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Salud names new chief medical officer

Our in-depth look at the housing crisis

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Salud Family Health announce Jan. 26 that it would make Pradeep Dhar, MD its newest Chief Medical Officer. Dhar succeeds Dr. Tillman Farley, who served in the position for 25 years. Farley will continue to see patients at the Salud Fort Lupton clinic. Dhar said he is thrilled to continue his work at Salud in the new role, which will allow him to continue providing medical guidance and leadership to Salud’s communities, patients, practitioners and staff. “It is an honor and privilege to continue working with a team of dedicated leaders and healthcare providers at Salud,:” Dhar said in a written statement. “I am motivated by the opportunity given to me by the Board of Directors and executive leadership team.” Dhar completed medical school at the University of Bombay, India and pursued a Fellowship in Interventional Radiology. After graduating from medical school, he worked for a health insurance company as Vice President of Medical Services. He then completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of North Dakota and the University of Hawaii. county is required to follow based on the He is Board certifilocal ed invirus Family severity of a county’s spread. Medicine and received the Best The dial grew out of the state’s safer-atResident award at the completion of home order —During the policy came after his program. histhat residency, theworked statewide stay-at-home order this he with Native American communities through the Indian spring and allowed numerous types of Health Service. businesses to reopen. Dhar joined Salud in 2006, initially state Physician recently switched to color as aThe Family and Clinic Diidentifiers — levels blue, yellow and rector for the Salud clinic in Sterling orangemoving rather than numbered before to the Salud levels clinic— into Brighton. Dhar has served on the avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red Peer Review Committee, Ethics meant a stay-at-home order.the Now, level Committee, and the Credentialing red — “severe risk” — is the secondSEE NEW CHIEF, P4

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