Ashwin Vasan | |
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Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health | |
Assumed office March 15, 2022 | |
Mayor | Eric Adams |
Preceded by | Dave A. Chokshi |
Personal details | |
Born | November 15, 1980 |
Political party | Democratic[citation needed] |
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 and epidemiologist serving as the 44th commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.[1][2] Vasan is also a public health professor and practicing primary care doctor at Columbia University, and was recently the president and CEO of Fountain House, a national mental health nonprofit.[3][4]