Frederick P. Cerise, M.D., MPH

Frederick Cerise, M.D., MPH has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health since March 2014. Parkland is one of the largest academic and public safety net hospital systems in the country serving the comprehensive healthcare needs of a largely uninsured population.

Prior to joining Parkland, Dr. Cerise served as Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education of the Louisiana State University System. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Cerise was the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals where he oversaw the state Medicaid agency and the Offices of Public Health, Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Aging and Adult Services. Prior to that he was the CEO of Earl K. Long Medical Center, where he began his career as an LSU Clinical Faculty member in Internal Medicine.

From 2017 to 2023, he served as a member of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to Congress, HHS, and the states on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. From 2010 to 2016 he served on the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. He currently serves on the boards of KFF, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and the National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child First. Dr. Cerise serves on the board and is the past chair of the Teaching Hospitals of Texas.

Dr. Cerise holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Notre Dame and earned his Medical Degree at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health.