Keynote: A conversation with Cara Christ, MD Sydney Kurle | Jun 3, 2021 Share this: At the 2021 Arizona State of Reform Health Policy Conference, Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), provided insight into the state’s response to COVID over the past 12 months, and looked ahead to the “new normal” as we hope to begin to put the pandemic behind us.
As the director of ADHS, Christ has been the governor’s point person for response efforts since the beginning of the pandemic. She spoke about how the ADHS has maintained its response to the pandemic since the first case in Arizona in January 2020.