Mary Mazanec

Dr. Mary Mazanec was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and received her M.D. and J.D. from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Michigan and her Pulmonary Medicine fellowship at CWRU. She was appointed to the medical staffs of University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1999, Mary participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship and worked on the Senate Subcommittee of Public Health. Subsequently, she held senior positions at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Most recently, Dr. Mazanec provided executive leadership as the Director of the Congressional Research Service and Senior Advisor to the Librarian of Congress. In 2025, she “retired” from the Federal Government civilian service.