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OUR CLINICIANS

Faculty

  • Deirdre Donovan, MD, Instructor


  • Meg Hayes, MD, Associate Professor

  • Wendy Kohatsu, MD, Assistant Professor

  • Zhaoxue Lu, LAc, PhD, DMed (China), Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Joanne Wu, MD, Integrative Medicine Clinical Fellow


    • Fellows


    Deirdre Donovan, MD
     Instructor     [Dierdre Donovan, MD]


    Dr. Donovan graduated from Georgetown University Medical School in 2001 and the OHSU Family Medicine Residency in 2005. She also completed the Associate Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona. She incorporates acupuncture, herbs, nutrition and mind-body medicine into her care as a family physician. She listens to her patients and enjoys having continuity relationships over time. She also has a special interest in Maternal & Child health care.

    Dr. Donovan enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, practicing yoga and cycling.

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    Meg Hayes, MD
    Assistant Professor     [Margaret Hayes, MD]

    Dr. Hayes received her medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University in 1994. She did her residency at OHSU and also served as Chief Resident.

    She is an Assistant Professor in OHSU Family Medicine. Her practice includes the full spectrum of family medicine including obstetrics. Dr. Hayes is actively involved in research in areas of integrative medicine, motivating change for improved health outcomes and the treatment of substance abuse.

    Her professional interests include integration of complementary and alternative practices including acupuncture into her practice. Dr. Hayes is also involved in international medical mission work in Azerbaijan.

    She enjoys roller-blading, kayaking, her dogs and making jewelry.

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    Wendy Kohatsu, MD
    Assistant Professor     [Wendy Kohatsu, MD]

    Wendy Kohatsu, M.D. received her medical degree from UCLA in 1994, and completed her residency in family and community medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. She graduated as one of the inaugural fellows in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Weil in 1999.

    Dr. Kohatsu joined OHSU Family Medicine in 2003. She is a physician-teacher who sees patients at OHSU Family Medicine at South Waterfront.

    Prior to coming to Oregon, she served on the faculty at East Tennessee State University, working with a rural, underserved community. She currently serves as Co-Director for the Integrative Family Medicine fellowship at OHSU.

    Her interests are the integration of primary care with nutrition, lifestyle enhancement, mind-body therapies, and complementary and alternative therapies such as botanical and manual medicine. She is the editor and author of the book Complementary and Alternative Medicine Secrets. Dr Kohatsu is also a student at the Oregon Culinary Institute and teaches healthy cooking classes at the OHSU March Wellness center with professional chefs, at ntional conferences, and by invitation. Dr. Kohatsu’s dream is to create an interactive TEACHING KITCHEN to cook with, educate, and inspire people to not only eat healthier, but to use food as medicine, and savor life.

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    Zhaoxue Lu, LAC, Ph.D, D.Med(China)
    Clinical Assistant Professorw     [Zhaoxue Lu, LAc, DMed]

    Zhaoxue Lu earned his doctoral degree in internal medicine from the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), in P.R. China. His main area of interest included study of endocrinology. Before specializing in internal medicine, he completed bachelor and master degrees in TCM orthopedics and traumatology. He served as an assistant professor and physician at the Chengdu University of TCM and its teaching hospital. His treatment modalities included acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese Tuina/massage and surgery. Currently, Dr. Lu is the Chair of acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the doctoral program department at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. His teaching specialties include TCM orthopedics, pain management and TCM endocrinology. He also serves as a clinical supervisor to the doctoral students.

    Education:
    Doctor of Medicine: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P.R China 1997-2000
    Master of Medicine: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P.R China 1994-1997
    Bachelor of Medicine: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P.R China 1989-1994


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    David Solondz, MD
    Third Year Family Medicine Resident, Integrative Medicine Associate Fellow     [David Solondz, MD]

    David was born and raised in New Jersey where he attended Jewish Day School. He completed his undergraduate training in Civil Engineering with a focus on Environmental Health at Tufts University in Boston, MA. He continued to reside in Boston for an additional 5 years to attend Tufts University School of Medicine as well as pursue interests in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. During his time there he completed training as a certified massage therapist and performed research with Harvard’s OSHER Institute division for research in complementary and alternative medicine. Throughout his medical education David has pursued rotations in Baja Mexico, India, China, and Nicaragua. Three areas of particular medical interest to him are CAM, sports medicine, and international health. He has a unique perspective and appreciation for medical pluralism.

