SPR s Doug Nadvornick talks with Dr. Bob Lutz.
Dr. Bob Lutz will soon begin a new public health role. The former Spokane County Health Officer will assume a Covid-related job with the Washington Department of Health.
Doug Nadvornick recently talked with him.
Bob Lutz is going to the Washington state Health Department at an interesting time. The week of Christmas, state Health Officer Kathy Lofy is leaving her position. Then, on January 10, Health Secretary John Wiesman will move on, to be replaced by Umair Shah, the top public health official in Houston.
A few weeks ago, after he was fired by the Spokane County health board, Lutz says one of the department’s deputy secretaries reached out to him.
Dr. Bob Lutz, fired in Spokane, hired for Washington s COVID-19 team
The move comes a little more than a month after Lutz was controversially fired by the Spokane Regional Health District Board. Author: KREM Staff Updated: 8:12 AM PST December 11, 2020
OLYMPIA, Wash. The Washington State Department of Health has hired former Spokane Regional Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz as a member of the department s COVID-19 Response Team
According to the WDOH, Lutz accepted an employment offer earlier in the week. Dr. Lutz s experience as a local health officer and his clinical expertise will bring great value to our state s response efforts, the state DOH said in its statement.