Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, Baltimore County health officer, departs role

Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, Baltimore County health officer, departs role

By Helen Bezuneh, Special to the AFRO Baltimore County’s Department of Health is parting ways with former health officer Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch. (Photo courtesy of National Association of Counties) Baltimore County’s Department of Health has announced that Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, an internal medicine doctor, is no longer Baltimore County’s health officer. The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has not provided a reason for Branch’s departure.…

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Sources say that Dr. Gregory Branch was the subject of an investigation into his many outside activities. County leaders previously called him an outstanding health professional.