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Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH

Deputy Coordinator
White House National Mpox Response
Washington, DC, United States

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is an infectious disease physician who is currently serving as the Acting Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at CDC. Before this role, Dr. Daskalakis served locally and nationally as a leader in public health as the Director for the Division of HIV Prevention at the CDC, Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Disease Control, and Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Dr. Daskalakis has extensive experience with outbreak response throughout his career including serving as Incident Commander during the 2018-19 New York City Measles Outbreak and in 2020 during the COVID-19 Response while at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In 2021, he served as Deputy Incident Manager of the Vaccine Task Force in CDC’s National COVID-19 Response. Most recently, Dr. Daskalakis served as the Deputy Coordinator of the White House National Mpox Response.

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