AHRQ Staff: Kristin Dillon
Kristin Dillon, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
Subject Matter Expert
AHRQ Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
Investments Principal Consultant, Policy and Strategy Alder Canyon LLC
Kristin Dillon, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., is a family physician with extensive experience in health policy, rural healthcare, and public health. She was most recently senior advisor to the pandemic response unit for the State of Oregon, where she led strategy and implementation for COVID-19 vaccination statewide.
During 2020, Dr. Dillon was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Speaker Pelosi. In that role, she was the office’s lead resource on the coronavirus pandemic related to workplace safety, policy, and communications. She also worked with the senior health policy advisor and other members of the Speaker’s staff in developing policy, drafting legislation, coordinating with committees of jurisdiction, and connecting with outside stakeholders.
Prior to the fellowship, she worked for PacificSource, a nonprofit regional health plan, as a medical director and the director of an Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (CCO). For the CCO, she led delivery of medical, mental health, addictions, dental, and transportation services for all Medicaid beneficiaries in the region. She implemented initiatives supporting advanced primary care, behavioral health integration, and value-based payment models. Her clinical experience encompasses 20 years spent providing the full spectrum of primary care through a rural private practice clinic, critical access hospitals, and nursing homes.
Dr. Dillon’s community and State-level leadership work includes terms as the founding chair of the State’s health plan quality metrics committee and as the board chair of her community’s Federally qualified health center. She was also the founding medical director of the Columbia Gorge’s community-engaged research network.
