Vanessa Casillas, PsyD, is the Regional Director of Behavioral Health Integration
for Providence Medical Group in Oregon and SW Washington. She supports
our embedded Behavioral Health Providers in Primary Care and Medical Specialty
Clinics as well as our Adult and Senior Psychiatry Clinics in the Portland
Service Area and the Behavioral Health Clinic in Hood River. Dr. Casillas
also serves as the co-lead for the Behavioral Health Integration in Primary
Care Focus Group for the Mental Health Substance Use Clinical Performance
Group. Dr. Casillas earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from George
Fox University in Newberg, Oregon in 2009.
Dr. Elisa Rudd is the Training Director for all Providence Medical Group’s
(PMG) Psychology training programs in the Oregon region, which include
approximately 30 Practicum students, 5 Interns, and 5 Psychology Residents
at present. In addition, Dr. Rudd is the Behavioral Health Clinical Manager
of Licensed Psychologists and Behavioral Health Providers in our Primary
Care and Internal Medicine clinics in Southern Oregon, Southwest Washington,
Hood River, and the Portland Service Area. At Providence, Dr. Rudd also
serves as leadership sponsor for the Behavioral Health Provider Diversity
Workgroup and is Co-leader for the Department of Behavioral Health’s
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Prior to her current role,
she spent 5.5 years as a Behavioral Health Provider – 1.5 years
at a multi-specialty medical clinic, and 4 years at PMG.
After earning her undergraduate degree in psychology (magna cum laude), Dr. Rudd worked in Human Resources as a Training and Education Manager. She went on to complete her M.S. and Ed.S. degrees in Counseling and Human Systems (Rand Fellowship) from Florida State University then provided consulting services for nonprofit organizations such as Children of Incarcerated Parents (aka Forever Family) and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta as well as career counseling services at UNC-Asheville (Associate Director) and Georgia State University. Dr. Rudd completed her Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Pacific University (Diversity Service Fellow) during which she completed her Internship at Grand Valley State University’s Career and Counseling Center in Michigan. Dr. Rudd’s Postdoctoral Residency work included psychological testing for Insight Psychological Services. During her graduate education, Dr. Rudd worked 8 years for a 24-hour behavioral health crisis and contact center. This organization provides access to behavioral health counseling, debriefing, and crisis services to university counseling centers, hospitals, managed healthcare organizations, state and county crisis lines, and employee assistance programs throughout the U.S., Canada, and in parts of Japan, and Qatar; she responded to and supported more than 35,000 callers during her tenure with ProtoCall Services
Raised in Guam, Dr. Rudd enjoys living in Portland with her wife of 25 years, where she spends her free time hiking, writing, and enjoying all things science fiction.
Kristie Knows His Gun, a 2013 graduate of George Fox’s doctor of
psychology program, joined the Graduate School of Clinical Psychology
in 2014 as an assistant professor of psychology. In addition, she works
as the training director for the Integrated Care Internship, an APA accredited
site that is a consortium with Providence Medical Group. Kristie also
serves as the director of the primary care track teaching courses focused
on the foundations of primary care.
During her doctoral training, she interned with Wasatch Mental Health (2012-13) and was a pre-intern with School-Based Behavioral Health in George Fox’s rural consortium. Knows His Gun holds a PsyD from George Fox, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from George Fox (2010) and both a master’s degree (2008) and bachelor’s degree (2006) in psychology from Montana State University.
Dr. Jeri Turgesen is a Board-Certified Health Psychologist. She completed
her doctoral degree at George Fox University, her internship at Eastern
Virginia Medical School and a residency at the Portland VA Medical Center.
Currently serving as a Clinical Manager for Integrated Primary Care and Practicum Training, Dr. Turgesen has been an employee of Providence Medical group for the past 7 years. Prior to her management role, she served as a Behavioral Health Provider in primary care. Dr. Turgesen greatly enjoys serving patients within the primary care settings and working as an active member of interdisciplinary medical teams to address patients’ holistic healthcare needs. Part of her work includes community partnerships and collaboration of Behavioral Health and local high schools to support adolescent mental health and suicide risk.
Areas of emphasis and interest include trauma informed care, chemical dependency, crisis and risk management, physical health and health management, and caring for the needs of LGBTQ+ patients
When not working, Jeri enjoys spending time with her family, running, and enjoying time outdoors.
Dr. Ryan Dix currently serves as the Behavioral Health Manager of Medical
Specialties, Neuropsychology, Medical Education, Project Nurture and Adult
and Senior Psychiatry Clinics (East, Milwaukie and West) in Oregon and
Southwest Washington. Prior to this he spent 5 years as a behavioral health
provider with Providence at their northeast clinic where he also worked
as a behavioral medicine faculty for the internal medicine residents
Dr. Dix currently serves on the board of the Oregon Psychological Association and has served in a number of roles on that board. Additionally, he has served as the liaison from OPA for the Oregon Board of Psychology.
Dr. Dix earned his undergraduate degree from California Lutheran University and his PsyD degree from George Fox University. While at Providence he earned a master’s degree in management as well as a certification in tobacco treatment. In his free time, Ryan enjoys spending time outdoors and with his family.
