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Dr. David Sundwall David N. Sundwall, MD, was nominated by Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. to serve as Executive Director of the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) on January 3, 2005, and was confirmed for this position by the Utah Senate on January 17, 2005. In this capacity he supervises a workforce of almost 1,400 employees, and a budget of almost $1.8 billion. Dr. Sundwall previously served as President of the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) beginning September 1994, and remained in this capacity until May 2003, when he was appointed Senior Medical and Scientific Officer. The ACLA is a not-for-profit organization representing the leading national, regional, and local independent clinical laboratories. Its member companies provide more than 60 percent of the clinical lab testing in the United States done by commercial laboratories. Dr. Sundwall has extensive experience in federal government and national health policy, including: Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA}, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Assistant Surgeon General in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (1986-1988). He also served as Director, Health and Human Resources Staff (Majority), U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee (1981-1986).
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