Hai T. Pham is an American dentist and politician serving as a member of the

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for the 36th district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 9, 2023.

Early life and education

Pham was born in

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, the son of immigrants who fled

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

amid the

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. He moved to

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, as a child. Pham earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

in 2002 and a Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry from the

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Career

Outside of politics, Pham has worked as a dentist at

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Providence Health & Services Providence Health & Services (since 2016: Providence St. Joseph Health) is a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system operating multiple hospitals across seven states, with headquarters in Renton, Washington. The health system includes 51 ho ...

, and the

Randall Children's Hospital Randall Children's Hospital is the children's hospital at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formerly Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital, it was renamed in 2011 during construction of the new 165-bed patient tow ...

. He served as the president of the Washington County Dental Society and Oregon Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. From 2015 to 2019, Pham was a delegate of the

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. He served on the board of the Dentist Benefits Insurance Company,

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, Oregon Board of Dentistry, and Dental Foundation of Oregon. Pham was elected to the

in November 2022. After Pham assumed office in January 2023, a complaint was filed with the

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, alleging that Pham did not reside within the boundaries of his legislative district. The claim was not investigated. Pham administered emergency dental care to

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Senator

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during a House vs. Senate basketball game when Bonham was injured.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pham, Hai Living people Asian-American state legislators in Oregon American politicians of Vietnamese descent People from Washington County, Oregon Oregon State University alumni Oregon Health & Science University alumni Oregon Health & Science University faculty American dentists Oregon Democrats Members of the Oregon House of Representatives People from Beaverton, Oregon Politicians from Corvallis, Oregon Politicians from Hillsboro, Oregon Year of birth missing (living people)