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Pennsylvania Department of Health

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Pennsylvania Department of Health
Agency overview
FormedApril 27, 1905
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Pennsylvania
Headquarters8th Floor West, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Agency executive
  • Dr. Debra Bogen, Acting Secretary of Health
Websitehttp://www.health.pa.gov

Pennsylvania Department of Health is a cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1905 and later modified by the Administrative Code of 1929.[1][2] In 1996, the requirement for the Secretary to be a physician was eliminated and the position of Physician General was created.[1][3] The Department of Health utilizes community-based strategies to reduce serious illnesses, injuries, and deaths from major health threats, tobacco-related diseases, infectious diseases, and accidental injuries. Its mission has evolved to address the changing landscape of public health, providing programs and services aimed at promoting healthy behaviors, preventing injury and disease, and ensuring the safe delivery of quality healthcare for all Pennsylvania citizens.[1]

Secretaries

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Name Dates served Appointed by
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)[4] 2021-2022
Keara Klineparter (Acting) 2022
Denise Johnson (Acting) 2022-2023
Debra Bogen (Acting) 2023-Present Josh Shapiro

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "About the Department of Health". www.health.pa.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "The Administrative Code of 1929". legis.state.pa.us.
  3. ^ Weinstein, Mark (March 26, 1996). "House makes health service priority with new position". York Daily Record. p. 4A.
  4. ^ "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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