Karen Shelton treated patients in Bristol for nearly 20 years before serving as director of three health districts representing all of Southwest Virginia.
The districts she led had the fastest rollouts of coronavirus testing and vaccinations in Virginia, according to the administration, combating poor outcomes that persisted regionally even as vaccine uptake improved among populations of color.“As an OB/GYN, it was an honor to care for patients, their babies, and their families one-on-one,” she said in a statement.
Shelton is currently chief medical officer and vice president of Bristol Regional Medical Center and Smyth County Community Hospital in the Ballad Health System. At the state level, she will lead an agency with a $1.4 billion budget and 5,200 employees and contractors responsible for a wide range of issues including safe drinking water, combating infectious diseases, hospital certification and emergency preparedness.
Shelton will also inherit an agency rededicated to issues overshadowed by the pandemic such as lagging childhood immunizations, opioid deaths and staffing shortages. She takes charge as public attention on the state’s reproductive health and
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