The Office of Health Security is the principal medical, workforce health and safety, and public health authority for DHS. Since the inception of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), health security has played a pivotal role in the execution of DHS’s mission. The Office of Health Security (OHS) positions the Department for a proactive and agile response to the evolving health security landscape
OHS is led by Acting Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director of the Office of Health Security Dr. Herbert Wolfe.
Immediate Office
The Immediate Office of the Chief Medical Officer (IO) manages the strategic direction of OHS, mission support operations, special programs, and communications. DHS Commissioned Corps Affairs, positioned within the IO, is the Department's liaison to the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Over 680 U.S. Public Health Service Officers serve on land, at sea and in the air across DHS Components.
Total Workforce Protection Directorate
Innovate, implement, and oversee Departmental workforce, health, safety and medical programs.
Health, Food & Agriculture Resilience Directorate
Enhance preparedness and response efforts for high-consequence events that threaten the health, food, and agriculture sectors.
Healthcare Systems & Oversight Directorate
Oversee the provision of standard quality healthcare delivery to avoid preventable harm, enable humane care, and to lead unified immigration health policy support.
Health Information Systems & Decision Support
Manage DHS medical and public health data to drive decision-making, oversight and enable effective healthcare delivery and readiness.
Regional Operations
Provide specialized direct technical assistance to FSLTT partners through a regionalized network of interdisciplinary subject matter experts. OHS Regional Operations forward-deploys and embeds Medical Officers and other clinicians with law enforcement partners during both steady-state and crisis response operations.