As human services secretary, Arkoosh will oversee a large department with a sprawling portfolio that includes Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program, child welfare services, and social programs such as food stamps. DHS also licenses assisted living and behavioral health treatment facilities.after her predecessor, Teresa Miller, resigned.Originally from Omaha, Neb., Arkoosh came to Philadelphia to complete her residency in anesthesiology at Thomas Jefferson University.
She was the chair of the anesthesia department at Drexel University, a professor of anesthesia and obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been involved in federal health care reform advocacy.
COMMIE WITCH
That’s my county commissioner!