Lorenzo González Feliciano

Lorenzo González Feliciano is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist. He is the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico as of March 28, 2020. He previously served as Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Feliciano.

Lorenzo González Feliciano
Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico
Incumbent
Assumed office March 26, 2020
Governor	Wanda Vázquez Garced
Preceded by	Rafael Rodríguez Mercado Concepción Quiñones de Longo (interim)
Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico
In office 2009–2013
Succeeded by	Francisco Joglar Pesquera
Governor	Luis Fortuño
Preceded by	Iván González Cancel
Personal details
Education	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD) Central Michigan University (DHA) University of Pittsburgh (MBA)
Occupation	Psychiatrist, government official
Medical career
Field	Psychiatry
Institutions	Joint Commission Physician Correctional

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