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State surgeon general Greg Bledsoe outlines role, COVID treatments and variant concerns to Senate committee
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State Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe told the Senate Public Health Committee about his part-time role, clinical work and committee responsibilities, described current outpatient COVID treatment options including monoclonal antibodies, and warned the committee about more transmissible SARS‑CoV‑2 variants.
State Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that his job is primarily advisory and advocacy-focused and described how he balances clinical shifts with statewide responsibilities.
Bledsoe, who identified his medical training at UAMS and a public-health fellowship at Johns Hopkins, said the surgeon-general position is technically part time and that he continues to work clinically as medical director of the emergency department at Saint Mary's in Russellville. He listed several pandemic-related groups he serves on, including the physician pandemic group, the CARES…
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