Announcing Donald Wright, M.D., M.P.H., as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Acting Assistant Secretary for Health

It is with great pleasure that I announce that Donald Wright, M.D., M.P.H. begins work on Monday, December 10, 2007, in the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (PDASH). He will serve also as Acting Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH). Dr. Wright joins OPHS after serving the past 4 years as the Director of the Office of Occupational Medicine for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the Department of Labor. Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Dr. Wright had an extensive occupational medicine clinical and consulting practice in Central TX. He received his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University, his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, and his master’s degree in public health from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Occupational Medicine and is a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Wright to OPHS. Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Science and Medicine) Office of the Secretary/OPHS Department of Health and Human Services December 10, 2007

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