Harris Health System Board of Trustees Elects New Leadership

Style Magazine Newswire | 3/4/2022, 10:43 a.m.
Dr. Arthur Bracey has been reelected as chair of the Harris Health System Board of Trustees, the governing body for …
Dr. Arthur Bracey

Dr. Arthur Bracey has been reelected as chair of the Harris Health System Board of Trustees, the governing body for the public healthcare system in Harris County. Joining him in board leadership positions are Dr. Ewan D. Johnson, PhD, vice chair, and Dr. Andrea Caracostis, secretary.

Bracey, Johnson and Caracostis were recently elected by the nine-member board. Each will serve for the 2022-23 fiscal year and provides Harris Health’s leadership support in its effort to provide high-quality healthcare for the residents of Harris County.

Bracey, a professor of pathology and immunology at Baylor College of Medicine, and chief of clinical pathology at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, was originally appointed to the board in 2018.

He has served on numerous boards and professional groups including as: a member of the Medical Advisory Committee for the American Red Cross, chair of the Annual Meeting Education Pro- gram Unit for the American Association of Blood Banks, chair of the Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee for the College of American Pathologists, board member of the American Association of Blood Banks, board member of the National Marrow Donor Program, chair of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety andAvailability for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and president of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.