Cambridge Health Alliance

Authority: 
Special Act of the Massachusetts Legislature, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 1996.  Cambridge Municipal Code, Chapter 2.72.

Purpose: 
 Address all aspects of the health of the City and oversee operations of the Cambridge Public Health Commission (more commonly known as the Cambridge Health Alliance, which operates Cambridge, Somerville and Whidden Hospitals, and multiple health centers).

Membership: 
 19 members (including representation from the medical profession, two City employees, 10 Cambridge residents, 4 Somerville residents, 1 Everett resident and the Chief Executive Officer of the Cambridge Health Alliance). 

Term: 
3  years

Members:

Cambridge Health Alliance CEO:
Patrick Wardell

City of Cambridge Members:
Ellen Semonoff, Chair
Louis DePasquale

Physician Member:
David Bor, MD

Cambridge Members:
Moacir Barbosa
Madge Kaplan
Lucian Leape, MD
Traci Logan
Carol Van Deusen Lukas
Steve Manos
Paula Paris
Joshua Posner
Maxwell (Mike) Solet
Deborah Klein Walker

Somerville Members:
Mary Cassesso
Isaac Machado, Vice Chair
Gerald McCue
Kathleen McGilvray

Everett Member:
Bill Hart

Contact:
Connie Young, Ph. 617-665-1001