ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Mayor Tishaura O. Jones appointment of Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, as the new Director of the Department of Health for the City of St. Louis. She is an infectious disease expert and the first Black woman Health Director in St. Louis history.
Hlatshwayo Davis most recently worked in the Infectious Diseases faculty at John Cochran VA Medical center in St. Louis. According to a press release from Mayor Jones' office, she has been a leading voice in the fight against COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS as well as for her leadership on the Fast Track Cities Initiative in St. Louis and work on the City of St. Louis Board of Health.
Previously, Dr. Fredrick Echols was serving as the acting director. He will continue in his role as the City’s Health Commissioner.
It comes after the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted unanimously this week to extend the city's mask mandate another month.
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Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis received her medical degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a Master’s in Public Health Degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her internal medicine residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. She went on to complete her Infectious Diseases fellowship at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), also completing a one-year dedicated non-ACGME HIV fellowship and a two-year dedicated Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) fellowship.
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