Senator Clarence Lam Contact information

Clarence K. Lam, born on November 26, 1980, is an American politician and physician who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 12th district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019.

Early Life and Education: Lam was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is a second-generation Asian American, with his mother immigrating to the U.S. from Taiwan and his father immigrating from Hong Kong. After graduating from Emmaus High School, Lam attended Case Western Reserve University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and biology in 2003; the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2008; and Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a Masters of Public Health degree in 2011.

Career: While at UMB, Lam was the president of the campus student body and worked as a research analyst for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2005 to 2006. Lam has worked as a preventive medicine physician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health since 2009. He has also served on the board of directors of Healthy Howard since 2011. During the COVID-19 pandemic and following the 2020 legislative session, Lam worked as the interim director of the Johns Hopkins Occupational Health Services, in which he coordinated the screening of health care workers and treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Political Career: From 2009 to 2013, Lam worked as a legislative aide to state delegate Dan K. Morhaim. He also served as the executive director of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Council of the Maryland Democratic Party and as a member of the Howard County Spending Affordability Advisory Committee from 2011 to 2014. From 2012 to 2015, he was a member of the Governor’s Commission on Asian-Pacific American Affairs.

Personal Life: Clarence lives with his wife Sarah, 2-year-old daughter Lainey, and dog Mellie in the Harper’s Choice village of Columbia.