Neil Meltzer, the AHA’s immediate past chairman, has been selected to serve as a member of the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. The commission, created under this year’s healthcare reform legislation, will play an important role in ensuring an adequate and well-qualified healthcare workforce to meet the current and future healthcare needs of all Americans.


Meltzer is COO and president of Mount Sinai Hospital and senior vice president of LifeBridge Health, both in Baltimore.

“Neil Meltzer is uniquely qualified to address the workforce challenges faced by a range of healthcare professionals, communities and health systems,” said AHA CEO Nancy Brown in a Sept. 30 statement. “Through his leadership in Baltimore and the state of Maryland, he has helped create innovative partnerships with local community colleges and universities to train entry-level healthcare workers, brought together local funding agencies to place job coaches at hospitals to support worker success and satisfaction, aided in establishing a high school for students interested in pursuing health careers, and helped develop a strategic plan for the growth of biosciences in the Baltimore region.”