for Distinguished Public Officer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 2001. Top Doc Award, Baltimore Magazine, 2007. Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service, The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, 2011. Married; five children.

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