OB/GYN Education Leadership
Program Director
Dr. Fields is a native of El Paso, Texas but traded in his cowboy boots and hat for winter coats and scarves after moving to Chicago to complete an undergraduate degree, medical school, and residency. After tiring of long winters, he moved out to Portland for Urogynecology fellowship at OHSU and was delighted to take on a faculty position with the division after graduation. In his time outside of medicine, he loves running, spinning, indulging on everything pop culture, live music, and enjoying Oregon's beautiful wine country.
Special interests in the residency program: surgical skills simulation and narrative medicine.
Education super power: citing primary literature in real-time while teaching in the clinic and operating room.
Vice Chair of Education
Keenan Yanit, M.D. feels privileged to provide comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care to women of all ages and from all walks of life. She has special interests in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and medical education and believes a healthy lifestyle is an integral part of her patients' overall well-being.
Although she was born in Southern California, she considers herself an Oregonian. After attending college at the University of Oregon, she completed both her medical school and residency training at OHSU. She is thrilled to be part of an academic institution that prioritizes excellent patient care and community health.
In her spare time, Dr. Yanit enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She loves to travel, and has collaborated on women's health projects in Ethiopia and the Philippines. She speaks intermediate Spanish and enjoys working with diverse patient populations.
Associate Program Director
Dr. Cai is originally from Los Angeles, CA and completed her medical school and residency in Providence, RI. She then moved to Philadelphia, where she completed a maternal fetal medicine fellowship before coming to Portland. When not doing clinical or medical education work, she loves to play Dungeons and Dragons and ride the Peloton.
Special interests in the residency program: curriculum building, innovations in medical education
Education superpower: creating interesting PowerPoints and podcasting
Associate Program Director
Dr. Griffin grew up in Portland and lived in Seattle and the Bay Area before returning home for medical school and OBGYN residency at OHSU. As a National health Service Corps Scholar, she moved to a rural community on the East Coast where she practiced full scope general OBGYN and was involved in hospital administration. She returned to Portland in 2022 with her partner, kiddo, and elderly dog. Outside of work, she spends time working in her yard, attending kid sports, and riding bikes to Portland restaurants.
Special interest in the residency program: Assessing clinical competency, preparing residents for the transition to independent clinical practice.
Education Super Power: Serving up feedback sandwiches.
Associate Program Director
Dr. Hill is originally from Vista, CA but spent most of her training elsewhere. After a stint in New York for medical school, Dr. Hill made her way back west by way of Denver, CO for OBGYN residency at the University of Colorado. She then completed Gynecologic Oncology fellowship at UCSD before taking a faculty position at OHSU. She was drawn to Portland’s food, brew, and outdoor scene but ultimately came for the community and camaraderie the OBGYN department and residency program had to offer. She moved with her partner and twin boys (Porter and Griffin) who are all thrilled to now call Portland home. Outside of work, Dr. Hill likes to (attempt to) relive her glory days as a collegiate athlete and participate in endurance events, most recently the Hood to Coast relay!
Special interests in the residency program: Curriculum design and surgical feedback to improve resident education, integration of palliative care and approaches to difficult conversations
Education super power: creating an environment of psychological safety
Associate Program Director of Surgical Skills
Dr. Thompson was born and raised in the Bay Area. After completing medical school at UCLA, she moved to Portland for her residency. She was thrilled to join the Generalist practice after completing her residency at OHSU in 2022. She now calls Portland home, along with her husband, kiddo and labrador. She enjoys cooking, running and a dry martini.
Associate Program Director of Simulations
Dr. Cassimatis specializes in caring for individuals with high-risk pregnancies that are complicated by maternal medical disease or fetal abnormalities. She is particularly interested in hypertension, chronic infectious diseases, and maternal cardiac disease. Dr. Cassimatis loves that her work as a high-risk specialist gives her the opportunity to help navigate patients through difficult situations with a compassionate, evidence-based, shared decision-making approach.
In her free time, Dr. Cassimatis enjoys cooking for her friends and family, hiking and skiing, and going on adventures with her husband and dog.
Assistant Program Directors for Resident Research and Scholarship
Dr. Han is from Boulder, Colorado. He completed medical school at Northwestern University, followed by residency training at the University of Colorado. He moved to Portland and OHSU for his fellowship in Family Planning in 2014 and stayed on as faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and as an Affiliate Scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). His work focuses on improving the lives of women and families through contraception research, family planning clinical care, and training new reproductive health researchers. His research seeks to address the unmet need for novel non-hormonal contraceptive methods.
Dr. Crosland is originally from Florida where he received his Medical Degree and Master’s in Public Health from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency and Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He then became faculty at Oregon Health & Science University as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. As a public health practitioner, his advocacy and clinical interests include safeguarding the provision of comprehensive reproductive healthcare services. Additionally, he works at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) where his work focuses on the impact of perinatal substance exposure on pregnancy outcomes and fetal development.
Education Manager
Fatima Salas, M.H.A., C-TAGME
Fatima is originally from Los Angeles, CA and loves the Los Angeles Dodgers. She began working in Graduate Medical Education after earning a Master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of La Verne, in La Verne, CA. Fatima’s focus is on the management of the OBGYN GME programs, supporting the Medical Student Clerkship, Residency, and Fellowship Coordinators, as well as our faculty and amazing learners. She enjoys being a part of diversity and wellness initiatives within OHSU and in the OBGYN community. In her free time, she enjoys sewing gifts for loved ones and keeping up with her daughters around various Portland playgrounds.
Residency Coordinator
Clarice Gilray, M.A.
Clarice was born and raised in Beaverton, Oregon where she attended Oregon State University for an undergrad degree in English with a minor in Writing (Go Beavs!), and Lewis & Clark College for her Masters in Teaching. She spent several years teaching high school English and assisting students in credit recovery efforts; her favorite part about working in education is supporting learners in achieving their goals and finding ways to incorporate equity and empathy into her work. In her free time Clarice practices and coaches aerial/circus arts, reads Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels, enjoys boating with her partner and friends, and loves spending time with her attention seeking pets (dog, cat, snake).