Speaker Series: Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 with Dr. Francis Reido, Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention at EvergreenHealth REGISTER here
Dr. Francis X. Riedo serves as EvergreenHealth’s medical director of infection control and prevention. In addition to providing patient care for a broad array of infectious diseases alongside a team of expert physicians, Dr. Riedo also leads the hospital’s strategy for preventing and responding to infectious disease outbreaks in an environment of absolute safety. Under his leadership, EvergreenHealth became the first hospital in the nation to test and treat a surge of patients affected by COVID-19.
Before joining EvergreenHealth, Dr. Riedo trained as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was part of a team dedicated to helping stem the spread of meningitis and Ebola in West Africa. His work also led him to provide clinical care for refugees in Somalia and South Sudan as part of a multidisciplinary health care team.
Over his four decades of experience in clinical practice and public health, Dr. Riedo has consistently been recognized for outstanding clinical care and service by his patients and peers. He was recently named a “Top Doctor” by Seattle and Seattle Metropolitan magazines, among other accolades.
Dr. Riedo attended medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland; he went on to complete his residency at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon; and he was a fellow at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.