Melinda K. Abrams, M.S.
Title:
Assistant Vice President, Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program
Organization:
The Commonwealth Fund
Melinda Abrams, M.S., assistant vice president at The Commonwealth Fund, directs the Patient-Centered Coordinated Care program. Since coming to the Fund in 1997, Ms. Abrams has worked on the Fund’s Task Force on Academic Health Centers, the Commission on Women's Health, and, most recently, the Child Development and Preventive Care program. She serves on the board of managers of TransforMED, the steering committee for the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Team-Based Care Task Force, and three expert panels for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Primary Care Transformation Initiative, and is a peer reviewer for the Annals of Family Medicine. Ms. Abrams holds a B.A. in history from Cornell University and an M.S. in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health.