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BRIEF: Harris named state health officer

Decatur Daily - 2/23/2018

Feb. 22--The State Committee of Public Health has appointed Dr. Scott Harris as Alabama's 12th state health officer.

In 2005, Harris became medical director at the Decatur-Morgan Community Free Clinic.

In 2015, he joined the Alabama Department of Public Health as area health officer for seven north Alabama counties. For the past six months, he has served as acting state health officer and currently co-chairs the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council.

The Talladega native is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Disease Society of America and a credentialed HIV specialist, American Academy of HIV Medicine.

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