By Kevin Truong – Assistant Managing Editor, San Francisco Business Times
Lebanese American Dr Bechara Choucair has been tapped as vaccine co-ordinator on US president-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response team. AP
Bechara Choucair, the chief health officer for Oakland-based managed care organization Kaiser Permanente, has been named as the vaccinations coordinator for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
In that role Choucair will be responsible for coordinating the timely, safe and equitable delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine, in particular, coordinating with federal agencies and state and local governments.
The job is a full-time White House position that will report to Jeff Zients, Biden’s incoming coronavirus coordinator, according to Politico.