Dr. Brown announced on December 3rd 2025 "It is with great pleasure that I announce my appointment by President Donald J. Trump to serve as the Regional Director for the U S Department of Health and Human Services, Region IV under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I look forward to working with the state, tribal and local officials across the Southeast to Make America Healthy Again. This position is a true dream job 35 years in the making allowing me to use my training in medicine, public health and communications to its fullest.
I am grateful to my family, friends and God for allowing this great opportunity."
Dr. Samantha “Sam” Brown-Parks is a Family Medicine Physician who has dedicated her life to service. After obtaining her MD from the University of Miami, she served in the U. S. Army as a General Medical Officer before moving to Atlanta. She then pursued a Masters of Public Health at Rollins School of Public Health and taught for over a decade at Emory School of Medicine. She currently practices as a medical consultant for the film and television industry.
Sam has been married to Dr. Christopher Parks, an Interventional Pulmonologist, for 26 years. They have raised two sons, George and Rex Parks, in the Buckhead community. Sam is an active board member and volunteer for Childspring International, Fulton County Commission’s Veterans Empowerment Committee, Veterans for America First VFAF, and the Georgia Department of Veterans Services Foundation.
