Jonathan Fielding
Jonathan Fielding | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health | |
| In office 4 April 2008 – 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Ferrer |
| Health Officer for Los Angeles County | |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Gunzenhauser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 (age 83) |
| Spouse | Karin Fielding |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Physician, professor, and philanthropist |
Jonathan Evan Fielding (born 1942) is a board-certified physician in both Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, and the former director and health officer of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. At UCLA, he is a Distinguished Professor in the Fielding School of Public Health and a Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine. He is the founder and co-director of the UCLA Center for Health Advancement in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Fielding was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 1995. He has served as President (1997-1999) of the American College of Preventive Medicine and as editor of the Annual Review of Public Health.