Jonathan Fielding

Jonathan Fielding
Jonathan Fielding
Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
	In office; 4 April 2008 – 2014
Succeeded by	Barbara Ferrer
Health Officer for Los Angeles County
Succeeded by	Jeffrey Gunzenhauser
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 82)
Spouse	Karin Fielding
Alma mater	Williams College; Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health; Wharton School of Business;
Occupation	Physician, professor, and philanthropist

Jonathan Evan Fielding (born 1942) is a board-certified physician in both Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, and the former director and health officer of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. At UCLA, he is a Distinguished Professor in the Fielding School of Public Health and a Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine. He is the founder and co-director of the UCLA Center for Health Advancement in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Fielding was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 1995. He has served as President (1997-1999) of the American College of Preventive Medicine and as editor of the Annual Review of Public Health.

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