Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG

 Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and President and Founder of Nest Health. From 2016–2020 Dr. Gee served as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the state’s largest agency with an annual budget of approximately $14 billion. While Secretary, Gee oversaw the implementation of Medicaid expansion which has extended health insurance coverage to over 600,000 Louisianans.

Gee has an extensive background in quality improvement and a health services researcher who has served in numerous additional state and national policy roles.

Before her time as Secretary, Gee served as the Medicaid Medical Director for Louisiana Medicaid, the Medical Director for Title V and directed Louisiana’s Birth Outcomes Initiative where she led the charge to decrease infant mortality and prematurity. 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. Gee’s efforts while Secretary focused on maternal morbidity and mortality and theefforts of the Reducing Maternal Morbidity Initiative have led to a 39% reduction in
complications due to heavy bleeding—the leading preventable cause of maternal death in Louisiana.

Gee was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017, was recognized by the New York Times as one of Five Who Spread Hope in 2019,and by Modern Healthcare as one of 2019's Women Leaders to Watch in Healthcare. Dr. Gee is the parent of five energetic children including two sets of twins.