Rebekah Gee

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Rebekah Gee
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Secretary Gee in 2016
Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health
In office
January 11, 2016 – January 31, 2020
GovernorJohn Bel Edwards
Preceded byKathy Kliebert
Succeeded byCourtney Phillips
Personal details
Born
Rebekah Elizabeth Gee

(1975-12-04) December 4, 1975 (age 46)
Bountiful, Utah, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Allan Moore
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(m. 2006; died 2008)​

David Patrón
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(m. 2010)​
Children5
RelativesE. Gordon Gee (father)
EducationColumbia 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 served as the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health from 2016 to 2020.[1] Prior to her role as secretary, Gee was the Medicaid medical director;[2] she previously served as the director for the Louisiana Birth Outcomes Initiative.[3] Following her resignation, Louisiana State University announced that Gee had been appointed CEO of LSU Health New Orleans' Health Care Services Division.[4]

Early life and education[]

Gee was born in Bountiful, Utah, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Dutson) and E. Gordon Gee.[5] Her father is a prominent American academic, currently serving his second term as president of West Virginia University; he has served as the chief executive at several universities in the United States, including the Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, Brown University, and the University of Colorado.[6] Gee is the mother of five children and lives in New Orleans, where she continues to see patients.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] Gee is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.[12]

Career[]

Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and CEO of Health Care Services for Louisiana State University.[7] From 2016–2020, she served as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the state’s largest agency with an annual budget of approximately $14 billion.[13] While Secretary, Gee oversaw the implementation of Medicaid expansion which has extended health insurance coverage to over 600,000 Louisianans.[14][15] Gee is a trained health services researcher and created a dashboard demonstrating the impact that Medicaid expansion had on coverage as well as access to primary and preventive services.[16]

She developed a first in the nation elimination campaign for Hepatitis C spearheaded by her teams' successful drug-pricing negotiations.[17] She has led national policy discussions on the creation of affordable pharmaceuticals.[18][19] As a result of this novel drug pricing arrangement and a companion public health strategy, in the first year, four times the number of people have been treated for this deadly disease.[20] As Secretary, she eliminated a decades-long waitlist for individuals and families needing disability services by tailoring waiver services to recipient needs.[21] Gee implemented an aggressive statewide opioid response plan and dashboard, along with her statewide standing order for Naloxone, which has been used by thousands of Louisianans.[22][23] Gee often speaks about the importance of health equity and created the South’s first Office of Health Equity in a state department of health.[24][25][26] She also spearheaded the creation of an initiative to eliminate disparities in breast and colon cancer: Taking Aim At Cancer in Louisiana.[27]

Gee is a Full Professor (gratis) at LSU's School of Public Health, has an extensive background in quality improvement, and a policy expert and widely published health services researcher who has served in numerous additional state and national policy roles.[28] Throughout her career, she has been a consistent voice for maternal safety and quality.[29][30] Before her time as Secretary, Gee served as the Medicaid Medical Director for Louisiana Medicaid.[31] She previously served as the director for a statewide Birth Outcomes Initiative and led the charge to decrease infant mortality and prematurity statewide.[32][33] Her initiative resulted in a 25% reduction in infant mortality, an 85% drop in elective deliveries before 39 weeks, and a 10% drop in NICU admissions statewide.[32] Gee’s efforts while Secretary focused on maternal morbidity and mortality and the efforts of the Reducing Maternal Morbidity Initiative, which Dr. Gee launched, have led to a 39% reduction in complications due to heavy bleeding—the leading preventable cause of maternal death in Louisiana.[29][34]

Gee was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017,[35] was recognized by the New York Times as one of Five Who Spread Hope in 2019,[36] and was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2019's Women Leaders to Watch in Healthcare.[37]

Publications[]

Journal publications (referred)[]

