Dr. Kiran Joshi has been named Chief Operating Officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH). In this role, he will be the executive leader of the state-certified public health department serving approximately 2.3 million residents in suburban Cook County. Dr. Joshi has served in the interim COO role since January. During his more than 10-year tenure at CCDPH, he has led a number of programmatic areas and initiatives, including founding the agency’s Community Behavioral Health and Community Immunization Units. From 2020 – 2022, he co-led CCDPH and Cook County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Dr. Joshi was awarded by the Institute of Medicine Chicago for leadership in public health during the pandemic. Dr. Joshi also serves as an attending physician with the Cook County Health Department of Family Medicine and cares for patients at the health system’s North Riverside Community Health Center.

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