Speaker's Profile

Dr. Franz is a board certified child & adolescent and adult psychiatrist who has worked in a variety of clinical and administrative leadership positions throughout Oregon. He is the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Regence. He previously was the first Medical Director of Behavioral Health at PacificSource.  His passion is working toward sustainable reimbursement of high value behavioral health <–> physical health integration in medical settings.  On Fridays, he works as a clinician providing direct care to children at Deschutes County Behavioral Health as well as psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care clinics using the Collaborative Care Model and eConsults. Dr. Franz is a past-president of the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) and continues as an active member of its Executive Council.  In 2012 he received OCCAP’s Child Psychiatrist of the Year Award.  In 2015 he was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).  Dr. Franz lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife and two daughters where they enjoy skiing, biking, hiking, and playing in their backyard.