  • Gee, Rebekah E; Fins, Joseph J (February 2003). "Barriers to Pain and Symptom Management, Opioids, Health Policy, and Drug Benefits". Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 25 (2): 101–3. doi:10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00693-0. PMID 12590024.
  • Ledger, William J. (July 2005). "Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women". Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 13 (4): 154–157. doi:10.1097/01.idc.0000168470.58223.dc. S2CID 72839384.
  • Gee, Rebekah E. (July 6, 2006). "Plan B, Reproductive Rights, and Physician Activism". New England Journal of Medicine. 355 (1): 4–5. doi:10.1056/NEJMp068135. PMID 16822991.
  • Shacter, Hannah E.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Long, Judith A. (March 2007). "Variation in availability of emergency contraception in pharmacies". Contraception. 75 (3): 214–217. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2006.11.005. PMID 17303492.
  • Carter, Marion W.; Tregear, Michelle L.; Moskosky, Susan B. (August 2015). "Community Education for Family Planning in the U.S." American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 49 (2): S107–S115. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.030. PMC 4581851. PMID 26190841.
  • Skiadas, C. C.; Missmer, S. A.; Benson, C. B.; Gee, R. E.; Racowsky, C. (April 11, 2008). "Risk factors associated with pregnancies containing a monochorionic pair following assisted reproductive technologies". Human Reproduction. 23 (6): 1366–1371. doi:10.1093/humrep/den045. PMID 18378561.
  • Dunn, S.; Brown, T. E.R.; Alldred, J. (February 12, 2008). "Availability of emergency contraception after its deregulation from prescription-only status: a survey of Ontario pharmacies". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 178 (4): 423–424. doi:10.1503/cmaj.070861. PMC 2228344. PMID 18268268.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Shacter, Hannah E.; Long, Judith A. (October 2009). "Coverage of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine by US and Canadian Medical Schools". Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 13 (4): 207–209. doi:10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181942365. S2CID 71195591.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Mitra, Nandita; Wan, Fei; Chavkin, Diana E.; Long, Judith A. (August 2009). "Power over parity: intimate partner violence and issues of fertility control". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 201 (2): 148.e1–148.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.048. PMID 19564020.
  • Women's Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise.  Institute of Medicine. The National Academies Press. 2010. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12908/womens-health-research-progress-pitfalls-and-promise
  • Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps. Institute of Medicine.  The National Academies Press. 2011.http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2011/Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women-Closing-the-Gaps.aspx
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Brindis, Claire D.; Diaz, Angela; Garcia, Francisco; Gregory, Kimberly; Peck, Magda G.; Reece, E. Albert (December 2011). "Recommendations of the IOM Clinical Preventive Services for Women Committee". Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 23 (6): 471–480. doi:10.1097/GCO.0b013e32834cdcc6. PMID 22011955.
  • Gee, Rebekah E; Jarvinen, Tero; Sultana, Tanvira A; Destura, Raul; Gjoneska, Biljana (January 2012). "IAMP tackles a void in medical education: leadership". The Lancet. 379 (9813): e25. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60148-2. PMID 22284661. S2CID 32236288.
  • Gee, RE; Johnson, KA (2012). "Louisiana Birth Outcomes Initiative: improving birth outcomes with interventions before, during, and after pregnancy". The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 164 (1): 6–9. PMID 22533105.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Alletto, Michelle M.; Keck, Anthony E. (June 2012). "A Window of Opportunity: The Louisiana Birth Outcomes Initiative". Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 37 (3): 551–557. doi:10.1215/03616878-1573112. PMID 22323235.
  • Scott, James R.; Gee, Rebekah E. (July 2012). "Health Policy in Practice". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 120 (1): 5–6. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825b87c3. PMID 22914384.
  • Gee, Rebekah E. (July 2012). "Preventive Services for Women Under the Affordable Care Act". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 120 (1): 12–14. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825bd604. PMID 22914387.
  • Johnson, Kay A.; Gee, Rebekah E. (December 2012). "Managed care is here to stay". Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 24 (6): 465–469. doi:10.1097/GCO.0b013e328359efa9. PMID 23014140. S2CID 40252949.
