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About our Health Officer

Director's Office

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    Mailing Address

    205 Dr Martin Luther King Jr St N 

    St. Petersburg, FL 33701 

     

Ulee Choe, DO

Director
Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County

Dr. Ulyee Chow

In 2015, Dr. Ulyee Choe was appointed Director of the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County. In April 2022, he was also appointed County Health Systems Statewide Medical Director. He is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases and is a Collaborative Faculty Member – Associate Professor of Medicine with the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.

He is a graduate of the University of Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and in 2005 received a Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University. In 2011, he completed his residency and fellowship at the University of South Florida (USF) Health. Prior to his appointment in Pinellas County, Dr. Choe served as Director of the Florida Department of Health in Polk County as well as Interim Director of the Florida Department of Health in Hardee County.

Dr. Choe is a member of multiple state and local organizations, including the Physician Workforce Advisory Council, State Health Improvement Plan Steering Committee, and Agency Performance Management Council. He has served as chair of the statewide Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and HIV Prevention Committee, where he assisted with the expansion of STI results texting program and the implementation of Internet Partner Notification and Expedited Partner Therapy.

Locally, Dr. Choe serves to the Boards for the Pinellas County Opioid Abatement Funding Advisory Board, Pinellas EMS Advisory Council, and Tampa Bay Thrives, and has previously served as chair of the Pinellas County Opioid Task Force. At DOH-Pinellas, he assisted with efforts to increase school health nurses, increase access to Naloxone and MAT, expand the school-based dental sealant program, and worked closely with partner agencies to reduce infant sleep-associated deaths. He grew up in Clearwater and is a Dunedin High School alumnus.