Family medicine faculty includes seasoned clinicians from Hood River’s vital and well-respected federally qualified health center, One Community Health, as well as independent family medicine practice groups and local specialists.
The faculty is a very enthusiastic group of family medicine physicians, a number of whom have upwards of 20+ years of clinical and teaching experience in broad-spectrum family medicine. They are experts in patient-centered care, including routine and high risk obstetrics, surgical obstetrics, adult medicine, pediatric and neonatal care, geriatrics, behavioral health, and office procedures.
Specialty faculty are largely part of Providence Medical Group and private practice groups, and include disciplines of general and orthopedic surgery, Ob/Gyn, internal medicine, ophthalmology, cardiology, urology, heme-onc, psychiatry, ENT, sports medicine and dermatology.
Mariah McAlister, MD
Mariah joined the Faculty at One Community Health in Hood River and served in the lead clinician role there for many years after graduating from our program in 2018. 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. Mariah has specific interests in integrative medicine, women's health, office-based procedures, palliative care and global health. The Hood River Rural Training Program was a perfect fit for her sense of adventure, her passion for working with underserved populations, her love of the outdoors, and her desire to work with like-minded, compassionate and inspired practitioners. She feels extremely lucky to have found a program with so many excellent, kind teachers and role models--a program that fosters individual growth within a supportive community. Mariah has gladly taken on the role of organizing the clinic and call schedule for One Community Health and our residents. When not working, Mariah can be found playing outside with her husband and two young children. She is known for attempting to cook endless amounts of vegetables from her CSA, or attending social and community events in the Gorge.
In June of 2025, program founder Bob Gobbo officially passed the leadership torch to Mariah McAlister. We are beyond thrilled to congratulate Mariah in her new role as our Program Director!
Bob Gobbo, MD
Robert Gobbo graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine in 1984 and completed his family practice residency at Santa Monica Medical Center. After doing an obstetrics fellowship in 1988, he began practicing in rural Oregon where he served as the medical director of La Clínica del Cariño (now One Community Health). He returned to California in 1993 as the associate director of the Merced Family Practice Residency at University of California Davis. However, in 2004 he came back to Oregon and joined the faculty of the Providence Milwaukie Family Medicine Residency. In 2013 he left the Milwaukie program to launch the Providence Hood River Family Medicine Rural Training Program, which focuses on training full spectrum family medicine doctors.
Dr. Gobbo has had a passionate interest in maternity care his entire career and has delivered or supervised more than 5,000 babies’ births and performed more than 1000 cesarean sections. He has authored chapters in obstetrical textbooks, including the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics syllabus and the American Family Physician, and has been a core faculty member for the AAFP's Family Centered Maternity Care Conferences since 1995. Sadly for him and so many of his patients and colleagues, he made the decision to stop providing direct obstetrical care and surgical obstetrics as he has entered his 62nd year of life with some failing eyesight.
In addition to his Program Director duties, he has transitioned a large part of his clinical practice to care of the elderly by becoming the medical director at our nursing home, Hood River Post Acute. In this role, he provides our residents with expanded opportunities to learn how to care for this important population of patients. He remains a dedicated educator and steadfast supporter of the residents, and models enthusiasm, compassion, experienced clinical skills and a commitment to social justice.
Dr. Gobbo served in his role of Program Director until June of 2025 when he passed the torch to former grad, Dr. Mariah McAlister.
Dr. Serra holds a medical degree from Ohio State University School of Medicine and completed the Family Medicine Residency Program (Rural Training Track) at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Klamath Falls, OR, as well as an obstetric fellowship at OHSU. She currently serves as medical director of One Community Health, the clinical home for the residency program, which she leads with heart, humor and panache. The residents honored her with the faculty of the year award in 2020. She is an avid adrenaline junkie and enjoys just going fast – running, skiing, mountain biking, skate skiing and kayaking and talking. She is completing her Integrative Medicine fellowship this year and teaches us all about the importance of meditation, our microbiome and loving your dog and cat.
Dr. Kealy is the Faculty Hospitalist for the residency program at Hood River Memorial Hospital. Originally from east Texas, Dr. Kealy spent a total of 12 years between active duty US Air Force and Texas Air National Guard, where he worked for the flight surgeon and was attached to an Air Transportable Hospital--a modern version of a MASH unit. He completed his undergrad at Texas State University, and medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. After finishing his family practice residency at Duke in North Carolina, he has been working as a Hospitalist for the past 6 years. Married, with 4 children ranging in age from 12 years to 8 months, he enjoys going to work to get away from his full time job of chauffeuring children to various sporting events.
Dr. Acosta holds a B.S. in Biology from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, graduated from medical school at the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond, VA and completed a residency at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA. A long-time physician with OCH, he enjoys the many long-term relationships he has developed with patients. The youngest child of Cuban immigrants, he speaks Spanish and has lived in the USA all his life. He has lived in the Gorge since 1995, where all three of his daughters were born.