  • Johnson, Kay; Gee, Rebekah E. (August 2012). "Trends in and Effect of Private, Public, and No Insurance on Health Care Coverage for Women". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 120 (2, Part 1): 224–226. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e318260a6ca. PMID 22825079. S2CID 205475004.
  • Gordon PV, Gee RE. High Flow Nasal Cannula Use Correlates with Improved Outcomes in the Louisiana Neonatal Quality Improvement Collaborative (LNQIC). e-Journal of Neonatology Research Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 2012.  
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Zerbib, Lauren D.; Luckett, Brian G. (December 2012). "Breastfeeding Support for African-American Women in Louisiana Hospitals". Breastfeeding Medicine. 7 (6): 431–435. doi:10.1089/bfm.2011.0150. PMID 22845881.
  • Lu, Michael C.; Gee, Rebekah E. (September 2012). "What Every Obstetrician–Gynecologist Should Know About Title V and Title X". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 120 (3): 513–515. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e318265e6e8. PMID 22914458.
  • Gee, RE; Corry, MP (November 2012). "Patient engagement and shared decision making in maternity care". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 120 (5): 995–7. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31827046ac. PMID 23090514.
  • Gee, RE; Rosenbaum, S (December 2012). "The Affordable Care Act: an overview for obstetricians and gynecologists". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 120 (6): 1263–6. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182756118. PMID 23168748.
  • Gee, RE; Lockwood, CJ (January 2013). "Medical education and health policy: what is important for me to know, how do I learn it, and what are the gaps?". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 121 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31827a099d. PMID 23262923. S2CID 35826385.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Wilensky, Gail R. (February 2013). "Payment Reform". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 121 (2, PART 1): 231–234. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31827e62c5. PMID 23344270.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Winkler, Reva (March 2013). "Quality Measurement". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 121 (3): 507–510. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182840e20. PMID 23635611.
  • Green, Daniel; Gee, Rebekah E.; Conway, Patrick H. (April 2013). "Medicare and Medicaid Quality Programs". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 121 (4): 705–708. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182883cdc. PMID 23635668. S2CID 8783073.
  • Dickey, Richard P.; Xiong, Xu; Xie, Yiqiong; Gee, Rebekah E.; Pridjian, Gabriella (October 2013). "Effect of maternal height and weight on risk for preterm singleton and twin births resulting from IVF in the United States, 2008–2010". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 209 (4): 349.e1–349.e6. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.052. PMID 23727520.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Conry, Jeanne A.; Johnson, Kay (May 2013). "Translating Guidelines and Public Policy Into Optimal Health Care for Women". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 121 (5): 923–926. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828ea070. PMID 23635726. S2CID 38160637.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Newman, Joshua (June 2013). "Health Information Technology". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 121 (6): 1161–1164. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e318293741e. PMID 23812447. S2CID 205475735.
  • Wakeel, Fathima; Wisk, Lauren E.; Gee, Rebekah; Chao, Shin M.; Witt, Whitney P. (June 29, 2013). "The balance between stress and personal capital during pregnancy and the relationship with adverse obstetric outcomes: findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) study". Archives of Women's Mental Health. 16 (6): 435–451. doi:10.1007/s00737-013-0367-6. PMC 3833901. PMID 23812738.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Wood, Susan F.; Schubert, Kathryn G. (January 2014). "Womenʼs Health, Pregnancy, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 123 (1): 161–165. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000063. PMID 24463677. S2CID 38593714.
  • Shah, Monisha K.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Theall, Katherine P. (February 2014). "Partner Support and Impact on Birth Outcomes among Teen Pregnancies in the United States". Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 27 (1): 14–19. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2013.08.002. PMC 3947023. PMID 24316120.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Levy, Barbara; Reyes, Carolina (April 2014). "Health Reform in Action". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 123 (4): 869–873. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000185. PMID 24785616. S2CID 8699973.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Dickey, Richard P.; Xiong, Xu; Clark, LaToya S.; Pridjian, Gabriella (May 2014). "Impact of monozygotic twinning on multiple births resulting from in vitro fertilization in the United States, 2006–2010". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 210 (5): 468.e1–468.e6. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.12.034. PMID 24373946.
