Letitia Dzirasa

Biography

Letitia Dzirasa (born c. 1981) is an American pediatrician and public health official currently serving as Baltimore City's Deputy Mayor of Equity, Health, and Human Services. She returned to this role in July 2025 after previously serving from May 2023 to June 2024. Prior to becoming deputy mayor, Dzirasa was commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from 2019 to 2023, where she was the first African American woman to hold the position and led the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland.

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