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Natoya Carruthers, PA-C (she/her)

Accepting new patients

Specialty

  • Dermatology

Clinical focus

  • General Dermatology
  • Complex Medical Dermatology

Locations and contact

I see patients at
Tall building with the ariel tram to its left
Center for Health & Healing, Building 1
503-494-8311
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About me

Natoya Carruthers, PA-C is a physician assistant who sees patients with a wide range of general dermatologic concerns. She has strong clinical interests in hidradenitis suppurativa and a whole-person approach to patient care.

Prior to OHSU, she practiced at a rural family medicine clinic for nearly five years before transitioning back to focus on dermatology. She is currently completing the Diplomate Fellowship through the Society of Dermatology Physician Associates to further enhance her dermatologic foundation.

Outside of work, Natoya enjoys spending time with her son and traveling. She particularly enjoys visiting family and friends in the Caribbean.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • PA-C, 2019, OHSU

Memberships and associations:

  • Oregon Medical Association
  • American Academy of Physician Associates
  • PA Education Association
  • Society of Dermatology Physician Associates
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Insurance

Before scheduling an appointment

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  2. Ask what you will pay. Your insurance company can tell you what your costs are likely to be.

If you schedule an appointment and your health insurance does not include OHSU Health, you may have to pay more than if you go to a provider in your insurance network. 

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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.7 out of 5 (213 Ratings, 92 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey patient surveys.

  1. The Clinician is Excellent. I have had the pleasure of working with her before.

  2. I had a positive experience with her and I would absolutely recommend her to my family or friends.

  3. Love Natoya Carruthers!!

  4. Dr. Carruthers is brilliant! She listened, was thoughtful, kind, helpful, and compassionate.

  5. Friendly.

  6. Dr.Caruthers and April make me feel very comfortable although I am there for medical reasons. Dr.Caruthers is very good at explaining things and has a compassionate nature that makes me trust her. April is very sweet and thourough.

  7. Both the clinician and a student in training were thorough and careful and answered any/all questions I had.

  8. She was wonderful, very thorough and very good bedside manner. She was easy to communicate with and obviously cares about patients. I finally after years of different doctors felt seen. I left with hope. So thankful for her.

  9. Natoya and her PA students were thorough, addressed multiple concerns, didn't make me feel like a loser for addressing vanity concerns, and took their time to go over all my items for the visit

  10. Dr Carruthers was wonderful, thorough, helpful, gently doing my full body skin cancer exam

  11. Both assistant and skin Dr very personable and willing to go the extra mile for me and my care. Very pleased.

  12. The clinician was very kind and professional. She did a great job making sure to check every area.

  13. She was excellent!

  14. New provider, new clinic. Thorough skin check. Very nice.

  15. Very friendly and professional. I liked her.

  16. Knowledgeable provider, professional, a pleasure to be with, listened with attention, did everything that was needed.

  17. Very good experience. Attentive and able to answer all my questions. Felt very comfortable and able to relax during procedure.

  18. Very professional and concerned with my well-being. Didn't let her focus drop even though I had a minor issue.

  19. Very thorough, professional and competent

  20. Both OHSU personnel were very nice and helpful.

  21. Excellent communication before during and after full body skin exam. I felt comfortable and confident with the providers care. She was able to address questions as I had them (not a robot working off a script without personality as some doctors can be) and was kind and caring throughout.

  22. She was extremely attentive and assessed areas of concern all over my body. She explained areas and what they meant to my care. I did need an area treated and she was demonstrated very good technical skills.

  23. I am satisfied

  24. Great exam, felt PA was thorough and generally concerned In my health.

  25. Good experience

  26. Took her time and explained what she was seeing. Gentle with the biopsy and the wound seems to be in great shape.

  27. Ver friendly and informative

  28. Good communication, explaining what they were seeing and offering follow up options

  29. Very helpful. Multiple issues addressed.

  30. I already recommended her