Michael Painter

Biography

Physician, attorney and health policy advocate, Michael is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He works tirelessly scouring the nation and the world looking for ideas and innovation that will help build a better, just and healthier future for all on a rapidly warming planet. In 2003-2004, Michael was an RWJF Health Policy Fellow with Senator William Frist, MD, then Majority Leader where he was the Senator’s lead staff person for “Closing the Health Care Gap Act” (S2091). Prior to that, Michael was an attending physician and the chief of medical staff at the Seattle Indian Health Board, a community health center serving urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. Michael holds a JD from Stanford Law School and an MD from the University of Washington.