Melinda K Abrams, MS

Melinda K. Abrams, M.S., Vice president at The Commonwealth Fund, leads the foundation’s Health Care Delivery System Reform program. Since coming to the Fund in 1997, Ms. Abrams has worked on the Fund’s Task Force on Academic Health Centers, the Child Development and Preventive Care program, and most recently, she led the Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program. Ms. Abrams has served on many national committees and boards for private organizations and federal agencies, and is a peer-reviewer for several journals. Ms. Abrams was the recipient of a Champion Award from the Primary Care Development Corporation and a Primary Care Community/Research Leadership Award from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. 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.