Pennsylvania Department of Health
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This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2021) |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | April 27, 1905 |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Headquarters | 8th Floor West, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Agency executive |
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Website | http://www.health.pa.gov |
Pennsylvania Department of Health is a cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania.[1]
Secretaries
Name | Dates served | Appointed by |
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Samuel Gibson Dixon | 1905–1918 | Samuel W. Pennypacker |
Edward Martin | 1919–1923 | William Cameron Sproul |
Charles H. Miner | 1923–1927 | Gifford Pinchot |
Theodore B. Appel | 1927–1935 | John Stuchell Fisher |
Edith MacBride-Dexter | 1935–1939 | George Howard Earle |
John J. Shaw | 1939–1941 | Arthur James |
Alexander H. Stewart | 1942–1945 | |
Harry W. West | 1945–1947 | Edward Martin |
Norris W. Vaux | 1947–1951 | James H. Duff |
Russell E. Teague | 1951–1955 | John S. Fine |
Berwyn F. Mattison | 1955–1957 | George M. Leader |
Charles L. Wilbar | 1957–1967 | |
Thomas W. Georges | 1967 | Raymond P. Shafer |
Ellsworth R. Browneller | 1970–1971 | |
J. Finton Speller | 1971–1974 | Milton Shapp |
Leonard Bachman | 1975–1979 | |
Gordon K. MacLeod | 1979 | Dick Thornburgh |
H. Arnold Muller | 1979–1987 | |
N. Mark Richards | 1987–1991 | Bob Casey Sr. |
Allan S. Noonan | 1992–1995 | |
Peter J. Jannetta | 1995–1996 | Tom Ridge |
Daniel F. Hoffman | 1996–1999 | |
Robert S. Zimmerman | 1999–2003 | |
Calvin B. Johnson | 2003–2008 | Ed Rendell |
Everette James | 2008–2011 | |
Eli Avila | 2011–2012 | Tom Corbett |
Michael Wolf | 2012–2015 | |
Karen Murphy | 2015-2017 | Tom Wolf |
Rachel Levine | 2017–2021 | |
Alison Beam (acting)[2] | 2021-2022 | |
Keara Klineparter (Acting) | 2022 | |
Denise Johnson (Acting) | 2022-2023 | |
Debra Bogen | 2023-Present | Josh Shapiro |
See also
References
- ^ "Health: About Us". www.dsf.health.state.pa.us. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "Gov. Wolf to Nominate Alison Beam as Secretary of Health, Names Dr. Wendy Braund as Interim Acting Physician General". Governor's Office. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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