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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, Maryland|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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