Rebekah Gee Explained

Rebekah Gee
Office:Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health
Governor:John Bel Edwards
Term Start:January 11, 2016
Term End:January 31, 2020
Predecessor:Kathy Kliebert
Successor:Courtney Phillips
Birth Name:Rebekah Elizabeth Gee
Birth Date:4 December 1975
Birth Place:Bountiful, Utah, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:
Children:5
Relatives:E. Gordon Gee (father)
Education:Columbia University (BA, MPH)
Cornell University (MD)
University of Pennsylvania (MS)

Rebekah Elizabeth Gee (born December 4, 1975) is an American physician and public health policy expert who is Founder and CEO of Nest Health and served as the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health from 2016 to 2020.[1] As Secretary, Gee led the expansion of Medicaid.

Early life and education

Gee was born in Bountiful, Utah, she is the daughter of Elizabeth (née Dutson) and E. Gordon Gee,[2] an academic administrator.[3] Gee is the parent of five children and mother of identical twins and lives in New Orleans.

Gee attended Columbia College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in American History in 1997. She then received her Master of Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in 1998, focused in Health Policy and Management.[4] Gee went on to earn her medical degree from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 2002, completing her residency in obstetrics and gynecology through Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in 2006.[5] [6] Gee was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and in 2009, Gee obtained her Master of Science in Health Policy Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[7] Gee is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.[8]

Career

Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Founder and CEO of Nest Health.[9] Nest Health has been recognized as one of ten most promising hybrid health care companies and one of 150 most promising digital healthcare companies in the world by CB insights.[10] From 2020 to 2022, Gee was CEO of Health Care Services for Louisiana State University.[11] From 2016 to 2020, she was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-01-07. Louisiana health chief Dr. Rebekah Gee resigns. 2020-06-16. Modern Healthcare. en.
  2. Web site: DeMocker. Michael. 2016-01-27. New Louisiana health secretary Rebekah Gee knows about tragedy. 2020-06-16. NOLA.com. The Times-Picayune. en.
  3. Web site: President E. Gordon Gee Bio . 2023-02-05 . presidentgee.wvu.edu . en-US.
  4. Web site: Take Five with Dr. Rebekah Gee '97, PH'98. August 15, 2018.
  5. Web site: Dr. Rebekah Gee.
  6. Web site: Obstetrics and Gynecology Integrated Residency Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
  7. Web site: Rebekah E. Gee, MD - LSUHSC School of Medicine. 2020-06-16. www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu.
  8. Web site: Rebekah Gee, MD Certification. 2020-06-16. Certification Matters. en-US.
  9. Web site: About . 2023-02-05 . Nest Health . en-US.
  10. Web site: The Digital Health 150: The most promising digital health companies of 2022 . 2023-02-05 . CB Insights Research . en-US.
  11. Web site: Rebekah E. Gee, MD - LSUHSC School of Medicine. www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu.
  12. Web site: Rebekah Gee, Louisiana health department head, resigns; read her letter to John Bel Edwards. Ballard, Mark. The Advocate.

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