Office of the Deputy Secretary (DS)On November 15, 2007, Dr. Tevi David Troy was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). As Deputy Secretary, he is responsible for the operations of the largest civilian department in the federal government. Dr. Troy had previously served at the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.
Deputy Secretary Troy’s ActivitiesDecember 19, 2008 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy announces the prior appointment of the principal associate deputy secretary Demetrios Kouzoukas and associate deputy secretary Melissa Pardue. More>> |
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| November 17, 2008 (Queens, NY) – Deputy Secretary participates in Medicare Open Enrollment events at the Charles W. Wang Community Health Center and the Queens Jewish Community Council. |
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| November 14, 2008 (Washington, DC) Deputy Secretary Troy hosts “Healthcare Innovation in the 21st Century: HHS’ Dynamic Role in the Biomedical and Device Development Process. More>> Conference Information and Resources>> |
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| November 12, 2008 (Hartford, CT) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks at the 2008 Small Business Research (SBIR) National Conference on HHS’ dynamic role in the biomedical and device development process. |
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| November 12, 2008 (Hartford, CT) – Deputy Secretary Troy attends a Medicare Open Enrollment event at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. |
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| November 10, 2008 (Bangor, ME) – Deputy Secretary Troy participates in a Medicare Open Enrollment event at Dirigo Pines Retirement Community. |
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| November 6, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy co-chairs the sixth meeting of the steering group United-States-Ireland Research and Development (R&D) Partnership. Dr. Troy discusses progress associated with the Partnership and gives new directions for the future. |
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| October, 24, 2008 (Atlanta, GA) Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Department’s efforts to strengthen comprehensive food protection at the National Restaurant Association’s “Food Safety in the 21st Century Marketplace” conference. More.>> |
(Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| October 16, 2008 (Washington, DC) Deputy Secretary Troy delivers remarks on the importance of global health diplomacy at the “Global Health in the 21st Century” forum at the Embassy of Italy. |
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| October 9, 2008 (Washington, DC) Deputy Secretary Troy speaks about ongoing U.S.-Poland cooperation on innovation in health care at the National Academies’ “Symposium on Opportunities and Challenges in the Polish Innovation System.” |
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| October 2, 2008 (Washington, DC) Deputy Secretary Troy welcomes 11 new communities as Chartered Value Exchanges (CVEs.) These communities will join 14 other CVEs -- local collaborations of health care providers, employers, insurers, and consumers working jointly to improve care and make quality and price information widely available. More>> |
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| September 29, 2008 (Boston, MA) - Deputy Secretary Troy announces a new partnership between HHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs to help older Americans and veterans remain independent at the National Home and Community Based Services Conference. More>> Press Release>> |
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| September 25, 2008 (Arlington, VA) - Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the importance of public-private partnerships in emergency preparedness at the HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop & BARDA Industry Day. More>> |
(Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| September 23, 2008 (Atlanta, GA) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks at a National Endowment for the Humanities’ Picturing America event at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Site More>> Press Release>> |
(Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| September 22, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy shares the Bush Administration’s commitment to helping victims of human trafficking at the National Symposium on the Health Needs of Human Trafficking Victims. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Adam Tewell)
| September 17, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy meets with Japanese Minister for Population and Gender Equality. More>> |
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| September 16, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy meets with the Vietnamese Vice Minister for Health, Madam Nguyen Thi Kim More>> |
(Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| September 10, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on HHS’s dynamic role in the biomedical development process at the U.S. - Danish Biomedical Innovation and Health Meeting. |
(Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| September 5, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks at White House Leadership Summit on Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Substance Abuse.
