Donald C. Kern MD, MPH, CCHP

Dr. Don Kern, Corporate Medical Director of Quality Correctional Health Care since 2014 has over 40 years of experience practicing medicine and over 20 years of experience in correctional medicine. Dr. Kern loves any opportunity to educate and explain correctional medicine to healthcare professionals and laypeople. Dr. Kern provides oversight for continuous quality improvement, utilization management, and other clinical matters. He serves as site medical director for several clients and participates in the clinical on-call schedule.

Past Medical Director for Massachusetts state prisons and former MedicalDirector of NYC Correctional Health Services; Chief Medical Officer in Birmingham, Alabama correctional facility; and Utilization Management (UM)Medical Director for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based a national correctional healthcare company.

Dr. Kern is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and licensed in over 14 states. He is a Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP) by the national commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), where he is a past Board member and senior physician surveyor. He serves as a Senior Physician Surveyor for accreditation audits of correctional facilities. He is a Past President and member of the American College of Correctional Physicians and a member of the American College of Preventive Medicine. Graduate of Haverford College (BA), Tufts University (MD), and BU (MPH)