Dr. David Grossman - UT Global Medical Missions Hall of Fame 2017

The UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences Alumni Community Award was given to Dr. David Grossman.

Grossman graduated in 1974 from the former Medical College of Ohio and completed an internship, residency and fellowship there in 1978. He began his medical career as a member of the medical staff at Toledo and St. Vincent’s hospitals and in an internal medicine group practice.

In 1989, he began his public career working for the city of Toledo’s Board of Health, was Toledo’s health commissioner and then medical director.

Grossman was instrumental in the merger of the county and city health departments, and in 2000, he became the health commissioner of the combined Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, a position that he held for 16 years.

Grossman was successful in the passage of the statewide smoking ban, and in 2007, he was awarded the Public Health Guardian Award by the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, which gives recognition to outstanding and significant activities resulting in a positive impact on public health for his work on the smoking ban hearings.