Max Romano, MD, MPH is from St. Louis, MO, and lived in California, Germany, and Washington, D.C., before moving to Baltimore, MD, in 2010. His interest in medicine and public health began at an early age, inspired by the work of Dr. Albert Schweitzer to provide humanistic primary care to those patients most in need. His circuitous path through college, Americorps service, medical and public health school, and residency has brought him to blend clinical family medicine and public health preventive medicine with the aim of addressing community health problems through primary healthcare delivery systems.
His academic background is in health services research related to primary care quality, health information technology, and interpersonal continuity of care. His clinical interests include HIV, complex multimorbidity, and women’s reproductive health. He earned his bachelor’s degree in human biology with Honors from Stanford University and both his doctorate in medicine and Master of Public Health degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He lives with his spouse and two daughters in Baltimore, MD.
Select publications:
- Romano MJ, Toye P, Patchen L. Continuation of long-acting reversible contraceptives among Medicaid patients. Contraception. 2018. [epub ahead of print].
- Romano MJ, Segal JB, Pollack CE. The association between continuity of care and the overuse of medical procedures. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(7):1148-54.
- Romano MJ, Stafford RS. Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support Systems. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(10):897-903
Romano MJ, Grumbach K. Family Medicine in a Divided Nation. Ann Fam Med. 2017; 15(1): 4-6. http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/1/4.full
Romano MJ. Hopkins students: Pay living wage to hospital workers. Baltimore Sun. April 15, 2014. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-15/news/bs-ed-hopkins-students-letter-20140415_1_hopkins-students-living-wages-hospital-workers
Romano MJ. The right to birth control: Access to contraception is basic to health care, Hopkins med students say. Baltimore Sun. Feb 15, 2012. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-contraception-20120214-story.html