Current Residents

Paul Lewis, MD (PGY8)

Medical School: Stanford School of Medicine

Internship: UCSF Pediatrics

Residency: University of Utah Pediatrics (PGY 2, 3 & Chief Year)

Fellowship: University of Washington Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Hobbies/Interests:  Reading, Backcountry Skiing, Biking

What I love about Oregon: Urban Growth Boundary

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects:  Health Evidence Review Commission, OHA Strategic Communication

Jennifer Gilbert, MD, MPH (PGY5) CO-CHIEF RESIDENT

Medical School: University of Maryland

Residency: UC Davis

Hobbies/Interests: hiking, running, kayaking, watching live music

What I love about Oregon: close access to rivers, coast, and mountains; lively music scene

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects: Evidence summary and early childhood policy development at Center for Evidence-based Policy

Matthew Dubrow, DO (PGY5) CO-CHIEF RESIDENT

Medical School:  The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency:  Family Medicine Residency at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies/Interests: Woodworking, Hiking, Camping, Fishing, Kayaking, Biking Interests - Studying native plants and wild edibles, Nutrition

What I love about Oregon:  There are too many things I love about Oregon to list them all. Some of my favorites are Ramona Falls, extinct cinder cone volcanos dotting the landscape, the Cascade Range, salmon everywhere, the painted desert, the cloud cover and misty rain, sea otters and the cool air. Among the reasons I chose to move to Oregon are the clean air, food and water, and a society invested in a tradition of bettering itself and living as a community.　

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects: My practicum site will be at the Oregon Health Authority where I'll be developing my understanding of healthcare systems and learning how those systems are built, maintained, monitored, and altered.

Jessi Khangura, MD (PGY5)

Medical School: OHSU

Residency: OHSU Internal Medicine

Fellowship: OHSU Cardiovascular Medicine

Hobbies/Interests: Rock climbing, backpacking, white water rafting, skiing

What I love about Oregon: So many fun outdoorsy things to do!

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects/Interests: Quality Improvement Projects regarding evaluation and treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

Hetal Patel, MD (PGY4)

Medical School: University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Residency: University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University Family Medicine

Hobbies/Interest: Cooking, Crafts, Traveling

What I love about Oregon: The beautiful green environment, the food carts, all the friendly people, the farmer's market, and its closeness to everything coast, mountains, desert… the geographic diversity　

It is completely an different experience then East Coast.

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects/Interest: At VA I will be working on Population Management of Diabetes, and also through other practicum experience I want to learn the policy aspect of primary care in order to influence chronic disease management. In the big picture, I want to learn about different health care systems, and how they are managed.

Paige Hatcher, MD (PGY4)

Medical School:  University of Kansas - Wichita

Residency: OHSU Family Medicine

Hobbies: My three-legged Great Dane, gardening, yoga, cooking/dining out

Interests: Women's Health, Mental Health, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Health Policy

Preventive Medicine Residency Clinical Experience: Women's Health Clinic for Clackamas County @ Richmond Family Health Center - patients referred for high-risk pregnancy or colposcopy

Preventive Medicine Residency Practicum Site: Office of Health Policy and Research - working with the Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Program

Patty Frew, MD (PGY4)

Medical School: OHSU

Residency: OHSU Family Medicine

Hobbies/Interests: Maternity care, Care of children and underserved populations; Spending time with family, Gardening, Thrifting

What I love about Oregon: Geographic diversity and personalities

Tina Oliver, MD (PGY3)

Medical School: University of California at Davis School of Medicine

Residency: Internal Medicine at Legacy in Portland, Oregon

Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family (husband, 5 y/o daughter and newborn daughter), hiking, reading, cycling, traveling

What I love about Oregon: It's so green and wonderful!  It is paradise.  Many like-minded people, living their lives not too fast, taking time and paying attention. Great place to raise kids.

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects:  Maternal & Child Health Department at the Oregon Health Authority. 　　

Rachel Seltzer, MD (PGY2)

Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University

Residency: OHSU Family Medicine

Hobbies: Running/hiking with my four-legged buddy Sophie, good food, wide open spaces, choral music, coffee shops.

Interests: Health policy, health systems transformation, Regional health delivery systems

What I love about Oregon: The full-spectrum climates, both the weather and the politics. It's beautifully temperature, with beaches, fertile valleys, mountain ranges, and high desert. Oregonians are wholesome, and more community-oriented, as a people. And the excellent food, beer, and wine make for ideal re-centering opportunities!

Preventive Medicine Residency Projects: OHSU Occupational Health Clinic and quantiferon assay investigation protocol; legislative research around the smoking ban in cars with children.

Recent Graduates:

Christina Baumann, MD, MPH: Graduated June 2012 and is presently a clinical epidemiologist with the OHSU Center for Evidence-based Policy, working on their Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED).  She is also a clinician at Central City Concern's Old Town Clinic and doing contract work for the Multnomah County Health Department.

Mellisa Pensa, MD, MPH: Graduated August 2012 and is a clinical faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia.

Douglas Lincoln, MD, MPH: Graduated July 2011 and is currently practicing as a Pediatrician in an underserved rural area in Pennsylvania via the National Health Service Corps.

Kenneth Gleitsmann, MD, MPH: Graduated June 2011 and is practicing as an Ophthalmologist in Hilton Head, SC.

Sarah Present, MD, MPH: Graduated August 2011 and is currently working in Family Medicine and Obstetrics at SEAMAR Community Health Center in Vancouver, WA.

Nicole Yonke, MD, MPH: Graduated June 2011 and is completing a two-year clinical & public health/research fellowship in maternal, child, and reproductive health at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.