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'''Peter Beilenson''' is a [[physician]] and [[public health]] visionary who has transformed Maryland’s health care system over the past 25 years in his role as a public health leader and an advocate for health care for all. He is currently the president and CEO of [[Evergreen Health]], Maryland’s new health insurance company.<ref name="Evergreen Health">{{cite web|title=Evergreen Health|url=http://evergreenmd.org/|accessdate=7 March 2014}}</ref> In 2012, he published his book, [[Tapping into The Wire]], which focuses on urban issues highlighted in the [[HBO]] hit series, [[The Wire]].<ref name="Tapping into The Wire">{{cite web|title=Tapping into the Wire|url=http://www.amazon.com/Tapping-into-The-Wire-Crisis/dp/1421407507|accessdate=10 March 2014}}</ref>  Before founding [[Evergreen Health]], Beilenson served as [[Howard County]] Health Officer from 2007 to 2012 and as [[Baltimore City]] Health Commissioner from 1992 to 2005. 


== Personal life ==
Dr. Beilenson grew up in California in Los Angeles and Sacramento. His parents are Dolores and [[Anthony C. Beilenson]], his father being a former Democratic Congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997.  He is married to Chris Weininger, a social worker, and has 5 children.

== Education ==

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Inspired by [[Healthy Howard]], Dr. Beilenson designed, founded, and now serves as the CEO of [[Evergreen Health]], the first new commercial health insurance company in Maryland in over twenty years. 

== Select Awards ==
2011: 
[[The Utne Reader’s]] Twenty-five World Visionaries for his work implementing Evergreen Health <ref name="Twenty-five World Visionaries">{{cite web|title=Twenty-five world visionaries|url=http://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/utne-reader-visionaries-peter-beilenson-evergreen-project.aspx=10 March 2014}}</ref>

2011: [[The Daily Record's]] Health Care Hero - Top Winner for Advancements in Health Care <ref name="Health Care Hero">{{cite web|title=Health Care Hero|url=http://thedailyrecord.com/health-care-heroes/current-winners-2/past-winners/=10 March 2014}}</ref>

2005: [[Baltimore City Medical Society's]] Distinguished Service Award

1998: [[Baltimore Magazine's]] Best Civil Servant

1996: [[The American Public Health Association’s]] (APHA) inaugural Milton & Ruth Roemer Prize for Creativity by a Local Health Official <ref name="Milton & Ruth Roemer Prize">{{cite web|title=Milton & Ruth Roemer Prize|url=http://www.jhu.edu/gazette/octdec96/dec1696/cheers.html=10 March 2014}}</ref>

 


==See also==
*[[Healthy Howard]]
*[[Maryland Congressional election, 2006]]⏎
*[[Kurt Schmoke]]
*[[The Wire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/magazine/archive/Mag_Fall03/beilenson/ Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine, Fall 2003: Think Big... Move Fast]

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