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Medical Director's Welcome

Hello and welcome to your Washtenaw County Public Health Web site. I'm Diana Torres-Burgos, the Medical Director for Washtenaw County's Public Health Department. As Medical Director, I am  responsible for overseeing the development and evaluation of standards of medical care throughout the agency, providing medical direction to the agency’s medical staff, and advising the Health Officer in matters of medical policy. I also work with professional societies and health agencies at the local, state, and federal level to insure the compliance of the County’s various health programs.

Member of the following:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American College of Preventive Medicine
  • American Medical Women's Association
  • American Public Health Association
  • Michigan Association of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Physicians
  • Michigan Public Health Association 
  • Michigan State Medical Society
  • Washtenaw County Medical Society                                 

Diana Torres-Burgos, MD, MPH is a board certified pediatrician who received her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.  For fifteen years, she practiced as a general pediatrician. In 2006, she obtained a Masters of Public Health in Health Education and Health Behavior with a focus on community-based public health.  In 2007, she completed a second residency in Preventive Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a Leadership Scholar Fellowship with the National Hispanic Medical Association for community/policy advocacy.

Diana Torres-Burgos M.D. MPH

Washtenaw County Public Health Department
555 Towner
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Office: 734-544-3058
Fax: 734-544-6705

torresburgosd@ewashtenaw.org