Kristen Dillon, M.D.
Fellowship Year(s): 2019-2020
Profession: Physician
Specialty: Family Medicine
Fellowship Details:
PacificSource
US Department of Health and Human Services
Rep Pelosi (D-CA)-Speaker of the House
Oregon
At time of Fellowship
Kristen Dillon, MD, FAAFP Dr. Dillon serves as the Chief Medical Officer for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. In that role, she advises on clinical care and rural health in support of the Office’s programs and of other initiatives across the Department of Health and Human Services. Her areas of expertise include maternal health, mental illness and substance use disorders, health systems redesign, clinical quality improvement, and building resilient, trauma-informed teams and organizations. She is a family physician with 25 years’ clinical experience in Colorado and Oregon. Her background in rural primary care includes clinic, nursing home, obstetrics, inpatient, and emergency department services. After transitioning her focus to policy and administrative work, Dr. Dillon spent the past 8 years in leadership roles with the Oregon Medicaid program, the US Congress, and the State of Oregon’s COVID Response. She graduated with honors from the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and from Dartmouth College, with a double major in Chemistry and Asian Studies (Updated 11.21.25)
Current Info:
Chief Medical Officer, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
US Department of Health and Human Services
CHIP;Health Care Access;Health Care Costs;Health Care Payment Models;Health Care/Health Policy Advocacy;Health Information Technology;Health Reform;Medicaid;Medicare;Population Health;Private Heath Insurance
Since Fellowship:
Kristen Dillon, MD, FAAFP Dr. Dillon serves as the Chief Medical Officer for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. In that role, she advises on clinical care and rural health in support of the Office’s programs and of other initiatives across the Department of Health and Human Services. Her areas of expertise include maternal health, mental illness and substance use disorders, health systems redesign, clinical quality improvement, and building resilient, trauma-informed teams and organizations. She is a family physician with 25 years’ clinical experience in Colorado and Oregon. Her background in rural primary care includes clinic, nursing home, obstetrics, inpatient, and emergency department services. After transitioning her focus to policy and administrative work, Dr. Dillon spent the past 8 years in leadership roles with the Oregon Medicaid program, the US Congress, and the State of Oregon’s COVID Response. She graduated with honors from the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and from Dartmouth College, with a double major in Chemistry and Asian Studies (Updated 11.21.25)
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