The Albany County Health Department has a new commissioner...
County Executive Dan McCoy today says Dr. Elizabeth Whalen has been appointed to serve as Commissioner of the Albany County Department of Health on behalf of the more than 300,000 residents of the county.
Dr. Whalen is a public health physician with dual board certification in Internal Medicine and Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
She succeeds Dr. James Crucetti who resigned in January after 25 years with the Health Department — 22 of them as the county's top doctor.
The department employs 85 people and manages a budget of $9 million.
