Multnomah County announces appointments for medical director and dental director
Multnomah County Health Department has announced the appointment of Amit Shah, MD as medical director. Dr. Shah has served as a health department staff physician since 2000 and was named assistant medical director in 2006. He received his medical training at the Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed a Family Medicine residency at the Northern New Mexico Family Practice Program. Dr. Shah is currently studying for a master’s degree in Biomedical Informatics at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU). He will replace Patsy Kullberg, MD, MPH who has served as the Health Department’s medical director for the past 20 years. Dr. Shah will provide medical supervision for the Multnomah County Health Department.
Alyssa Franzen, DMD was named Multnomah County dental director. She has a bachelor’s of science degree from University of Portland in Chemistry, receiving recognition and the university’s first U.S. patent for her team’s research with Yew trees and the anti-cancer drug Taxol. Franzen completed her doctoral studies at Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry, followed by a Public Health Fellowship with the Community Dentistry Department at OHSU. She joined the health department in 2000 as a staff dentist working primarily with young children and will now administer the clinical practice of four county dental clinics, corrections health dental services and the School and Community Dental Program.
Posted on August 25, 2008
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