Dr. Fauth received a bachelor’s degree from Linfield College, a medical degree from the University of New Mexico, and completed her residency at Cascades East Family Practice in Klamath Falls, OR. She joined One Community Health in 2005 and feels exceedingly fortunate to have landed her dream job directly out of residency. Dr. Fauth has special interests in social determinants of health, health care equity, preventive health, and particularly enjoys thecomplexity of women's health and metabolic health. As a preceptor, she is a brilliant clinician with a knack for making patients and residents feel at ease. In 2018, Molly was awarded the Family Physician of the Year for Oregon. She is a mother of two boys raised in Hood River and is involved in multiple community organizations including Riverside Church, CASA of the Gorge, Radio Tierra, SMART readers, & The Christmas Project.
Dr. Gulley received a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University, a medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University, and completed a Family Medicine residency and a Maternal Child Health fellowship at John Peter Smith Hospital in Forth Worth, TX. Since completing her training she has spent most of her career working at community health centers and believes that healthcare is a right for all. She has specific interest in maternity care and women’s health, global health, and wilderness medicine.
Dr. Hankins received a B.S. in Neuroscience from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. She earned her M.D. at Indiana University Medical School and attended the University of Arizona in Tucson to complete her residency in Pediatrics. In addition, she completed an additional year of study in Chicago for Pediatric Pulmonology. Dr. Hankins moved to Hood River with her husband in 2003. Since then, she has continued her work in inpatient pediatric medicine at Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland. Previously she worked at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles and Northwest Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She has an incredible bedside manner and is a dedicated educator, always making time to ensure that the residents are learning.
Dr. Jennifer Jehnsen grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, although she was born in Japan. For her undergraduate degree, Dr. Jehnsen attended the University of California, Berkeley and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with an emphasis in global poverty and practice. She attended medical school at the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her residency at Waco Family Medicine Residency Program in Waco, TX.
As someone with a passion for public health, Dr. McKenna loves working as part of a community healthcare team that’s focused on individual and community health. Dr. McKenna’s undergraduate degrees include a bachelor’s in Latin American History. After earning her undergraduate degree she served in the Peace Corps both in the Pacific Islands and in Guatemala, specializing in community development and infrastructure for family health. She attended medical school at Tufts University in Boston where she also earned a Master’s in Public Health, writing her thesis work on diabetes prevention in Guatemala. Dr. McKenna completed her family medicine residency at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, OR.
Dr. Parker received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Portland. He spent a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working at a women’s shelter in Washington DC, and then attended medical school at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He completed a family medicine residency at Swedish First Hill in Seattle, WA with a clinical focus on underserved and marginalized populations. He is a fount of wit, wisdom, and a clinical pearls. Greg is the co-lead physician for our Medication Assistant Team for patients with Substance Use disorder and is one of our obstetrical providers and faculty.
Dr. Souflée graduated from Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and completed residency with Providence Hood River Family Medicine Residency Rural Training Program. She grew up in the Village Creek watershed of north Texas, graduated with honors in Latin American studies and anthropology at UT Austin, and earned a Masters of Education from Harvard University. She was a Teach For America New Mexico corps member (2013), serving as a high school English teacher on the Navajo Nation. She taught writing and literature at the high school and community college level prior to transitioning to the medical field.
Dr. Veltri was born and raised in sunny South Florida where they grew up playing soccer and learning Spanish. They graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral & Integrative Neuroscience from the University of Florida. After college, they received a scholarship to attend Somos Hermanos, a cultural and language immersion program in the highlands of Guatemala, with a focus on rural maternal & child health. They then attended The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences to earn their Doctor of Medicine with a scholarly concentration in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Veltri completed their residency with the University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA and Columbia Valley Community Health in Chelan, WA. They serve as faculty in our rural residency program and enjoy working with the next generation of family medicine physicians to offer health care for all.
Taylor completed her Bachelor of Arts in French at UC Santa Barbara. After college, she worked in global public health for nearly a decade before returning to school and attending UC San Diego for medical school, where she was drawn to Family Medicine because of its emphasis on social justice. She completed her residency in Hood River, Oregon, followed by an Advanced Obstetrics Fellowship at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She has a particular interest in women’s and children’s health and especially enjoys providing obstetric and newborn care.
Sarah holds a Master of Social Work from George Fox University and is a licensed clinical social worker in both Oregon and Washington. In addition, she holds a certification in Perinatal Mental Health. She has experience supporting people of all ages to improve their overall health and well-being and to live meaningful lives. Her approach to counseling has been described as warm, collaborative, compassionate, and direct when needed. She values being a “human in the room” with her clients, striving to balance acceptance and change while working together to find solutions and cope with life’s many challenges. Sarah has trained in various therapeutic modalities and blended these skills to respond to the needs of each client.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Shannon’s approach to her work at One Community Health is informed
by her own life history as a person who has utilized mental health services
and as a member of a first-generation immigrant family. For many years,
Shannon has worked with people who have experienced trauma; she completed
her practicum at HAVEN, supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
She feels honored when people trust her enough to share their life stories
and wisdom and is awed by human resilience. Whether you are working on
changing behaviors, navigating life adjustments, or need help with mental
health or substance use challenges, Shannon is available to listen and
support you. She believes that healthcare is a human right.
Shannon is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR – children, teenagers, and adults), Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for suicide prevention and basics, Emotionally
Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Incredible Years,
Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Mindfulness-Based
Cognitive Therapy, Narrative Therapy, CBT for Insomnia, Trauma-Focused
CBT (TF-CBT), and Yoga Therapy.
