Covid 19 coronavirus: Chief medical officers are now at the heart of business
5 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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Doctors are being turned into executives to help look after employees physical and mental health due to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images
Doctors are being turned into executives to help look after employees physical and mental health due to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
A year into the pandemic, the expertise of doctors turned executives is in high demand. To say Dr Karen DeSalvo s entry into Google was busy would be an understatement. It s been quite a whirlwind, she says of her role as chief health officer, a new position for the tech group. The doctor, who previously worked as US acting assistant secretary for health and as health commissioner for New Orleans, joined at the end of 2019.