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Physician Overcomes Multiple Sclerosis; Inspires Others

Dr. Francis Biagioli, who was diagnosed with MS in December 2000, recently became president of the Oregon Medical Association.
June 10, 2013 – Fear engulfed Dr. Frances Biagioli when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after noticing some strange feelings in her left leg, as if her knee would give out. A young mother with two children under the age of 3, she knew the disease could leave her paralyzed. She feared the loss of independence, being a burden, losing her cognitive ability. Read More >>

Chris DeMars Joins OHA’s Transformation Center

She’s leaving Northwest Health Foundation after managing its healthcare reform focus area.
June 5, 2013 -- Chris DeMars has accepted a new position as Director of Systems Innovation with the Oregon Health Authority's Health System Transformation Center. She spent most of the past eight years with the Northwest Health Foundation managing the Foundation’s healthcare reform focus area. Read More >>

New State Director of Addictions and Mental Health Touts Coordinated Care, Community Transition

Pamela Martin, PhD, a recent transplant from New Mexico, said she's still getting her bearings in Oregon's healthcare system
May 30, 2013 -- Pamela Martin, PhD, stepped into her new role as director of Oregon's Addictions and Mental Health Division at the beginning of May, and she's still getting her bearings in Oregon after spending 35 years in the mental health field in New Mexico. Read More >>

Dr. Mel Kohn Resigns as Public Health Director

Under Kohn’s leadership, the Division achieved many accomplishments including leading the state’s response to numerous communicable disease outbreaks
  May 29, 2013 -- Dr. Mel Kohn, 53, is stepping down as public health director of the state’s Public Health Division on August 1. Having spent the past 14 years at the division, including a nine-year stint as the state’s public health officer, Kohn said, “It’s time for me to explore some new professional challenges. At this point in my career, if I want to do something new and different, this is the time. I have a strong record and legacy to build on.”
 
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128 Students to Receive $2,000 KAISER Permanente Health Care Career Scholarships on May 18

May 15, 2013 — When Annel Mendoza was 6 or 7, she learned her cousin had a heart murmur. After watching her cousin go from surgery through recovery, Mendoza decided that she wanted to become a heart surgeon. Read More >>

Barney Speight Isn't Kidding When He Says He's Retiring

Before leaving state government, however, Speight had some words of wisdom about the future of coordinated care organizations.
May 10, 2013 – This time around Barney Speight insists it's for real. On July 1, he's stepping down as special assistant to the director of the Oregon Health Authority, Dr. Bruce Goldberg, and intends to retire – for good. Read More >>

Nurses Need to Pull Up a Seat at the Table, Hassmiller Says

Noting that fewer than 6 percent of hospital board members are nurses, the coauthor of a report on the future of nursing said nurses' roles are often poorly understood by decision makers and the public
February 20, 2013 – Nurses need to make their voices heard when decisions are being made, both at the institutional level and at the policy level, according to Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN who spoke at the Oregon Center for Nursing conference last week on the future of nursing leadership. Read More >>

New Tri-County Health Officer Comes With International Perspective

Justin Denny has lived and and practiced medicine all over the world, but says Portland feels like home
February 15, 2013 – Dr. Justin Denny was born in the United Kingdom and has lived and practiced medicine all over the world – most recently in Laos, where he worked for the United Nations and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as a physician and epidemiologist, treating and trying to contain the spread of infectious diseases, as well as training other epidemiologists. Read More >>

New Faces Emerge at Capitol

Scott Gallant is back, temporarily, working for the Oregon Health Authority
February 7, 2013 -- A very familiar healthcare lobbyist who’s always been reluctant to speak to the media is back in the State Capitol after retiring in early 2009. Read More >>

Dr. Ira Byock Urges Portland Audience to Talk About End-of-Life Care

While opposed to Death With Dignity, Dr. Ira Byock also says conservatives have accused him of favoring euthanasia
January 30, 2013 -- Dr. Ira Byock, a professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical Center and writer on end-of-life and palliative care issues, talked to a packed house at the Oregon Humanities Center in downtown Portland about an unlikely topic for Friday night entertainment: death. Read More >>
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