""My career has taken me from local to federal," the out physician told health and science publication after his appointment. "This is when it's time to go back to local.""
""Demetre has a wealth of experience that will help him guide Callen-Lorde through new clinical initiatives and challenges while remaining steadfast to our mission to care for our communities regardless of ability to pay," Callen-Lorde said in an announcement of Daskal-Lorde' appointment. "His passion and experience make him particularly suited for this new role.""
""Infections don't heed orders," he told LGBTQ Nation at the time."
"For the moment, Washington is "an environment where I really don't think that federal public health is able to actually execute on its mission," he said."
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis has been appointed Chief Medical Officer at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City. He began his clinical career doing HIV care as an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital, then served as deputy commissioner at the NYC Department of Health before joining the CDC. He led the Biden administration's mpox outbreak response in 2022, using education, outreach, and vaccination guided by data. He publicly resigned from a CDC leadership position in August and said Washington currently limits federal public health's ability to execute its mission, prompting a return to local practice.
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