New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi will remain in that role until mid-March, Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Wednesday.
Chokshi will then be replaced by Dr. Ashwin Vasan, a primary care physician and mental health expert.
Chokshi, often referred to as “the town doctor,” became Health Commissioner in August 2020. He also remains a practicing primary care physician in Bellevue.
Vasan is the CEO of Fountain House, a nonprofit organization that works on health care and opportunities for the seriously mentally ill. He is also on the faculty at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and treats patients at the New York-Presbyterian.
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