Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle, WA, United States
Eric J. Chow, MD, MS, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, FAAP is the Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization for Public Health – Seattle & King County and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. He is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and adult infectious diseases and trained as a medical epidemiologist through the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service program. While at the CDC, he worked within the Influenza Division and led several COVID-19 investigations during the early days of the pandemic. He supported Public Health – Seattle & King County’s investigation of the long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreak. He also helped characterize the initial cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and develop the case definition for the condition in the United States. He has authored over 50 peer reviewed publications and his research interests are focused on community respiratory virus epidemiology, extra-pulmonary manifestations of respiratory viruses, emerging infectious diseases and public health practice.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.
Monday, October 20, 2025
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM US ET