Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis
Maggie Bennington-Davis serves Health Share of Oregon as its Chief Medical Officer, where she leads strategic planning and clinical transformation efforts. Health Share is a Coordinated Care Organization supporting more than 460,000 Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members in the tri-county region surrounding Portland. Her role focuses on the impacts of supports during pre-conception, pregnancy, and early childhood as well as behavioral health supports and education throughout the lifespan. A psychiatrist by training she moved to Health Share from her position as Chief Medical and Operating Officer at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. Prior to Cascadia, Maggie served as Psychiatry Medical Director for Salem Health, as well as hospital-wide Chief of Staff. There Maggie along with administrative partner Tim Murphy, led development of a cultural change model for implementation of trauma-sensitive services with the subsequent elimination of seclusion and restraint on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit with guidance from Dr. Sandra Bloom. Maggie co-authored a book, published articles and chapters on the subject, and does consultations and presentations nationally and internationally regarding organizational change, developing trauma-informed, engaging environments, and leadership. Maggie completed her MD and psychiatry residency at Oregon Health Sciences University where she remains on faculty, and a Masters of Medical Management degree at Tulane University School of Public Health.
