Dr. Devdutta Sangvai

Dr. Devdutta “Dev” Sangvai was sworn in as the Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Governor Josh Stein selected Dr. Sangvai to lead the department as the state’s 19th Secretary for Health and Human Services. 

Secretary Sangvai is a family medicine physician, attorney and a professor at Duke University. Prior to his role with NCDHHS, he served as president of Duke Regional Hospital and held leadership positions in the North Carolina Medical Society and North Carolina Medical Board.

Under his leadership, NCDHHS is focused on four key priority areas: delivering critical services to improve health and well-being, transforming rural health, strengthening behavioral health crisis care and its coordination with the justice system and promoting affordable and accessible health care for every North Carolinian. 

His career has focused on improving access, transforming medical education to develop the health care workforce and making care more efficient. Dr. Sangvai is the first Indian American cabinet member to serve under a North Carolina governor.