Stephen C. Redd AB, MD

RADM Stephen C. Redd, MD, is Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) and head of the proposed Office for Service and Implementation Science (OSIS) at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). Dr. Redd oversees CDC’s public health preparedness and response activities, including state and local readiness, the regulation of select agents and toxins, emergency operations, and managing the nation’s stockpile of emergency medical countermeasures.

Dr. Redd is a leader in emergency response and recovery. He joined OPHPR during a critical time, while CDC was conducting the response to the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. During the outbreak, Dr. Redd helped ensure deployed staff stayed safe and that their work was recognized. He collaborated across the agency to help prepare for the possibility of additional cases of Ebola in the United States. Since then, he has led the agency’s responses to the Zika Virus and the 2017-hurricane season.

Dr. Redd is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, and a member of the Commissioned Officers Association. He received his baccalaureate degree in history from Princeton University and his medical degree with honors from the Emory University School of Medicine. He trained in medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital before completing the two-year Epidemic Intelligence Service training program at CDC.