The District Advisory Council is looking for a Wood County physician to serve on the board of health.
Board members must live in the county and may not hold an elected office. Members are appointed for a
five year term. State law requires at least one member of the board to be a licensed medical
professional who is either an MD (Doctor of Medicine) or a DO (Doctor of Osteopathy). Interested
physicians may contact Health Commissioner Pamela Butler at (419) 352-8402.
A vacancy was created after the resignation of Dr. Steve Dood, past president and member of the board
since 1998.
"Dr. Dood’s departure is a great loss to the board," according to Butler. "We can only
hope to find another physician equally as interested in improving public health in Wood County."

The Board of Health consists of 11 members. Six of the members are appointed by the District Advisory
Council. The cities of Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Rossford, and Northwood also appoint one member each.
The eleventh member of the board is appointed by the Health District Licensing Council.
The Board of Health meets the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the health department.
The District Advisory Council is made up of the president of the board of county commissioners, the
mayors of the villages and the chair of each of the township trustee committees. The DAC meets once a
year in March to appoint board members and discuss matters of public health affecting the county.