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Richard Bruno is a double-boarded Family & Preventive medicine physician, serving as the Health Officer of the Multnomah County Health Department. He was formerly the Senior Medical Director for Primary Care at a federally-qualified health center called Central City Concern, that provides healthcare for the houseless in Portland. He has led workshops, conferences, rallies, and actions for health justice. His main clinical focuses are on HIV, addiction medicine, and preventive services, while leading public health interventions and policies like cooking classes for kids and efforts to expand access to medication for opioid use disorder. He has served on the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, Physicians for a National Health Program, National Physicians Alliance (now Doctors for America), Committee to Protect Medicare, American Association of Public Health Physicians, Physicians for Social Responsibility (Chesapeake chapter and Oregon chapter), MedChi (the Maryland state medical society), Sugar Free Kids Maryland, Maryland Academy of Family Physicians, Baltimore City Medical Society, Hampden Family Center, Richmond Neighborhood Association, People’s Grocery co-op, and the Oregon Prescription Drug Affordability Board. He has also served on the Ethics Panel of the Baltimore City Public Schools district. He attained a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, doctorate of medicine from Oregon Health and Science University, and a master of public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He graduated from the combined Family & Preventive Medicine residency program at MedStar Franklin Square and Johns Hopkins. He was a candidate for Maryland state representative. His wife and two children enjoy hiking, biking, cooking, and golfing together.

Education, Degrees

BA, Princeton University
MD, Oregon Health & Science University
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health