May 1, 2013 -- Evan Saulino, M.D., Ph.D., family physician from Portland, Oregon was installed as President of the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians at the Academy’s annual business meeting on April 13 at the Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach. Dr. Saulino has been a member of the OAFP since 2000 and on the Board of the Academy since 2010; his term as President will last one year.
Dr. Saulino is a faculty member at the Providence Milwaukie Family Medicine Residency, and has a diverse practice at the Southeast Family Medicine teaching clinic in Portland. Dr. Saulino works with the Providence Center for Outcomes Research (CORE) through which he serves as the Clinical Advisor to the Patient Centered Primary Care Home Program within the Oregon Health Authority. As part of that role, Dr. Saulino also serves as the Chair of the Expert Oversight Panel for the Patient Centered Primary Care Institute working to foster collaborative learning across the primary care community to help sustain and improve the care all Oregonians receive. Dr Saulino also takes time to engage in health reform advocacy, whether that entails presenting his “Saving Lives, Saving Money” presentation about health reform, advocating for patients in Salem, or responding to the needs of being co-chair of the OAFP commission on external and legislative affairs. Dr. Saulino is also on the board of Doctors for America, a national movement of physicians and medical students who work together to improve the health of the nation and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, high quality health care. A chemistry/biochemistry graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Dr. Saulino earned his medical degree and a Ph.D. in medical microbiology and microbial pathogenesis at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his internship and residency at Oregon Health & Science University.
Saulino states, “Oregon is a health reform laboratory. That’s exciting because we are innovators, but we also share responsibility to make things work here. It makes me hopeful we’ll have success when I see hundreds of clinics across the state stepping up to meet the challenge to provide high quality, high value care to Oregonians as Patient Centered Primary Care Homes. This is the beginning of the story about how we can make health care work better and keep people healthier. This momentum and innovation must be fostered and sustained.”
The Oregon Academy of Family Physicians is the largest medical specialty society in Oregon and represents more than 1,400 family physicians, residents and medical students throughout the state. The mission of the OAFP is to support family physicians in their pursuit of optimal health for the people of Oregon and the vision of the OAFP is health and vitality for all Oregonians.
