Shari Ling, MD, serves in the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, responsible for assisting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) chief medical officer in the agency’s pursuit of higher quality health care, healthier populations, and lower cost through quality improvement. Her clinical focus and scientific interest are centered on the care of persons with dementia, multiple chronic conditions, and functional limitations. In addition to a clinician leadership role across CMS, Dr. Ling has represented CMS on several HHS committees and workgroups, including the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, Healthy People, Behavioral and Mental Health, Healthcare Associated Infections, the National Strategy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, and the Scientific Integrity Council. She also serves on the Visioning Committee for the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded Coordinating Center on the Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias: Prevention, Treatment, and Care led by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Dr. Ling is an internist and rheumatologist who received her medical training at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Prior to her medical training, Dr. Ling earned her master’s degree in gerontology from the Leonard Davis School at the University of Southern California and subsequently served as the co-director of clinical services with the Andrus Older Adult Counseling Center. She completed geriatric medicine studies at Johns Hopkins University, where she remained on faculty for 5 years, after which she joined the Intramural Research Program as a staff clinician at NIA for 8 years focused on human aging and age-associated chronic diseases with attention to musculoskeletal conditions and mobility function. Dr. Ling serves as a part-time faculty member in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Maryland. She volunteers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore.

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