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Oregon House District 33 Representative Maxine Dexter
Maxine Dexter
Oregon hospitals are worried that they will soon start to hit capacity with people infected by COVID-19. Maxine Dexter, a pulmonary and critical care physician in Clackamas County, has been taking care of some of the sickest COVID-19 patients in Oregon since the pandemic began. Dexter is also a state House representative for Oregon’s 33rd district. We talk with Dexter about her work in the ICU and as a lawmaker.
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