Dr. DiPiero graduated from the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine in 1991, and completed his internal medicine residency there in 1994. Dr. DiPiero has been board certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1994. He received his Master's degree in public health from the UCLA School of Public Health in 1997. Dr. DiPiero served as Medical Director at the OHSU) Health Center - Tigard, and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. His clinical practice is focused on the care of patients with multiple chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. He is part of the Chronic Illness Management Clinic in the division of general internal medicine. His interests outside of health care include American history, politics, theater, and the study of languages. Dr. DiPiero has published multiple articles on health care including the following: DiPiero A, Sanders DG. Condition based payment: improving care of chronic illness. BMJ. 2005 Mar 19;330(7492):654-7. DiPiero A: Universal Problems and Universal Healthcare: 6 countries - 6 systems. Oregon's Future. Fall 2004 V(2):27-31; Sanders D, DiPiero A: An emerging consensus for transforming health care. The Oregonian. Monday, October 4, 2004. DiPiero A, Sanders D: Self-directed health care and the future of health insurance. Health Insurance Underwriter. 2002 October; 50(9): 56-6.