Lisa Villarroel, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Chief Medical Officer for Public Health

Arizona Department of Health Services

Dr. Lisa Villarroel MD, MPH is the Chief Medical Officer for Public Health at the Arizona Department of Health Services. Dr. Villarroel has served as the medical director for the emergency response to Ebola, Zika, opioid, vaping, and the COVID-19 crises. She has a particular interest in the public health approach to opioid use disorder and has co-led the creation of the Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum, the Arizona Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, and she now co-chairs the Arizona Clinical Opioid Workgroup focused on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder metrics. She received her bachelors in biology at Princeton University, her Doctor of Medicine at Northwestern University, a masters in public health, and a certificate in Media and Medicine from Harvard Medical School.