The largest state salaries in the Old Line State in 2017 are found at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the UMd. School of Medicine.
That’s according to data provided by Maryland’s Central Payroll Bureau and compiled by the Washington Business Journal.
Dr. Sunjay Kaushal, director of pediatric and adult congenital surgery at University of Maryland Medical Center, brings home an approximate annual salary of $900,000 — the largest on the state payroll. Kaushal’s state salary jumped from $583,000 in 2016.
Dr. Jay Perman, president of University of Maryland-Baltimore ($860,0000); Dr. James Gammie, cardiac surgery division chief at University of Maryland Medical Center ($839,000); Dr. Edward Reece, dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine ($836,000); and Dr. John Olson, professor and vice chair of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine ($768,000) are among the state’s top earners.