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Region 1 counties map  PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 1 - Lubbock 
Kelly Northcott, Deputy Regional Director                  
Regional Headquarters: 6302 Iola Ave, Lubbock, Texas 79424, Mail Code 1899
Phone: (806) 744-3577     FAX: (806) 783-6435  
Map to Region 1 office      Web site 

Region 2/3 counties map   PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 2/3 - Arlington
Joel Massey, MD, MPH, Regional Medical Director
Becky Earlie-Royer, PhD, MPH, CHES, Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 1301 South Bowen Road, Suite 200, Arlington, Texas  76013, Mail Code 1905
Phone: (817) 264-4500     FAX: (817) 264-4506  
TDD: (817) 264-4505 
Map to Region 2/3 office      Web site 

  Region 4-5 counties map PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 4/5 - Tyler
Sharon Huff, MD, MS, Regional Medical Director 
David Leary, MSW, Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 2521 West Front Street, Tyler, Texas  75702, Mail Code 1901
Phone: (903) 595-3585     FAX: (903) 593-4187  
Map to Region 4/5 North office      Web site 

  Region 6/5 counties map PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 6/5  - Houston

Carlos Plasencia, MD, MSPH,  Regional Medical Director
Greta Etnyre, MS, RD, REHS/RS, Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 5425 Polk, Suite J, Houston, Texas 77023, Mail Code 1906 
Phone: (713) 767-3000     FAX: (713) 767-3049  
Map to Region 6/5 South office      Web site 
  Region 7 counties map PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 7 - Temple
Sharon Melville, MD, MPH, Regional Medical Director 
Carol Davis, MSPH, CPH, Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 2408 South 37th Street, Temple, Texas 76504, Mail Code 1902
Phone: (254) 778-6744     FAX: (254) 778-4066  
Map to Region 7 office      Web site 

Region 8 counties map  PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 8 - San Antonio 
Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH, Regional Medical Director 
Gale Morrow, MPH, MCHES. Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 7430 Louis Pasteur Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229, Mail Code 5716
Phone: (210) 949-2000     FAX: (210) 949-2015
Map to Region 8 office      Web site 

Region 9-10 counties map PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 9/10 - El Paso
Rachel Sonne, MD, MPH, Regional Medical Director
Art Alvarado, RS, MPH., Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 401 East Franklin, Suite 210, El Paso, Texas 79901, Mail Code 1903
Phone: (915) 834-7675     FAX: (915) 834-7799  
Map to Region 9/10 office      Web site 

  Region 11 counties map PUBLIC HEALTH REGION 11 - Harlingen
Emilie Prot, DO, MPH, Regional Medical Director
Sylvia Hobbs, Deputy Regional Director
Regional Headquarters: 601 West Sesame Drive, Harlingen, Texas 78550, Mail Code 1907
Phone: (956) 423-0130     FAX: (956) 444-3298  
Map to Region 11 office      Web site 
Last updated December 16, 2019