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Sara Fahey, APN, CNM

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  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Midwifery
  • OB/GYN

Clinical focus

  • Family Planning
  • Pregnancy Care

About me

Sara has nearly twenty years of full-scope midwifery experience and provides clinic-based care at the Center for Women's Health along with the OB/GYN generalists. Sara has cared for women during pregnancy, delivery and the postpartum period as well as gynecologic care from young adulthood through the post-menopausal period. She has also spent much of her career focused on family planning including pregnancy options counseling and management, birth control, pre-conception counseling, as well as miscarriage management. She enjoys educating and empowering women to make decisions about their health care that aligns with their personal philosophy and needs.

She believes in evidence-based medicine as the cornerstone of good care and enjoys working in an academic environment. Sara grew up in New Jersey and came to Oregon in 1991 for part of her undergraduate education. After college, Sara decided to become a midwife while working as a health promoter in the migrant camps and with Head Start in Cornelius, Oregon. After training at a birth center in El Paso, Texas she went to New York City for graduate school. She worked in Seattle for 15 years before returning to Portland with her family in 2017, which really feels like coming home. She enjoys music and the arts, listening to podcasts while on urban hikes, kayaking and hiking and just being in nature.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 1994, University of Oregon
    • B.S.N., 1999, Columbia University
    • M.S.N., 2001, Case Western Reserve University
    • C.N.M., 2001, Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing

  • Certifications

    • American Midwifery Certification Board

Memberships and associations:

  • American College of Nurse Midwives
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.7 out of 5 (72 Ratings, 24 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 NRC patient surveys.

  1. Sara Fahey was kind and supportive. She seemed to really want to understand my medical history, addressed my concerns, and gave me clear next steps.

  2. I had an IUD that had been in 10 years too long. I was embarrassed about having it removed but the Dr and the intern both made me feel at ease and I really felt like they cared about my well being.

  3. Listened to all my concerns, I really appreciate that

  4. Sarah Fahey is very good. She is caring and intelligent and answered all my questions

  5. She was kind respectful and let me drive the conversation with my goals and needs

  6. Very neutral in terms or xare. Seemed more concerned about student than patient.

  7. She was super slick with the lap smear-no pain or discomfort whatever!

  8. Sarah Fahey was so incredibly understanding and supportive of my needs and sensitivities during this exam. I greatly appreciate her empathy and approach to care with my gender diversity in mind.

  9. Very good excellent

  10. Dr. Fahey is amazing. So kind, really listens, very relatable but still very professional.

  11. Very good

  12. Thorough. Thoughtful. Knowledgeable

  13. My first visit at OHSU. The midwife practitioner was absolutely incredible. She reviewed my history thoroughly, explained things thoughtfully and gave me the most complete exam I've ever had. I didn't have to wait from check in until appointment. Quick service. In and out. VERY happy.

  14. Sarah was great, she listened and really understood my approach to my health and helped me navigate to get a couple of referrals.

  15. Sarah was extremely kind and patient.

  16. She explained to me in easy terms why it's important for me, in my situation, to go on birth control.

  17. Great to work with

  18. Made me feel so comfortable, was really personable, validated all of my questions and gave thoughtful responses. Left nothing lingering, I felt very cared for.

  19. Sara Fahey is a great clinician and answers all of my questions and is knowledgeable and supportive.

  20. She's wonderful. She always listens to my concerns and offers her insight backed by her vast experience.

  21. I had a wonderful experience, everyone was so professional and kind.

  22. I needed to meet with her in order to get a prescription, wasn't sure if I also needed a full exam, but I did not, so we discussed my symptoms and she ordered the prescription and told me how to use it. It was great, took 10 minutes.

  23. Very nice and helpful, knew my background

  24. I've met with Dr. Fahey a couple times now and at each encounter she was professional and kind. Although I felt like she was not personable. There was an awkwardness to the appointment and felt rushed at the end. I do appreciate that she remembered some parts of my medical history. But I still wouldn't choose her to be my primary midwife. She seems very knowledgeable but our energies don't seem to match. I prefer seeing a doctor who I can be myself around.