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About the Health Commissioner
John F. Domzalski, JD, MPH, was appointed Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health by Mayor John F. Street in February, 2002. The department's former Executive Deputy Health Commissioner and Chief of Staff, he directs a department with a staff of more than 1,000 employees and an annual operating budget of more than $170 million.
Commissioner Domzalski has served the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in numerous positions, including Deputy Health Commissioner for Public Health Services, Director of Correctional Health, Chief of Field Operations, and District Health Director.
Elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1999, Commissioner Domzalski is also a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association, where he co-chaired the organization's Medico-Legal Committee. Maintaining many other professional and academic affiliations, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering Science and Health Systems at Drexel University, Philadelphia, and has lectured on public health topics at other academic institutions.
A member of the City of Philadelphia Emergency Management Planning Group since 1996, Domzalski was an early advocate of bioterrorism preparedness. He is a former president of the Prisoner's Family Welfare Association, served on the steering committee for the United States Public Health Service Bicentennial Celebration, and participated in The Presidents' Summit For America's Future.
A graduate of Bloomsburg State College, Domzalski earned his Masters in Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree at Temple University School of Law.
Among Commissioner Domzalski's priorities for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health are: enhanced use of public health data to better target neighborhood level interventions; strengthening of the city's response system to health emergencies, and improvement of the department's ability to deliver culturally competent services to diverse communities. |