Walter L. Faggett, II, MD
Speaker of the House of Delegates
National Medical Association
Dr. Walter L. Faggett is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed internships and a pediatric residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Adolescent Medicine Fellowship DC Children’s Hospital (CNMC), and was a Psychiatric Liaison at DC General Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Faggett is Past President of the D.C. Medico-Chirurgical Society (an affiliate of the National Medical Association). He also holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine the Howard University College of Medicine. Dr. Faggett is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine and certified in Buprenorphine Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Faggett is CEO, Doctors On Call, LLC; and, currently serving as Chair, Ward 8 Health Council; Chair, Leadership Council for Health Communities (LCHC) – Health Information Technology Committee (HIT).
Dr. Faggett is President of the Board of Directors of the ARC of Washington, DC 2011-2012, Medical Director Chief Health Services Administration, Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services, Washington, DC; and holds memberships in Peoples Congregational Church – United Church of Christ, Washington, DC; and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Dr. Faggett retired from the District of Columbia Department of Health (DCDOH) in July 2008, where he served as Chief Medical Officer and second-in-command of the entire health department and its city-wide divisional networks; and concurrently served as Medical Director of DC Medical Assistance Administration.
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