Gov. Sanders names Dr. Kay Chandler as Arkansas Surgeon Normal

Gov. Sarah Sanders introduced Monday (Feb. 27) that she is going to appoint Dr. Kay Chandler to function the Arkansas Surgeon Normal. Dr. Greg Bledsoe, who held the submit in the course of the Gov. Asa Hutchinson administration, resigned Saturday.

Chandler has served as an OB-GYN at Cornerstone Clinic in Little Rock since 1997.

She graduated with a bachelor’s diploma in chemistry from Hendrix School, acquired her medical diploma from College of Texas Southwestern Medical College in Dallas, Texas, and accomplished her residency coaching on the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

“I’m happy to announce that Dr. Kay Chandler will function Arkansas’ subsequent Surgeon Normal, bringing sturdy management and years of medical experience to the Division of Well being,” Sanders mentioned.

“Dr. Chandler is a talented, certified OB-GYN who has spent many years serving girls throughout Arkansas. I promised that once I was elected governor, Arkansas wouldn’t have masks mandates or vaccine mandates and we might not shut down church buildings and colleges as a result of we consider in private freedom and duty. I stay up for working collectively to guard the well being, well-being, and particular person freedoms of Arkansans,” she added.