  • Applegate, Mary; Gee, Rebekah E.; Martin, James N. (July 2014). "Improving Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Medicaid and the Childrenʼs Health Insurance Program". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 124 (1): 143–149. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000320. PMID 24901270. S2CID 19071645.
  • Moniz, Michelle H.; Patton, Elizabeth W.; Gee, Rebekah E. (December 2014). "Health services research in obstetrics and gynecology". Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 26 (6): 545–549. doi:10.1097/GCO.0000000000000125. PMID 25310530. S2CID 17691.
  • Louis, Judette M.; Menard, M. Kathryn; Gee, Rebekah E. (March 2015). "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 125 (3): 690–694. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000704. PMID 25730234.
  • Orsulak, Mary Kathryn; Block-Abraham, Dana; Gee, Rebekah E. (April 2015). "17α-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate Access in the Louisiana Medicaid Population". Clinical Therapeutics. 37 (4): 727–732. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.01.007. PMID 25700945.
  • Gee, RE; Saade, GR (June 2015). "Navigating changes in obstetrics and gynecology". Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 58 (2): 320–2. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000116. PMID 25933131. S2CID 28612111.
  • Johnson, K; Applegate, M; Gee, RE (June 2015). "Improving Medicaid: three decades of change to better serve women of childbearing age". Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 58 (2): 336–54. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000115. PMID 25860326. S2CID 27414505.
  • Block-Abraham, D; Arora, KS; Tate, D; Gee, RE (June 2015). "Medicaid Consent to Sterilization forms: historical, practical, ethical, and advocacy considerations". Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 58 (2): 409–17. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000110. PMID 25811128. S2CID 26191063.
  • Johnson, Kay A.; Gee, Rebekah E. (June 2015). "Interpregnancy care". Seminars in Perinatology. 39 (4): 310–315. doi:10.1053/j.semperi.2015.05.011. PMID 26188595.
  • Morgan, Daniel M.; Main, Elliott; Gee, Rebekah E. (June 2016). "The Goldilocks Quandary of Health Care Resources". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 127 (6): 1039–1044. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000001426. PMID 27159743.
  • Goldin Evans, Melissa; Phillippi, Stephen; Gee, Rebekah Elizabeth (November 2015). "Examining the Screening Practices of Physicians for Postpartum Depression: Implications for Improving Health Outcomes". Women's Health Issues. 25 (6): 703–710. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2015.07.003. PMID 26341568.
  • Conti, Rena M.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Sharfstein, Joshua M. (November 22, 2016). "Pharmaceuticals and Public Health". JAMA. 316 (20): 2083–2084. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.15397. PMID 27768172.
  • Okoroh, Ekwutosi M.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Jiang, Baogong; McNeil, Melissa B.; Hardy-Decuir, Beverly A.; Zapata, Amy L. (February 6, 2017). "Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Trend and Expenditure in Louisiana Medicaid, 2003–2013". Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21 (7): 1479–1487. doi:10.1007/s10995-017-2268-1. PMID 28168591. S2CID 3728033.
  • Danilack, Valery A.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Berthelot, Danielle P.; Gurvich, Rebecca; Muri, Janet H. (March 18, 2017). "Public Health Data in Action: An Analysis of Using Louisiana Vital Statistics for Quality Improvement and Payment Reform". Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21 (5): 988–994. doi:10.1007/s10995-016-2254-z. PMID 28316039. S2CID 24577382.
  • Gee, Rebekah E.; Kuy, SreyRam; Karas, Laura O. (December 2017). "Progesterone for Prevention of Preterm Birth". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 130 (6): 1202–1206. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000002308. PMID 29112651. S2CID 46352766.
  • Okoroh, Ekwutosi M.; Kane, Debra J.; Gee, Rebekah E.; Kieltyka, Lyn; Frederiksen, Brittni N.; Baca, Katharyn M.; Rankin, Kristin M.; Goodman, David A.; Kroelinger, Charlan D.; Barfield, Wanda D. (June 2018). "Policy change is not enough: engaging provider champions on immediate postpartum contraception". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 218 (6): 590.e1–590.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.03.007. PMC 5970075. PMID 29530670.

Journal publications (non-referred)[]

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