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Tomas Aragon, MD, Preventive Medicine, Sacramento, CA

Tomas Javier Aragon MD (He/Him)

Preventive Medicine•Sacramento, CA

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

State Public Health Officer and Director, CA Department of Public Health

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  • 1615 Capitol AvenuePO Box 997377, MS 0500Sacramento, CA 95899

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Summary

  • I am the State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Striving to embody and promote the universal values of dignity, equity, compassion and humility, I work to mobilize communities and institutions to transform policies and systems towards a culture of equity, antiracism, healing and health for all people and our planet. As State Public Health Officer, I exercise leadership and legal authority to protect health and prevent disease. As CDPH Director, I direct a nationally accredited state public health department. I taught computational epidemiology with R at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Today, I focus on organizational decision intelligence using improvement, implementation, and data sciences. For scientific computing I promote the Julia programming language (julialang.org). I blog on population health at DrTomasAragon.github.io.

Education & Training

  • University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
    University of California, Berkeley School of Public HealthDrPH, Epidemiology, 2000
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 1992 - 1993
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, 1986 - 1988
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1987
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyB.A., Molecular Biology, 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Warren Winkelstein Epidemiology Award School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2000
  • Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence UCSF / San Francisco General Hospital, 1989
  • Harvard Medical School Graduate Award Harvard Medical School, 1988
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The epidemiology and surveillance response to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among local health departments in the San Francisco Bay Area.  
    Enanoria WT, Crawley AW, Tseng W, Furnish J, Balido J, Aragon TJ, BMC Public Health, 3/27/2013
  • Shigella sonnei outbreak among men who have sex with men - San Francisco, California, 2000-2001.  
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reported by: Klausner JD, Aragon TJ, Enanoria WTA, et al., MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep., 10/23/2001
  • Nosocomial group A streptococcal infections associated with asymptomatic healthcare workers{Maryland and California, 1997.  
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reported by: Aragon TJ, Katz M, Mintz L, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep., 3/1/1999

Books/Book Chapters

  • Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine 
    Chapter: "Infectious Diseases" 
    Aragon TJEditors: Stephen McPhee & Vishwanath Lingappa.Appleton & LangeEdition 1st ,1995
  • Internal Medicine 
    Chapter: "Infective Endocarditis" 
    Aragon TJ, Sande MEditors: Jay H. Stein.Little, Brown and CompanyEdition 4th ,1993

Other

  • Deriving Criteria Weights for Health Decision Making: A Brief Tutorial. 
    Aragon TJ, et al.
    http://medepi.com
    1/1/2012
  • Project Management for Health Professionals. 
    Aragon TJ, Mier HM, Payauys T, Siador CS
    http://medepi.com
    1/1/2012
  • The Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Vaccination Assessment Toolkit. 
    Arag on TJ, Adam Crawley, Norma Martinez-Rubin
    http://works.bepress.com/medepi/10
    10/1/2010
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Press Mentions

  • Health Officials Report Listeria Outbreak After 2 …
    Health Officials Report Listeria Outbreak After 2 …December 12th, 2024
  • 5-Year-Old Heart Surgery Survivor Inspires Blood Donations at Boston Children's
    5-Year-Old Heart Surgery Survivor Inspires Blood Donations at Boston Children'sSeptember 22nd, 2024
  • State to End Indoor Mask Requirement in Health Care Facilities, Vaccine Requirement for Health Care Workers
    State to End Indoor Mask Requirement in Health Care Facilities, Vaccine Requirement for Health Care WorkersMarch 5th, 2023
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  • Spanish

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