Bruce Goldberg

Bruce has devoted his professional career to improving the organization, delivery, and financing of health services particularly to vulnerable populations. Bruce served two Oregon Governors, as the Director of the Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research from 2003-2005, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services from November 2005 through February 2011, and then was the founding Director of the Oregon Health Authority from February 2011 through 2013.

 

Bruce led Oregon's nationally recognized health reforms transforming Oregon’s Medicaid system to one based on a model of coordinated care. In addition, he established Oregon’s Healthy Kids program providing health coverage for all children, modernized Oregon’s antiquated mental health system and transformed the delivery of public human services to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

 

His experiences span time as an administrator of large complex organizations, a practicing clinician, teacher/academician, a county health officer, medical director for a Medicaid managed care organization, and Clinical Director for the US Public Health Services in Zuni, New Mexico.  He is currently a consultant to governments and health care organizations and a Professor at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.

 

Bruce received his MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a BS from Trinity College.