Dr. Shari M. Ling currently serves as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  Dr. Ling’s committed focus is on the achievement of meaningful health outcomes for patients and families through the delivery of high quality, person-centered care, across all care settings.  Her clinical focus and scientific interest is in the care of persons with dementia, multiple chronic conditions, and functional limitations. 

 Dr. Ling leads the CMS Behavioral Health Strategy implementation.  She also represents CMS on several Health and Human Services (HHS) efforts.  She represents CMS on the workgroups for the National Alzheimer’s Project Plan, and  workgroups to eliminate and prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs), the National Strategy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.

 Dr. Ling earned a Master’s in Gerontology in Direct Service at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, an MD degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine, completed a rheumatology fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital followed by a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  She continues her clinical work serving veterans as a volunteer dementia care provider, and has retained her appointment as part-time faculty in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.