Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., is president of The Joint Commission, the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
 
Previously, Dr. Chassin was the Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy, founding Chairman of the Department of Health Policy at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Executive Vice President for Excellence in Patient Care at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.  Dr. Chassin also served as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.  He is a board-certified internist and practiced emergency medicine for 12 years.
 
At The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Chassin built a nationally recognized quality improvement program, concentrating on achieving substantial, measurable gains in health care quality.
 
Dr. Chassin is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Chassin received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University.  He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and a master’s degree in public health from UCLA.