Prior to joining the Edwards’ administration, Gee served as the Medicaid Medical Director for the state of Louisiana and as an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Louisiana State University. Since moving to Louisiana in 2009, she served as the medical director for the maternity program of Title V, the state’s maternal health federal block grant program. In 2010, Dr. Gee was named Director of the Birth Outcomes Initiative, an Assistant Secretary level position in Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals aimed at improving the health of Louisiana’s women and children.