Peter works as a full-spectrum family medicine doctor at Columbia Gorge Family Medicine in Hood River. He continues to enjoy full continuity of care by practicing outpatient medicine, obstetrics, and inpatient care of his patients when they are hospitalized at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. He is married to our faculty Kate McKenna. His academic project was in Pre-gestational Diabetes screening and management in our largely Hispanic patient population.
Jared works as a hospitalist at Adventist Health in The Dalles, OR. Jared focused his elective time on ICU care and procedures and continues to enjoy these activities in his current career. He is still involved in our residency as a guest teacher and interviewer. His academic and CQI project was on Food Insecurity the Veggie Rx project
Matt was the only resident we graduated in 2017 and many joke this was because his brain was so big there was no room for another resident in the program that year. He joined his senior resident Peter Benziger at Columbia Gorge Family Medicine in Hood River and is a fully privileged member of the medical staff at Hood River Memorial Hospital where he provides inpatient medicine, pediatric, neonatal and obstetrical care. Our residents are fortunate to have him and his colleagues as role models.
Mariah completed her residency in 2018 and we quickly asked her to join our practice at One Community Health to become a medical provider and faculty. She chose Family medicine as it was a natural fit for her holistic perspective on health, and the importance she places on sustained relationships with her patients. After residency, Mariah joined our faculty and served as the lead clinician at One Community Health. In June 2025 she took over the reigns from Dr. Gobbo and is now our Program Director!
Dana joined us as a resident in 2017 after completed 2 years of an internal medicine residency in San Francisco. She realized she was really a family doctor and came to our program because of our commitment to teaching full spectrum care and to work with a Spanish speaking population. After residency, she completed a 2 year Global Health Fellowship at UCSF Contra Costa Medical Center. She currently serves as faculty on the inpatient service at Highland Hospital, Oakland, California and plans on to continue her work in Global Health.
He was born and raised in Tacoma, WA and went to medical school in Chicago at Rush University where he had the opportunity to work with immigrant rights advocates and anti-racist initiatives in the city. He chose to pursue family medicine due to his broad ranging interests in obstetrics, musculoskeletal medicine, and adolescent medicine. He now practices on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
Morgan grew up in rural Trinidad, Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Integrative Physiology. She attended Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies. She is currently in private practice in Trinidad, Colorado where she does prenatal and delivery care, home births and is a primary care family medicine back in her home town.
As a fourth generation Oregonian, Carly has family history across the state which connects her to the varied country of the Northwest. Although a rare native Portlander, she lived abroad and experienced diverse beliefs, traditions, and people. She is now a full spectrum Family Medicine clinician with a busy Obstetrics practice in Longview, Washington.
Kate grew up in Bend, Oregon and later earned a degree in Biology from Southern Oregon University. Before medical school, she worked at an Indian Health Service Clinic in rural Washington, Planned Parenthood, and as a research assistant at OHSU. Kate joined One Community Health in the Hood River after residency.
Laura is a native of Montana and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Santa Clara. She took the initiative to earn a master’s in public health during medical school as well. She is currently working in Gresham, Oregon at the East Multnomah County Health Clinic where serve provides care to many Spanish speaking families as well as provides addiction treatment services to her patients.
Enrique is a native of Texas and New Mexico. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Mississippi College in Medical Sciences, where he was also awarded his school’s Gold Humanism Award. He now practices in the Bay Area of California with Sutter Health.
Madeline graduated from the University of New Mexico and received her undergraduate degree there, too. She grew up in rural southern New Mexico, learned Spanish during time spent in both Mexico and Guatemala and was in the Somos Hermanos program in Xela, Guatemala. Madeline joined our Faculty at One Community Health right after graduation before eventually moving back to New Mexico to be closer to family.
Ben graduated medical school from the University of Washington and was a rural scholar in WWAMI/Idaho program. His undergrad degree is from the University of Puget Sound but also studied in Granada, Spain. Ben grew up in Mt Vernon, Washington. Following residency, Ben joined the team at One Community Health in Hood River and also often covers inpatient service in Hermiston, OR.
Jessica grew up in Oklahoma where she developed a strong desire to become a full spectrum family physician and serve a rural population. After graduation, she completed a Hospitalist Fellowship through UT Health in San Antonia, TX and now practices inpatient medicine in Santa Fe, NM.
Fernando was born in Guatemala then moved to Canada in 1989 at the height of the Guatemalan Civil war and was raised in a rural town in northern British Columbia Canada. After completing his residency, Fernando returned to his home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (BC) Canada, where he now provides comprehensive medical care both in the clinic and hospital settings. His practice is dedicated to delivering full-spectrum care, including OB, inpatient, and ER medicine. He has a particular focus on serving the health and well-being of Indigenous communities in rural/areas of BC.
The daughter of a Nicaraguan immigrant, Paola grew up seeing firsthand how hard her mom had to work to give her children a home and food to survive. This eventually led her to family medicine. After graduation, Paola stayed in the PNW, working for Swedish outside of Seattle, WA.
Taylor worked in global public health for nearly a decade before going back to medical school to become a doctor. She chose rural Family Medicine so she could work anywhere in the world. After residency, she followed her passion for obstetrics and completed an OB fellowship at Swedish in Seattle, WA. Following her fellowship, she returned to Hood River in summer of 2025 and joined One Community Health and the residency faculty.
Carina grew up in Texas. She studied anthropology and Latin American studies as an undergrad and had a career teaching high school and college English in New Mexico before starting medical school. After graduation, she joined One Community Health and the residency faculty.
Owen was a wonderful resident who enjoyed moving to Oregon with his wife, Kristina, who is a native Pacific Northwesterner. He desires to practice full spectrum family medicine and is fluent in Spanish. His interests in medicine include obstetrics, transgender and gender-affirming care, and population health. He and Kristina have a French Bulldog named Maggie, and they love to travel, read, and watch comedies.
Born and raised in eastern Oregon, in a small town on the Snake River, Rachel moved to Seattle after college where she worked in clinical research on autoimmune diseases, and later on breast cancer treatments before medical school. She will be joining Providence Family Medicine in Hood River in the Fall.
Jack grew up in rural West Texas in a town of 90 people. He became a Family Medicine doctor to shape his communities and act as and agent for change and social justice. He will be joining Columbia Gorge Family Medicine in Hood River in the Fall, where he will be working as a full spectrum provider with OB.