    David enjoys surrounding himself by, and is inspired by, passionate people who strive towards an ideal of making change for the better. He enjoys the outdoors and can often be found enjoying the outdoors either down-hill skiing or relaxing the beach. Other hobbies include photography, ballroom dancing, and regular yoga practice.

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    Christina Stroup, MD,
    Second Year Family Medicine Resident, Integrative Medicine Associate Fellow     [Christina Stroup, MD]

    Christina grew up in the East San Francisco Bay Area in a small town called Martinez. A lively home of two older brothers, her mother and father, Joseine the family goat, Ferdinand the resident cow, Cracker Jacks and Cindy whom provided countless afternoons of horseback adventure in the local hills, Benji as well as many other creatures all settled in the contrasting backdrop of Shell Oil Refinery. It is here where Christina's ideals sprouted and grew: a love for nature and adventure, an appreciation for organic garden vegetables, and a fighting spirit toward societal progress and respect for our vulnerable environment. All of this culminated into a web of educational and travel experiences.

    She attended UC Davis for her undergraduate degree in Physiology, Teachers College, Columbia University to complete an MS in Nutrition Education, and continuing east she attended the Medical School for International Health in collaboration with Columbia University in Beer Sheva, Israel. Woven between and within her formal educational experiences Christina traveled and worked in Tanzania, East Africa with a mobile health clinic as well as with a local street children's center. Backpacking throughout the west coast and traveling in several countries Christina aimed to enrich her understanding of people and culture. Having had extensive personal experience throughout her life with physicians and health practitioners of myriad philosophies in healing and treatment modalities, Christina began to see herself in the role of helping to create a union between, at the time, seemingly contrasting practices. Her formal education, informal studies of people and culture, a love for science, and a personal interest in complementary and alternative medicine brings her to the field of family medicine. She is thrilled to be joining OHSU and the community of Portland.

    She will be moving to Portland with her boyfriend, Yoni, and her cats, Elsie Marmalade and Dante (for which have been promised no more moves across continents!). Yoni is a Beer Sheva native and has a passion (I think it is fair to say- a love) for math and engineering and plans to do graduate studies in biomedical engineering. Elsie is a master of fine arts and luxuriousness and Dante is a world class spy. They are very excited to be starting a life together in the lush and beautiful northwest.
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    Joanne Wu, MD
    Integrative Medicine Clinical Fellow     [Joanne Wu, MD]

    Dr. Wu graduated from Duke University Medical School in 2004 and the OHSU Family Medicine residency in June 2007. She is currently in her final year of her Associate Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona.

    She believes that it is important to improve health in a holistic way. Her particular interests are in nutrition and acupuncture, which she studied this summer in China.

    Dr. Wu enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and their dog, practicing yoga, and playing tennis.

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    Kimberly Young, MD,
    Second Year Family Medicine Resident, Integrative Medicine Associate Fellow     [Kimberly Young, MD]

    Originally from Colorado, Kim attended Stanford University for both undergraduate and medical school. During med school, Kim had an opportunity to provide medical care for people after the tsunami in Indonesia and for refugees after Hurricane Katrina. She is currently a resident in Family Medicine at OHSU and will be doing a fellowship in integrative medicine.

    Integrative approaches to health and sports medicine are of particular interest to Kim. She appreciates the creativity and holistic care that integrative medicine fosters. After spending a large a part of her childhood as an elite gymnast, Kim continues to be drawn to movement and the musculoskeletal system. Her favorite part of medicine is talking with people and finding ways to share in bringing health and wholeness to their lives.

    Kim loves to spend time with her family in Colorado, walk in Portland’s parks, play tennis, dance, read, and paint with her 95 year-old grandmother.


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