Howard University Mini Medical School

Walter L. Faggett,MD

Walter L. Faggett, MD enjoys a distinguished career as a pediatrician, health systems administrator, policy analyst and in military service as a retired Armed Forces Colonel and Parachutist. The recipient of the highly acclaimed Skinner Medal from the Academy of Health Sciences, Dr. Faggett's career reflects his stellar leadership abilities, clinical competencies and commitment to community service. Dr. Faggett is currently serving in the District of Columbia Department of Health (DCDOH)--first as Chief Medical Officer where he is second-in-command of the entire health department and its city-wide divisional networks; and concurrently as Medical Director of DCDOH's Medical Assistance Administration. He also holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Howard University College of Medicine.

As a retired Armed Forces Colonel, Dr. Faggett has received numerous honors for military service, including the National Defense Service Medal. He has held membership on a number of community Boards including Healthcare for the Homeless and served on the Institute of Medicine's Committee on National Immunization Finance & Policy Issues in 1999. Dr. Faggett's commitment to disease management protocols and community health is reflected in other notable accomplishments such as the establishment of a city-wide Sickle Cell Anemia Program in San Antonio, Texas which became a model for best practices and the development and implementation of an HMO structure for health care delivery to the homeless in Washington, DC.

While serving in the Armed Forces, Dr. Faggett directed the US Army Physician's Assistant Program during a Saudi Arabian deployment and led a review team of medical assistants to assess capacity of the Saudi government and military to establish an academy of health sciences. Dr. Faggett also planned, directed, coordinated and participated in the Medical Civilian Assistance program for a population of over 110,000 while serving as the Grenada Intervention Medical Director, US Medical Element.

Dr. Faggett is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed internships and a pediatric residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a Psychiatric Liaison Fellowship at DC General Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Faggett is currently the President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of DC. He holds licensure to practice medicine in five states, including the District of Columbia and Maryland.