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Ashwin Vasan | |
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| Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health | |
| In office March 15, 2022 – October 18, 2024 | |
| Mayor | Eric Adams |
| Preceded by | Dave A. Chokshi |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 15, 1980 |
| Residence(s) | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Harvard University (ScM) University of Michigan (MD) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (PhD) |
Ashwin Vasan (born November 15, 1980) is an American physician, epidemiologist, and health and human services leader, who is a public health professor and practicing primary care doctor at Columbia University, who most recently served as the 44th commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.[1][2] Vasan was also the president and CEO of Fountain House, a national mental health nonprofit.[3][4]
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