The deputy director of the Center for Health Policy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is North Dakota s new state health officer a position that has been a revolving door during the coronavirus pandemic.
Separately, state senators defeated a resolution that would have made the state health officer position an elected office.
Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday announced the appointment of assistant professor Dr. Nizar Wehbi to the position that oversees the state Health Department. Wehbi will begin his duties May 1. He ll be paid an annual salary of $340,000.
Wehbi has served as the Center for Health Policyâs deputy director since January 2016. Before that, he was a senior planner in the Strategic Planning and Business Development Department at Nebraska Medicine.
Nizar Wehbi earned his medical degree in Lithuania and received a master's degree in public health and business administration from the University of Nebraska.
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Question of the Day By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press - Monday, February 1, 2021
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Legislature is considering a measure that would require the state’s health officer to be a practicing licensed physician .
The Republican-backed bill comes after a trio of health officers hand-picked by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum quit while the coronavirus pandemic was worsening in the state. Dirk Wilke, who has no medical training, has been the interim state health officer since September.
Mike Nowatzki, spokesman for the governor’s office, said Monday a new health officer will be hired soon, and the “candidate” is a physician from out of state. He would not elaborate.