Mississippi State Department of Health
Offices of Health Informatics and Epidemiology
570 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson,
MS
USA
39215-1700
Email:
joe.surkin@msdh.state.ms.us
Biographical Sketch:
2006 - Present MEDSS/PHIN Director - Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Health Informatics and Epidemiology.
2002 - 06 MEDSS/PHIN Director - Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Epidemiology.
1994 - 2002 Surveillance Branch Director, Mississippi State, Department of Health, Division of Epidemiology.
1995 - 97 Consultant, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Injury Control and Prevention.
1992 - 94 Injury Surveillance Coordinator, Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of Epidemiology
1989 - 92 Emergency Medical Services Management Information System Coordinator, Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Services.
1985 - 88 Field Licensure Staff, Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services.
Specializes in systems design and implementation that include: emergency medical services electronic ambulance reporting, general electronic surveillance, injury surveillance, syndromic surveillance, disease surveillance and the hospital discharge data system.