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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING DR. KIRAN JOSHI
WHEREAS, Dr. Kiran Joshi is Senior Medical Officer and Interim Co-Lead of the Cook County Department of Public Health; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi completed medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago and trained in Preventive Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Family Medicine at Illinois Masonic Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi before joining Cook County Health, was the attending physician at Northwestern residency program, where he supervised Family Medicine residents, as well as overseeing the electronic health record deployment; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi was a consultant to the World Health Organization, where he provided technical assistance in the development of trainings for health workers in the sub-Saharan Africa; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi remains committed to advancing the health equity in suburban Cook County; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi stepped into the role of Interim Co-Lead of the Cook County Department of Public Health in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic; and
WHEREAS, since the onset of the pandemic Dr. Joshi, alongside with Dr. Rubin, and in partnership with Cook County Health and Cook County government, has led CCDPH's pandemic response providing guidance and technical assistance to community stakeholders, crafting mitigation policies, overseeing contact tracing efforts and developing partnerships for vaccine distribution; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joshi has been an authoritative voice on the coronavirus pandemic, has conducted various equity town hall forums to educate Cook County residents on how to reduce the spread of covid-19 and has promoted public health messaging campaigns to "wear your mask", "wash your hands" and "practice social distancing"; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, and with the encouragement and support of the Cook County Health & Hos...
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