(Salem, OR) -- The interim chief medical officer at the Oregon State Hospital is being named the permanent CMO of the facility. Doctor Amit Bhavan was named interim CMO last August to help bring the hospital into compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Bhavan began working at the hospital in 2020 as a unit psychiatrist and became a supervisor in 2023. Before being hired at the State Hospital, Bhavan worked OHSU as an assistant professor in psychiatry.