Director and Health Officer

Director: Carolyn M. Sorge, MSN, RN

Health Officer: Sandra Cortes, MPH, REHS, HO

Phone: 908-518-5620

Fax: 908-654-9252

Office: 400 North Avenue East, Westfield 07090

The Office of Health Management is a vital component of the emergency preparedness and response system responsible to plan and manage the health related aspects of community response.

Within the division are the Office of Public Health and the Office of Environmental Health working together with a goal of a healthier and safer community.

Public Health

Phone: 908-518-5620

Fax: 908-654-9252

Office: 400 North Avenue East, Westfield 07090

Maintains an Emergency CHAIN (Community Health Alert Information Network) as part of Union County Local Public Health Emergency Communications System. Electronic dissemination of critical public health related information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NJ Dept of Health, County and Local Health Departments is forwarded to designated groups and individual health care providers via the NJ Local Information Network and Communications System (LINCS).

Updates to the system will be conducted on an annual base to ensure accurate contacts.

If you are interested in receiving LINCS emails, click here.

Environmental Health

Supervisor: Jessica Mindo

Phone: 908-654-9730

Fax: 908-654-9252

Office: 400 North Avenue East, Westfield 07090

The Office of Environmental Health works in cooperation with State and Local environmental and public health professionals to ensure a safer and healthier quality of life for residents.

County Inspectors enforce state environmental regulations (air pollution, solid waste, commercial underground storage tanks, water, pesticides, and noise pollution) by conducting inspections of NJDEP regulated facilities and responding to citizen complaints as well as those referred by the DEP.

Immunization Clinic

Manager: Juliana Silva 

Phone: 908-965-3756

Clinic Phone: 908-965-3627 /908-965-3868

Address: 40 Parker Rd Elizabeth, NJ

Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday
8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Website

Our office is proud to announce a new partnership with the Union County Immunization Clinic under the Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services in Elizabeth, NJ.

Please visit the clinic’s webpage for services provided and more information.