KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knox County Health Department on Thursday announced its new public health officer. Dr. Megan Edwards, a University of Tennessee alumna, will start in March.
The health department says Dr. Edwards is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and received her doctorate at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. She is currently working at The University of Tennessee Medical Center where she specializes in Infectious Diseases and holds an academic appointment with the UT Graduate School of Medicine.