Lorenzo González Feliciano
Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico
In office
March 26, 2020 – January 2, 2021
GovernorWanda Vázquez Garced
Preceded byRafael Rodríguez Mercado
Concepción Quiñones de Longo (interim)
Succeeded byCarlos Mellado López
Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico
In office
2009–2013
Succeeded byFrancisco Joglar Pesquera
GovernorLuis Fortuño
Preceded byIván González Cancel
Personal details
Born1962
Bronx, New York
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD)
Central Michigan University (DHA)
University of Pittsburgh (MBA)
OccupationPsychiatrist, government official
Medical career
FieldPsychiatry
InstitutionsJoint Commission
Physician Correctional

Lorenzo González Feliciano is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist. He previously served as Secretary of Health of Puerto Ricofrom March 28, 2020 to January, 2021 He previously also served as Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño.

Education

González Feliciano completed a doctor of medicine from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He earned a doctorate in health systems administration (DHA) from Central Michigan University and a master of business administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. He specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University.[1]

Career

González Feliciano worked as a psychiatrist in several states.[2] He previously served as the Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño.[1]

He worked for 15 years for the Joint Commission.[1]

Until March 2020, he was the medical director of the corporation, Physician Correctional, which provided physical and mental health services to inmates.[1]

González Feliciano was designated as the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico on March 26, 2020. He was confirmed to the Senate of Puerto Rico on March 28. He succeeds Rafael Rodríguez Mercado and interim secretary Concepción Quiñones de Longo. His appointment was lauded by the president of the senate, Thomas Rivera Schatz. González Feliciano was endorsed by senators in the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party. Juan Dalmau opposed González Feliciano's nomination.[2]

COVID-19

González Feliciano is working with the Puerto Rican Task Force on combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. He announced on March 28 that the two laboratories handling tests for COVID-19 would work 24 hours a day to process up to 300 tests. He will expand the capacity at Bayamón hospital form 100 to 150 hospital beds.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "El Senado confirma a Lorenzo González Feliciano como secretario de Salud". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Paramédico denuncia caos en el manejo de casos de coronavirus en Puerto Rico". Univision (in Spanish). March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
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