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Rhode Island interim health director leaving
Rhode Island’s interim health director, Dr. James V. McDonald, is stepping down from his post, Governor Dan McKee’s office announced Thursday. McDonald, 59, who has led the Health Department since Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott stepped down as director in mid-January, is leaving to move closer to his family in upstate New York, where he is originally […]
Dr. James McDonald tapped as interim health director as McKee searches for permanent replacement
Dr. James McDonald, a state medical director who heads the board of licensure and discipline, will serve as interim director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, Governor Daniel J. McKee announced Thursday. McDonald, a pediatrician, will assume the day-to-day operations of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, who is stepping down from the directors’ post […]