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(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| September 3-4, 2008 (Lusaka, Zambia) – Deputy Secretary Troy leads U.S. Presidential Delegation to the funeral of his Excellency Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, President of Zambia. Press Release>> More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| August 8, 2008 – Deputy Secretary Troy visits the San Ysidro Port-of-Entry and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. More>> |
July 3, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy announces the appointment of the principal associate deputy secretary, Jim O’Neill and the associate deputy secretary Demetrios Kouzoukas. More>> |
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| June 26, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration’s commitment to helping Americans with disabilities and swears in members of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Remarks>> More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| June 26, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy and Vietnamese Vice Minister of Health sign a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in food safety, animal feed and medical products. (HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki) More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| June 16, 2008 (Newark, DE) – Deputy Secretary Troy declares Delaware a winner of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
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| June 11, 2008 (Augusta, ME) – Deputy Secretary Troy declares Maine a winner of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
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| June 3, 2008 (Philadelphia, PA) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration for Children and Families’ partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to educate children on American history through art at NEH’s rollout of Picturing America in Philadelphia. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| May 28-29, 2008 – Deputy Secretary Troy visits the State of Israel. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| May 14, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration’s vision for the future of health care at the Dialogue on Diversity’s 2008 Health Care Symposium. |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| May 6-8, 2008 – Deputy Secretary Troy visits Ireland and Northern Ireland. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Cathy Brown)
| April 30, 2008 (Arlington, VA) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the importance of personal responsibility for healthy lifestyles and kicks off National Walk @ Lunch Day. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| April 29, 2008 (New York, NY) – Deputy Secretary Troy delivers remarks at a National Endowment for the Humanities’ Picturing America event. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| April 22, 2008 (Arlington, VA) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration’s commitment to vaccine safety and preparedness at the World Vaccine Congress Washington 2008 Conference. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| April 15, 2008 (Newark, NJ) – Deputy Secretary Troy meets with community leaders and stakeholders to discuss the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ five-year electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| April 14, 2008 (New York, NY) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration’s efforts to improve health care in a challenged economy at the New York University School of Law’s 2008 Global Economic Policy Forum. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| April 10, 2008 (Wichita, KS) – Deputy Secretary Troy meets with community leaders and stakeholders to discuss the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ five-year electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
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| March 30 – April 2 – Deputy Secretary Troy leads HHS delegation to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| March 28, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on the Administration’s efforts to improve health and long-term care for seniors at the National Council on Aging-American Society on Aging Joint Conference. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| March 27, 2008 (Albany, NY) – Deputy Secretary Troy recognizes the New York Quality Alliance as one of the Nation’s fourteen chartered value exchanges. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Cathy Brown)
| March 19, 2008 (Rockville, MD) - Deputy Secretary Troy accepts the Combined Federal Campaign’s Summit Award and Million Dollar Circle Award on behalf of Secretary Leavitt and HHS. Remarks>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| March 18, 2008 (Grand Rapids, MI) - Deputy Secretary Troy recognizes the Alliance for Health as one of the Nation’s fourteen chartered value exchanges and meets with community leaders and stakeholders to discuss the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ five-year electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| March 18, 2008 (Toledo, OH) - Deputy Secretary Troy meets with community leaders and stakeholders to discuss the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ five-year electronic health records demonstration project. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| March 10, 2008 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy speaks on prevention at the National Park Hospitality Association’s Annual Meeting. More>>
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(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| February 20, 2008 (Providence, RI) - Deputy Secretary Troy meets with Governor Donald Carcieri (RI) and community leaders and stakeholders to promote electronic health records. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| February 20, 2008 (Portland, ME) - Deputy Secretary Troy recognizes the Maine Chartered Value Exchange Alliance as one of the Nation’s fourteen chartered value exchanges and meets with Governor John Baldacci (ME) and community leaders and stakeholders to promote electronic health records. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| February 4, 2008 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy delivers remarks at the National Association of Health Underwriters’ Capitol Conference. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| January 24, 2008 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy speaks at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Food Safety Conference. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| January 15, 2008 (Omaha, NE) - Deputy Secretary Troy shares the Administration’s vision for the future of health care at Alegent Health’s “Power to the Patient” Forum. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Matt Shiraki)
| January 15, 2008 (Omaha, NE) - Deputy Secretary Troy visits Alegent Health’s Lakeside Hospital |
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| November 29, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy joins Mayor Fenty in urging DC residents to get influenza vaccinations. More>> |
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| November 28, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy welcomes the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population and the Ambassador of Egypt to HHS. |
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| November 27, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy introduces Mrs. Bush and announces the Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative at the 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit. More>> |
| November 15, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy takes the oath of office, administered by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, at HHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Remarks>> Photos>> |
November 8, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy celebrates National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. More>> |
(HHS Photo by Cathy Brown)
| November 6, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy and FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach unveil the FDA Food Protection Plan. More>> |
(Photo by Brad Hess)
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| November 1, 2007 (New York, NY) - Deputy Secretary Troy delivers the keynote address at the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System's 2007 Quality Symposium. More>> |
October 11, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy speaks at the symposium on Global Health in the 21st Century. More>> |
October 10, 2007 (Washington, DC) - Deputy Secretary Troy celebrates the Children's Inn at the 19th Annual Gala. More>> |
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