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Fermin Leguen, MD, MPH
Medical Executive Director
Dr. Leguen is a board certified physician who has served the Miami-Dade County Health Department since 2001, overseeing programmatic activities of the Office of Epidemiology & Disease Control, the Special Immunizations Program and Laboratory services. Dr. Leguen is also leading pandemic flu preparedness efforts in the county, including the completion of a County Pandemic Influenza Response Plan.
Dr. Leguen has served as Co-Chair of the Miami-Dade Hospital Preparedness Consortium, and the Miami-Dade Public Schools Medical Advisory Board. In addition, he is a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Biological Warning and Incident Characterization Workgroup (BWIC); member of the Florida Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance Working Group; and a board member of the Health Council of South Florida.
Medical Executive Director
Dr. Leguen is a board certified physician who has served the Miami-Dade County Health Department since 2001, overseeing programmatic activities of the Office of Epidemiology & Disease Control, the Special Immunizations Program and Laboratory services. Dr. Leguen is also leading pandemic flu preparedness efforts in the county, including the completion of a County Pandemic Influenza Response Plan.
Dr. Leguen has served as Co-Chair of the Miami-Dade Hospital Preparedness Consortium, and the Miami-Dade Public Schools Medical Advisory Board. In addition, he is a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Biological Warning and Incident Characterization Workgroup (BWIC); member of the Florida Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance Working Group; and a board member of the Health Council of South Florida.
Dr. Leguen is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Havana, Cuba.
