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Kim Ruscher, the chief medical officer of PeaceHealth Oregon, has resigned from her position, after a period of public fallout over the controversial decision she and other PeaceHealth leaders made to switch emergency department staffing from a local practice to a national company, a decision later reversed.
Tag: PeaceHealth’s emergency department controversy
PeaceHealth decided in February 2026 to replace Eugene Emergency Physicians — the group that has staffed its RiverBend emergency department and other ERs in Lane County — with out-of-state ApolloMD. PeaceHealth’s announcement of the change set off a controversy in the community. Here is an archive of our coverage:
