Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced the formation of the Governor’s Medical Advisory Committee for Post-Peak COVID-19 Response.
The committee, established by Executive Order 20-17, will identify the criteria to guide public health strategy after Arkansas reaches the peak of COVID-19 cases.
The committee will examine testing capabilities and social distancing protocols and make any recommendations necessary to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19. Dr. Nathaniel Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), will serve as the committee chairman.
Members of the Governor’s Medical Advisory Committee for Post-Peak COVID-19 Response are:
Dr. Nathaniel Smith – Secretary of ADH (Chair)
Dr. Jose Romero – ADH Chief Medical Officer and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)/Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Dr. Naveen Patil – ADH Medical Director for Infectious Disease
Dr. Jennifer Dillaha – ADH State Epidemiologist
Dr. Austin Porter – ADH Deputy Chief Science Officer and Assistant Professor at the UAMS College of Public Health
Dr. Greg Bledsoe – Surgeon General of Arkansas
Dr. Jerrilyn Jones – ADH Medical Director for Preparedness and Response and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UAMS
Dr. Sam Greenfield – ADH Medical Director for Family Health and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAMS
The committee will provide its first briefing to the Governor later this week.
Read Executive Order 20-17 HERE.
The committee will examine testing capabilities and social distancing protocols and make any recommendations necessary to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19. Dr. Nathaniel Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), will serve as the committee chairman.
Members of the Governor’s Medical Advisory Committee for Post-Peak COVID-19 Response are:
Dr. Nathaniel Smith – Secretary of ADH (Chair)
Dr. Jose Romero – ADH Chief Medical Officer and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)/Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Dr. Naveen Patil – ADH Medical Director for Infectious Disease
Dr. Jennifer Dillaha – ADH State Epidemiologist
Dr. Austin Porter – ADH Deputy Chief Science Officer and Assistant Professor at the UAMS College of Public Health
Dr. Greg Bledsoe – Surgeon General of Arkansas
Dr. Jerrilyn Jones – ADH Medical Director for Preparedness and Response and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UAMS
Dr. Sam Greenfield – ADH Medical Director for Family Health and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAMS
The committee will provide its first briefing to the Governor later this week.
Read Executive Order 20-17 HERE.
1 comment:
Jared and Ivanka are already too busy to hep you much Governor Hutchinson.
I heard the hospital consultants at 305 South Palm Street in Little Rock are ready and willing to give more help than you know what to do with. Probably need to sign them to a contract to git-r-dun.
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