John Chessare

John B. Chessare, MD, MPH, is the Professor of Practice in the Department of Health Sciences at Towson, University in Towson, Maryland. Until recently he was the President/CEO of GBMC HealthCare, in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chessare is a graduate of Boston College, the University of Rome School of Medicine, and the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He completed his Pediatrics residency at the University of Massachusetts and fellowship in Academic General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Chessare is recognized for his work in utilizing operations management to improve patient flow in the hospital, and for designing safer medication delivery systems. At GBMC he helped transform his organization to deliver better health, better care, and lower cost with more joy for those providing the care. In 2020, under Dr. Chessare’ s leadership, the GBMC HealthCare System achieved the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest level of recognition for performance excellence in the United States.  In 2022, Dr. Chessare received the Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award from the Baldrige Foundation.