Dr. Raul Pino can take “acting” out of the title on his business cards. He has been appointed commissioner of the state Department of Public Health.
Pino, who was previously deputy commissioner, has been serving in the role of acting commissioner since December, following Dr. Jewel Mullen’s departure to take a job with the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Pino previously served as director of Hartford’s Department of Health and Human Services, where he managed the department’s budget and oversaw labor relations, public health preparedness, code enforcement, and the department’s management team.
He is a member of the American Public Health Association and National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse.
Pino, who is originally from Cuba and came to Connecticut as a political refugee, received his medical degree from the University of Havana and has a master’s degree in public health from the UConn School of Medicine.
He also served in the Cuban Army.
