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Alexandria health director David Rose leaving for regional state post

Rose, who led the department out of the COVID-19 pandemic, departs Nov. 9. Deputy Director Anne Gaddy will run the department while the state searches for a successor.

,   and  Ryan Belmore
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Dr. David Rose, director of the Alexandria Health Department since November 2021, will leave Nov. 9 for a regional post with the Virginia Department of Health. (City of Alexandria)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Dr. David Rose is leaving as director of the Alexandria Health Department after five years to take a regional post with the Virginia Department of Health, the department announced Tuesday.

His last day is Nov. 9. He will become the state agency’s north/northwest regional director, a role in which he said he will continue to support the Alexandria department.

Dr. Anne Gaddy, the deputy director, will oversee operations while the state health department searches for a new director. It is a role she has held before: Gaddy was acting director from April 2021 until Rose’s arrival that November.

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