David Kagen
Deputy Chief of Staff
VA Portland health care
Email: David.Kagen@va.gov
Phone: 503-220-8262, ext. 55414
Dr. David Kagen has served as Interim Deputy Chief of Staff for VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) since October 2016.
After completing his internal medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Dr. Kagen began his career at VAPORHCS in 2004 as a staff hospitalist. He became Section Chief for Hospital Medicine in 2007, a position he held until his appointment in 2015 as Deputy Clinical Director for the Division of Hospital & Specialty Medicine (DHSM).
Dr. Kagen received his Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University in 1996 and earned his MD from the University of Maryland in 2000. He holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine at OHSU.