Our Team
John's Hopkins University
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Maryland Department of Health
Shelly Choo, MD, MPH
Director - Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Dr. Shelly Choo is the Director for the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health at the Maryland Department of Health. She previously served as the Chief Medical Officer with the Baltimore City Health Department and the Senior Medical Advisor with B’more for Healthy Babies. Her specialty is in Preventive Medicine and Public Health and is passionate about maternal and child health, equity, and the social determinants of health. She is a mother of two children.
Nina Martin, MSPH
Maternal Health Program Coordinator
Nina is the Maternal Health Coordinator for the Maryland Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. She has experience coordinating a wide range of public health programs, with a focus on equity and public health infrastructure. Prior to joining MDH she served as a program manager for the National Indian Health Board, and as a research associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Nina holds a Masters in Science of Public Health and a bachelors in biochemistry. She lives in Baltimore and in her free time enjoys hiking and continues the quest to make the perfect cup of coffee!
Maryland Patient Safety Center
Adriane Burgess PHD, RNC-OB, CCE, C-ONQS, CPHQ
Senior Director of Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality –
Maryland Patient Safety Center
Dr. Burgess is the Director of Perinatal and Neonatal Quality and Patient Safety at the Maryland Patient Safety Center. Dr. Burgess has over 25 years of healthcare experience holding clinical, educational, administrative, and quality improvement positions. She has led numerous interdisciplinary team projects, several which won national awards for the innovative strategies used to improve maternal and child health outcomes, including awards from Safe Healthcare for Every Woman, Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Burgess publishes and presents regularly on the topic of maternal child health clinical quality and is active on several AWHONN committees, where she also serves as the current chair for the Pennsylvania state section.
