Daniel Edney named new Mississippi State Health Officer

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Board of Well being introduced Daniel P. Edney, MD, FACP, FASAM, will probably be appointed as the brand new State Well being Officer of the Mississippi State Division of Well being (MSDH), efficient August 1, 2022.

Edney presently holds the place of Deputy State Well being Officer. He initially joined MSDH as chief medical officer and regional well being officer for the Central Public Well being Area in February 2021.

“Amongst his varied contributions, Dr. Edney labored with varied organizations and partnerships to elucidate COVID and reply questions. He has additionally labored with suppliers to signal them as much as give COVID vaccine, and he fielded questions from suppliers about allergy symptoms and different problems associated to the administration of the vaccine,” stated State Well being Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

“Following within the footsteps of Dr. Dobbs, I, too, hope to function a catalyst for change – particularly with toddler and maternal mortality, the opioids battle plaguing the nation proper now, and transferring the needle in preventive well being and well being fairness points,” Edney acknowledged.

A summa cum laude graduate of each William Carey College and the College of Mississippi College of Medication, Edney is a board-certified Common Internist with subspecialty board certification in Dependancy Medication. He accomplished his internship and residency in Inside Medication on the College of Virginia.

He has practiced common major care inner drugs in Vicksburg since 1991 and has labored actively within the subject of dependancy drugs since 2013. He presently serves as an dependancy drugs specialist for varied inpatient residential services and outpatient applications within the state and has a personal apply on the Medical Associates of Vicksburg.

Edney will probably be changing Dobbs, who’s resigning from his place on the finish of July.