Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, former state health commissioner, assumes new role at KentuckyOne Health

Stephanie Mayfield Gibson

Former state health commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson has joined the leadership team of KentuckyOne Health to coordinate its population health initiatives, according to a KentuckyOne Health news release.

Mayfield Gibson will serve as vice president of population health for KentuckyOne and chief medical officer for KentuckyOne Health Partners, its Medicare-approved accountable care organization.

Mayfield Gibson is a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with 10 years of management experience in public health. She served as the commissioner for the state Department of Public Health from 2012 until the end of the Beshear administration in December 2015.

“From expanding Kentucky’s newborn screening to introducing new tuberculosis and heart disease testing technology, Dr. Mayfield Gibson has proven herself to be a warrior for the health of the people of the Commonwealth,” Don Lovasz, president of KentuckyOne Health Partners, said in the release. “We are thrilled to have a population health veteran like her join our team so we can make even greater strides improving the quality and value of Kentucky health care.”