Pennsylvania Department of Health

Health agency in Pennsylvania, US

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Pennsylvania Department of Health

Agency overview
Formed| April 27, 1905
Jurisdiction| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Headquarters| 8th Floor West, Health and Human Services Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Agency executive|

* Dr. Debra L. Bogen, Secretary of Health

Website| http://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

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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 | 2023–Present  | Josh Shapiro

## See also

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* Pennsylvania portal

* Health department
* List of Pennsylvania state agencies

## 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. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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