Preceded by Terry Mason, MD Residence Chicago, Illinois | Name Bechara Choucair | |
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Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley29 November 2009 Alma mater American University of BeirutBaylor College of MedicineUniversity of Texas at Dallas Website www.cityofchicago.org/health Education American University of Beirut, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas at Dallas | ||
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Bechara Choucair, M.D., M.S. (born 1973) is Senior Vice President of Safety Net & Community Health at Trinity Health in Livonia, MI. He previously served as the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.
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- Dr bechara choucair gppa medicine professionalism in medicine seminar
- Ama innovations in medicine bechara choucair md
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- Previous work
- Education
- Awards and honors
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Chicago Department of Public Health
Choucair was appointed as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health on November 25, 2009, by Mayor Richard M. Daley, and reaffirmed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel upon his election. He stepped down from the post in December 2014. Choucair oversaw one of the nation’s largest and most complex public health agencies with an annual operating budget of over $160 million serving over 2.7 million residents in Chicago.
Together with Mayor Emanuel, Choucair launched Healthy Chicago in August 2011, the City’s first comprehensive public health agenda. He led the effort to secure more than $60 million in new funding for a broad range of programs including major initiatives in obesity, tobacco, teen pregnancy prevention, comparative effectiveness research and community transformation data collection. Choucair reformed the department clinical services by creating new partnerships with the private, not-for-profit sector, saving taxpayers over $13 million annually while improving access to care. He launched many systems level change initiatives to address obesity including a Mobile Produce Cart and PlayStreets in different Chicago neighborhoods.
Choucair has an appointment at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.