Staff
Benjamin Hoffman, MD, Medical Director
Dr. Hoffman became the Director of the Tom Sargent Safety Center in 2011. He attended Harvard Medical School and completed his pediatric training at Seattle Children's Hospital. Following a year as Chief Resident, he and his pediatrician wife, joined the US Indian Health Service working in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. There, he nurtured an interest in injury prevention and worked to develop a community based program to improve car seat safety usage.
Recognizing a passion for teaching, Ben joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico and served almost nine years as the Director of the Pediatric Residency Program. He continued to be active in injury prevention, serving on a number of state and national committees as well as serving as the Vice-Chair of the non-profit injury prevention group Safer NM Now. He has drafted successful booster seat legislation and speaks regularly on community health, injury prevention and car seat safety. He has been certified as a Car Passenger(CPS) Safety Technician since 1997 and has been a CPS Instructor since 2001. Ben has worked with thousands of families to help ensure that kids ride as safely in cars as possible.
Dr. Hoffman moved to Portland in the summer of 2011 and is excited to be working with the great Doernbecher family to help your family! Ben's wife, Jane, works at the Doernbecher Pediatric Westside Clinic and together they have three hilarious kids.
Matthew Geraths, MA, Outreach Coordinator
Matthew became the Outreach Coordinator in August of 2008. He has been certified in Child Passenger Safety since 2010 and recently became a Senior Technician. Matthew currently divides his time between promoting the Safety Center's mission through community outreach and teaching seminars on the family at Portland State.
Marianne Bridwell Chapman, Program Coordinator
Marianne has been involved with the Safety Center since 2005 and became the Program Coordinator in 2011. Her focus is on the health and welfare of children and she has partnered with numerous community groups to promote injury prevention education. Marianne has been a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician since 2010.
