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Dr. Rebekah Gee is the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the state’s largest agency with a budget of $14 billion.  Her oversight responsibilities include public health and other direct service programs for citizens in need such as behavioral health, developmental disabilities, aging and adult services, emergency preparedness, and oversight of the Medicaid program.  Under Dr. Gee’s leadership, over 400,000 Louisianans are newly insured under Louisiana’s Medicaid Expansion and for the first time, many are receiving much needed primary and preventive health care.   

Dr. Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and brings a caregivers perspective to the people she serves.  She is also a trained policy expert who has served on the Board of Healthcare Services of the National Academy of Medicine as well as in other state and national policy roles. Prior to her role as Secretary, she was the Medicaid Medical director, working to improve health care quality for Medicaid patients.  Before that, Dr. Gee served as the director for the Birth Outcomes Initiative where she led the charge to decrease infant mortality and prematurity statewide. She is the mother of five energetic children and lives in New Orleans where she continues to see patients

Question & answer session will follow Dr. Gee's presentation with 5 of the Northshore Healthcare Alliance members/CEO's.  

Patti Ellish, St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Bradley Goodson, Ochsner-Northshore
Bret Kolman, Lakeview Regional Medical Center
Rene Ragas, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
Michele Sutton, NorthOaks Health System