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# Louisiana Department of Health
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/louisiana-department-of-health/
- Published: 1999-01-02T19:27:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-15T21:56:01.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Louisiana Department of Health**, formerly the **Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals**, is an American state government department within the Government of Louisiana.

## History

On February 13, 2025, Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham and Deputy Surgeon General Wyche T. Coleman, III announced the department would formally end promotion of mass vaccination, in favour of individualized recommendations based on personal choice and consultation with a doctor.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

| Name                  | Position                              | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ralph L. Abraham      | Surgeon General[\[1:1\]](#fn1)        | United States House of Representatives                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Wyche T. Coleman, III | Deputy Surgeon General[\[1:2\]](#fn1) | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Bruce Greenstein      | Secretary (2010-2013)[\[2\]](#fn2)    | [Commons Project](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Commons-Project), [United States Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services) (HHS), LHC Group |

## External links

- [Website](https://ldh.la.gov/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana%5FDepartment%5Fof%5FHealth)

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1. Abraham, R. L., & Coleman, III, W. T. (2025, February 13). *Louisiana Surgeon General: Restoring Trust in Public Health Starts with Restoring Trust in Medicine.* Louisiana Department of Health. <https://ldh.la.gov/news/7478> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) [↩︎](#fnref1:2)
2. *Experience | Bruce D. Greenstein.* LinkedIn. Retrieved February 15, 2025, from <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-d-greenstein-7259193/details/experience/> [↩︎](#fnref2)