Mike Totoraitis, PhD

Dr. Michael Totoraitis was appointed by Mayor Cavalier Johnson to City of Milwaukee Health Commissioner in May 2023. He has been with the Milwaukee Health Department since September 2021, previously serving as the director of health data and evaluation. Before earning his Ph.D. in public and community health from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2021, Totoraitis was a program supervisor with Safe & Sound, a violence prevention research coordinator with the health department’s Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission and a grants analyst with Milwaukee County. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology and law studies from Marquette University.