Medical Director Residential and Outpatient Services
Fora Health, Oregon
Eowyn Rieke MD MPH FASAM is a family doctor, addictions medicine specialist and medical leader. She has worked for over 20 years in health care for homeless and other marginalized groups. She is dedicated to person-centered trauma-informed care that supports the dignity and self-determination of her clients, working collaboratively with them towards their goals related to substance use and other aspects of their lives.
Eowyn has devote the last 7 years of her career to expanding integrated care across health discipines and low-barrier access to buprenorphine, first as the Services Director of Central City Concern's Blackburn Center, and currently as the Medical Director for Residential and Outpatient Services at Fora Health in Portland, Oregon. At Fora Health she is developing programs to provide medications for OUD to Latinx patients and rural residents of Oregon, as well as improving transitions of care from withdrawal management and residential programs to outpatient medical services. She is also providing medical support for Fora's 3.5 and 3.7 level residential care, supporting people with complex medical and psychiatric conditions to access residential services.
Eowyn is immediate past president of the Oregon chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and was a member of the Oregon Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council. She has served as chair of the National Health Care for the Homeless's Clinciian Steering Committee and on the NHCHC Board of Directors.
Eowyn earned her MD degree from Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and her Masters in Public Health from Harvard University. Eowyn loves to spend time where there are more trees than people, especially with her kid, partner and rascally dogs Huckleberry Hayduke Finn and Toad Macaroni McChomsky III.
3.7R Medically Monitored Residential: Creating a Critical Service for Complex Patients
Friday, April 5, 2024
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Maximally Supportive Care: Creating SUD Systems to Improve Engagement and Retention
Saturday, April 6, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM