Dr. Greg Bledsoe, the previous Arkansas Surgeon Basic, has joined Dallas-based worker well-being firm Kindly Human as a strategic advisor.
The Kindly Human psychological well-being expertise platform gives 24/7 preclinical peer assist that helps staff navigate life stressors that folks expertise, resembling monetary, relationship, work, and well being considerations.
“Dr. Bledsoe will likely be an unbelievable champion for Kindly Human,” mentioned Cole Egger, CEO and co-founder. “His distinctive background will likely be key in serving to information our staff on strategic and medical insights round preventative psychological well being, together with the function of presidency in supporting the psychological well-being of workplaces and communities.”
Bledsoe served as Arkansas Surgeon Basic from 2015-2023. His previous roles have included positions at Arkansas Coronary heart Hospital, Align MD, and serving on the college of Johns Hopkins Division of Emergency Drugs.
He was additionally a candidate for the GOP nomination for Arkansas Lt. Governor in 2022.
Bledsoe holds a MD from the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan College of Administration.
“I’m excited to work with Kindly Human,” mentioned Bledsoe. “Usually in my work as an emergency medication doctor, I’ve thought that my sufferers wanted a sort ear to hear – not a health care provider – to assist them kind by on a regular basis demanding points. Kindly Human provides that preclinical, empathetic peer assist and may also help customers handle psychological well being considerations earlier than they grow to be important and rather more expensive healthcare bills.”
Kindly Human is a supplier of peer-based psychological well-being options for employers. Their platform connects people coping with on a regular basis life struggles to empathetic, professionally skilled friends who share the identical experiences and cultural traits on a 24/7 foundation.