Dr. Milligan serves as Senior Vice President & CIO for Asante Health System in southern Oregon.  As such, he develops and leads the implementation of strategic plans for all enterprise-wide Information Services, Networks, Telecommunications, Clinical Informatics, Infrastructure, Health Information Services, Data Analytics and Information Security.  He is an Epic Physician Builder with certifications in Basic, Analytics and Orders.  He has served as a Director on a number of Healthcare boards including Propel Health, Oregon ACO, Ashland Community Hospital, Asante Physician Partners, and Asante Health System.  He is a frequent contributor to a variety of healthcare IT industry related periodicals, podcasts and live presentations. 

Prior to serving as CIO, Dr. Milligan served in many progressive leadership roles including CMIO, Medical Director of Informatics, Medical Director of CDI, Physician Informaticist and Emergency Department physician.  He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and in Clinical Informatics.  He is also CHIME CHCIO certified.  He has worked clinically as an Attending Physician at all three of Asante’s Emergency Departments. 

Dr. Milligan was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1997, and UCLA Emergency Medicine internship/residency in 2000.  He also attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate studies.  His wife Jennifer is a certified PA in Allergy & Asthma and together they are raising 4 children: Sean, Jake, Molly and Danny.  In his free time, he enjoys writing and spending quality time with his family in the Pacific Northwest outdoors–hiking and riding motorcycles.