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Commission Roster
Commission Members
Somnath Saha, MD, MPH, Chair
Portland VA Medical Center P3MED
3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
email:   sahas@ohsu.edu
Term:   9/10/08 to 9/9/12 
 
Bruce Abernethy
1411 NW Trenton Avenue
Bend, OR 97701
email:   abernethy9@aol.com
Term:   6/26/10 to 6/25/14
 
Lawrence Betcher, MSW, LCSW
Providence Adult Outpatient Services
5228 NE Hoyt Bld B
Portland OR 97213
E-mail:  lawrence.betcher@providence.org
Term:    3/1/10 – 2/28/14
 
Lisa Dodson, MD, HOSC Chair
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Mail Code FM, Emma Jones Hall
Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
email:   dodsonli@ohsu.edu
Term:   9/25/06 to 9/24/10

 Leda Garside, RN, BSN
Tuality Healthcare
1200 NE 48th Ave., Suite 700
Hillsboro, OR  97123
email:   leda.garside@tuality.org
Term:    3/31/09 to 3/30/13
 
K. Dean Gubler, DO
Pacific Surgical PC9900 SW Hall 
501 N Graham, Suite 580
Portland, OR 97227
E-mail:   dgubler@LHS.org
Term:   2/18/08-2/17/12
 
Bob Joondeph
Executive Director
Disability Rights Oregon
620 SW Fifth Avenue, Ste 500
Portland, OR 97204-1428
Email: bob@oradvocacy.org
Term:   7/1/08-6/30/12
 
Carla McKelvey, MD
NBMC Pediatrics
1900 Woodland Dr.
Coos Bay, OR  97420
Email: dr.mckelvey@nbmconline.com
Term:   2/18/08-2/17/12
 
Kevin Olson, MD
NW Cancer Specialists
19260 SW 65th Ave., #435
Tualatin, OR 97062
email:   kevin.olson@usoncology.com
Term:    5/2/09 to 5/1/13
 
James Tyack, DMD, MAGD
Tyack Dental Group
PO Box 749
Clatskanie OR 97016
E-mail:   jtyack@clatskanie.com
Term:    3/1/10 – 2/28/14
 
Alberto Vasquez
2670 Hollywood Dr. NE
Salem, OR 97305
E-mail: avazquez97@hotmail.com
Term:    3/1/10 – 2/28/14
 
Kathryn Weit
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities
540 24th Place NE
Salem,  OR  97301-4517
email:   kweit@ocdd.org
Term:   5/2/09 to 5/1/13
 
 
 

Staff

Darren D. Coffman
HSC Director
Oregon Health Policy & Research
1225 Ferry Street NE
Salem, OR  97301
Office:  (503) 373-1616
Fax:     (503) 378-5511
email:   darren.d.coffman@state.or.us

Ariel Smits, MD MPH
HSC Medical Director
Oregon Health Policy & Research
1225 Ferry Street NE
Salem, OR  97301
Office:  (503) 373-1647
Fax:     (503) 378-5511
email:    ariel.smits@state.or.us
 
Jason Gingerich
Research Analyst
Oregon Health Policy & Research
1225 Ferry Street NE
Salem, OR  97301
Office:  (503) 373-2193
Fax:     (503) 378-5511
email:   jason.gingerich@state.or.us

Dorothy Allen
Program Specialist
Oregon Health Policy & Research
1225 Ferry Street NE
Salem, OR  97301
Office:  (503) 373-1985
Fax:     (503) 378-5511
email:   dorothy.e.allen@state.or.us

 
Page updated: May 27, 2010

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