Hospice announces new medical director

Daniel Harris assumed the position of medical director of Lumina Hospice & Palliative Care in Corvallis effective Sept. 1.
He succeeds Shawn Foley, who served as medical director for the past 13 years. Harris, who grew up in Corvallis, received a medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University and completed a residency in Greeley, Colorado. He has worked as a hospice physician for 10 years, and joined Lumina last year to work alongside Foley and Helen Kao, Lumina’s director of clinical innovations, ensuring a smooth transition for the organization.
Although Foley will no longer be at the helm, he will continue to serve the organization as a hospice and palliative care physician.
The transition comes at a time when Lumina, formerly Benton Hospice Service, celebrates another milestone: 40 years since admitting its first patient. Since its founding, Lumina has remained a community-based nonprofit agency, now serving more than 400 hospice and palliative patients annually, and more than 1,500 community members through grief and caregiver support and community education programs.