Nilesh Kalyanaraman, MD, FACP, serves as the Deputy Secretary of Public Health Services, at the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman is a leader in improving health outcomes by developing innovative collaborations across health care, public health, and communities. Most recently he served as the Health Officer in Anne Arundel County from 2019 to 2023 and led the county through its Covid response, the establishment of a gun violence intervention team and the development of community led health outreach to advance health equity. For over a decade prior, he has held leadership positions at Federally Qualified Health Centers including Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore and Unity Health Care in Washington, DC. He has led care transformation to integrate social determinants of health into clinical care, implement innovative reimbursement models, and increase access to underserved populations. He received a Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Downstate Health Science University in Brooklyn, NY and was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy fellow at the National Institutes of Health.