Dr. Alina Alonso
Director
Palm Beach County Health
Department,
Florida Department of
Health
800 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach, Florida
33401 |
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Dr. Alina Alonso, Palm
Beach County Health Department
Director, has been serving the
medically underserved in Palm Beach
County through the Health Department
since 1989. As the Director she
oversees the operations one of the
largest county health departments in
the state. Its 900 plus employees
provide a full range of primary and
preventive services to seven health
centers located throughout Palm
Beach County. Its numerous other
Public Health services including
Environmental Engineering,
Nutrition, School Health and
Community Health and Education make
it a nationally recognized
organization in a class by itself.
Dr. Alonso has trained in
Bio-Chemical Terrorism and Weapons
of Mass Destruction since 1997. She
has the experience of handling the
clinical operations of first case of
inhalation Anthrax in the United
States in the last twenty-five
years. She has extensive training in
communicable and emergent diseases.
Dr. Alonso graduated from Barry
University in 1978 with a Major in
Biology, a double Minor in Chemistry
and Mathematics and a BS degree. She
pursued her medical career as a 1984
graduate of the foreign medical
school, Universidad Autonoma de
Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. In New
York, she served as Chief Resident
in the three-year Family Practice
Residency Program at St. Joseph
Medical Center from 1985 to 1988.
After returning home, she finished a
second residency in Public Health
and Preventive Medicine in 1992 at
the Palm Beach County Health
Department. She is a diplomat of the
American Board of Family Practice
and a member of the Palm Beach
County Medical Society.
Dr. Alonso serves on the faculty for
Nova Southeastern University, Health
Professions Division as Clinical
Assistant Professor and remains very
active in the Preventive
Medicine/Public Health Residency
Program at the Palm Beach County
Health Department training future
leaders.
In addition to her Public Health
responsibilities, Dr. Alonso
combines her Cuban heritage and her
experience and training in Mexico
and Central America to stay active
in minority health issues, patient's
rights advocacy, cultural diversity
and tolerance training. Her favorite
pastime is snorkeling or scuba
diving off the Florida Keys and the
Bahamas Islands with her sons
Gabriel and Alex.
“We will remain champions for
the healthiest community in the
nation, empower the youth to choose
healthier lifestyles, build
healthier communities and improve
access to care with the help and
support of our many partners in this
community.”
