Governor Newsom Appoints Dr. Diana Ramos as California Surgeon General | California Governor

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom at present introduced the appointment of completed public well being chief Dr. Diana Ramos as California Surgeon Basic. Dr. Ramos has greater than three a long time of cross-cutting expertise and experience with a deal with well being fairness and reproductive well being. She at the moment serves on the California Division of Public Well being’s Middle for Wholesome Communities, the place she oversees the state’s public well being and prevention applications.

The Governor established the position of Surgeon Basic in 2019 on his first day in workplace as a part of a collection of main well being care proposals and actions. The California Surgeon Basic is a key spokesperson on public well being points all through the state and advises the Governor on efforts to deal with well being dangers and challenges as successfully and as early as potential.

“California’s Surgeon Basic has a pivotal position in driving targeted options to sort out the foundation causes of our most urgent well being challenges and inequities,” stated Governor Newsom. “Dr. Ramos is a distinguished chief in drugs and a trusted public well being skilled who brings a lifetime of expertise defending and selling the well being of susceptible communities. I sit up for her partnership in advancing pressing priorities for the state on girls’s well being, psychological well being, addressing the gun violence epidemic, and extra as we proceed our work to carry up the well being and well-being of all Californians.”

Diana Ramos, M.D., 55, of Laguna Seashore, has served as a Public Well being Administrator on the California Division of Public Well being’s Middle for Wholesome Communities since 2021. She has been an Adjunct Assistant Scientific Professor on the College of Southern California Keck Faculty of Medication since 1999. Dr. Ramos has been a Per Diem Doctor at Kaiser Permanente since 1998. She has been Founder and Chief Government Officer of Gami-Fi Well being since 2018. Dr. Ramos was a Public Well being Medical Officer on the California Division of Public Well being from 2017 to 2021 and Director of Reproductive Well being on the Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being’s Maternal, Little one and Adolescent Well being Division from 2005 to 2017. She was Chief Medical Officer at Alpha Medical Middle Inc. from 2003 to 2005. She was a Senior Regional Medical Analysis Specialist at Pfizer Inc. from 2000 to 2003 and a Workers Obstetrician at Clinica Humanitaria from 1999 to 2000.

Dr. Ramos is an Government Board Member of the California Maternal Care High quality Collaborative, Secretary of the Nationwide Hispanic Medical Affiliation Government Board and Co-Chair of the Girls’s Preventive Providers Initiative Implementation Committee. She is a Chair of the American Faculty of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District IX and Co-Chair of the American Medical Affiliation’s ACOG Delegation. She earned a Grasp of Public Well being diploma from the College of California, Los Angeles, a Grasp of Enterprise Administration diploma from the College of California, Irvine Faculty of Enterprise and a Physician of Medication diploma from the College of Southern California Keck Faculty of Medication. This place requires Senate affirmation and the compensation is $216,420. Dr. Ramos is registered with out get together choice.