Official portrait of Christopher Saslo

Dr. M. Christopher Saslo assumed the role of Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer (AUHS-PCS/CNO) on October 9, 2022. In this role he serves in as principal executive for oversight of Nursing; Care Management and Social Work; Caregiver Support; Ethics, Pharmacy; Sterile Processing; Geriatrics and Extended Care; Health Outcomes of Military Exposures; Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation; LGBTQ+; National Center for Health Promotions; Physician Assistants, Rural Health and Rehabilitation and Prosthetics.

Dr. Saslo served as the Acting AUSH-PCS/CNO, July 2022 thru October 2022 and prior to that as the Acting Senior Advisor to the AUSH-PCS/CNO from January 2022 thru June 2022. He has served as Associate Director for Patient Care Services at Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System since 2014. Dr. Saslo has served as Interim Director from June 2017 to January 2018 and as acting Deputy Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health: Clinical Operations from October 2018 thru May 2019. In his role as ADPCS, Dr. Saslo has oversight for Inpatient and Outpatient Nursing service as well as the Office of Social Work, Sterile Processing, Clinical Informatics, Food & Nutrition and Chaplain Services. Dr. Saslo has been a Nurse for more than 40 years and has served VHA for more than 30 years. Chris has worked in areas including Ambulatory Care as both Nurse Practitioner and Program Manager, Medicine Service in the HIV and Hepatology clinics and Associate Chief Nurse for Clinical Practice in Nursing.

Dr. Saslo holds a bachelor’s degree from Marywood University in Scranton, PA, his master’s from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA, and a Doctorate in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Saslo is the spouse, parent, brother, and son of Veterans who served in every branch of the military and believes the greatest mission is to ensure that the care we deliver should be the care we would expect for our loved ones.

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