Thomas E. Dobbs | |
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| State Health Officer of Mississippi | |
| In office 1 November 2018 – 31 July 2022 Acting: 1 November 2018 – 13 December 2018[1] | |
| Governor | Phil Bryant Tate Reeves |
| Deputy | Daniel Edney |
| Preceded by | Mary Currier |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Edney |
| Deputy State Health Officer of Mississippi | |
| In office July 2018 – December 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Emory University (BS) University of Alabama (MPH) (MD)[2] |
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Thomas E. Dobbs III is an American physician currently serving asdean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at theUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center.[3]
Dobbs previously served asState Health Officer of Mississippi, where he became widely known as the namesake of theDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organizationlandmark decision of theU.S. Supreme Court in which the court held, in June 2022, that theConstitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. Dobbs himself had no involvement in the case.[4]
Dobbs graduated with a Bachelor of Science inApplied physics fromEmory University. He earned his medical degree in 1996, followed by aMaster of Public Health in 2000, and completed residencies inInternal Medicine in 1999 andInfectious Diseases in 2005, all at theUniversity of Alabama.[5] He thereafter worked in various positions in theMississippi State Department of Health, including as Regional Health Officer from 2008 to 2012, as State Epidemiologist from 2012 to 2016, and briefly as Deputy State Health Officer in 2018[6] before succeeding State Health Officer Mary Currier, who retired after 9 years of service.[7] Dobbs resigned in July 2022 to return to academia.
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