Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi has taken a side gig in California

Stanford University’s School of Medicine recently named Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi to a part-time position on its faculty, meaning she’ll see patients in California one weekend a month while, during the week, overseeing the 5,000-employee Oregon agency’s operations at a challenging time.

Announced by Stanford on LinkedIn, the news has been circulating rapidly among agency insiders and observers in recent days, raising questions.

The Oregon Health Authority director’s job is full-time, pays…