MISSOURI OFFICIAL HIRED AS NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

LINCOLN- The medical director for a private, for-profit provider of health care for Missouri prison inmates began work as the new medical director for the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Dr. Jerry Lee Lovelace Jr. succeeds Dr. Harbans Deol, who retired in February after serving seven years in the key position. Lovelace will paid a salary of $314,000.

State Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys, in a press release, called Lovelace “an innovative leader who has a proven record of working collaboratively to find solutions.” “His experience and commitment to providing excellent care to diverse populations will be a tremendous asset,” Jeffreys said. Most recently, Lovelace was statewide medical director for Centurion Health.

He has a background in pathology and internal medicine and had served 24 years as a primary care physician. Lovelace will oversee all health services for Nebraska state prisons, which includes medical, dental, psychiatry and behavioral health. He will be serving about 5,750 inmates in nine prisons.

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