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Announcement from Dr. Mark Guidry:

Appointment
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cassandra Arceneaux to the executive manager position of Director of Community Health Services effective April 1, 2007. Dr. Arceneaux is a board certified family physician and a preventive medicine resident. She has served as a Ready Provider in the 4C's clinic, provided over 4 months of learning and volunteer service as a resident assigned to the Health District. During her time at the Health District, Dr. Arceneaux reviewed teen pregnancy data, organized outreach Head Start physicals, studied 4C's utilization data and presented her findings to the Governing Board, and assisted in EMS recruitment efforts.

Beginning in April, Dr. Arceneaux will oversee all community health services and programs (public health nursing, breast cancer screening, senior outreach, immunizations, HIV/STD, TB, WIC, etc). She will organize comprehensive community outreach events; will medically supervise public health programs requiring standing delegation orders (e.g., immunizations, TB, HIV/STD, breast cancer screening, etc), will provide clinical preventive healthcare, will serve as deputy health authority, and will participate in public health preparedness activities and outbreak investigations.

Please welcome and congratulate Dr. Arceneaux. On April 2nd, she may be reached at 409-938-2457.


Harlan "Mark" Guidry, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer & Health Authority
Galveston County Health District
409-938-2401; Pisa Lewis, Asst.
www.gchd.org