Providence ElderPlace Medical Director
 Melinda Lee, M.D.
Dr. Lee has been a primary care provider in ElderPlace since 1997 and has served as medical director since 2003. Her goal is to provide the best possible medical care to ElderPlace participants so that they can continue to do the things that they enjoy throughout their lives.
After graduating from Santa Clara University with a bachelors degree in psychology, Dr. Lee earned her medical degree from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
Dr. Lee and her husband have three grown children. She enjoys spending time with her family, as well as painting, gardening, cooking, and reading.
Cully
 Shannon Jackson, M.D.
Dr. Shannon Jackson is a Northwest native, who earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Providence Portland Medical Center, and subsequently a geriatrics fellowship at Oregon Health and Sciences University in 2007.
"My highest priority when meeting with my patients is to minimize the impact of chronic illness to allow each person to maximize their physical function and actively engage in living."
"I love the caring community that exists between Elderplace employees and participants. Each person is asked what goals they would like to achieve in their life and we try to accomplish them together."
Dr. Jackson spends most of her free time playing with her young twins and doing the minimum amount of housework acceptable to her husband.
 Hillary Hotelling, M.D.
‘Wellness is about so much more than a list of medical problems; it includes emotional, spiritual, and intellectual well-being,” says Dr. Hotelling. “By encompassing all aspects of what makes a person whole, I hope to focus medical care on maintaining wellness rather than reacting to illness. I think most doctors believe this but, at ElderPlace, I feel I truly have the opportunity and time to get to know the patient as a whole person and practice this philosophy.”
Dr. Hotelling was born and raised in North Carolina. She pursued engineering at MIT but switched careers, attending medical school at the Medical College of Georgia. Completed residency at Legacy Health System.
Glendoveer
 Luis Rodriguez, M.D.
Born in Peru, Dr. Rodriguez earned his medical degree at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed both his internship and residency at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York and his fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
In his free time Dr. Rodriguez enjoys playing soccer, hiking, swimming. He speaks Spanish in addition to English.
 Anthony Ohotto, M.D.
Dr Ohotto completed medical school at the University of Minnesota. His family medicine residency was in St. Paul, Minnesota. He then practiced for six years in a remote area of Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. He completed Geriatrics Fellowship at St. Joseph/Sun Health Geriatric Fellowship in Phoenix, Arizona and has been in geriatrics practice since then. Special professional interests include pain management and end of life care. He enjoys mountain biking and mushroom hunting.
Gresham
 Kathleen Farrell, D.O.
Dr. Farrell received her Degree of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988 from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa. She subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at Legacy Emanuel Hospital and a geriatric fellowship at the Portland VA Medical Center. After serving on the faculty at the Oregon Health Sciences University from 1994 through 2003, she joined ElderPlace in Gresham.
She served as president of the Oregon Medical Directors Association and Oregon Geriatrics Society 2001-2002, as well on its Board of Directors from 2000-2003. In her spare time, Dr. Farrell enjoys hiking and gardening.
 Vicki Lee, F.N.P.
Vicki has lived in the Portland area since 1973. She completed her B.S.N. and M.N. at OHSU and practiced Women's Health Care for more than six years. She returned to OHSU and completed a post-master's certificate option in 1999 that enabled her to obtain her Family Nurse Practitioner license. She has her national certification in family practice. She worked with Native Americans for three years, then worked at a small private practice in St. Helens. She is very happy to be a part of ElderPlace.
 Rhonda Tierney, M.D.
Dr. Tierney completed residency training at Providence Portland Medical Center and is board-certified in internal medicine. Her medical interests include orthopedics, geriatrics, and infectious diseases. She is also bilingual in Spanish.
"When working with older frail adults, one is reminded that health is far more complicated than medical problems and medications. Health is linked to all the personal ties -- such as family, home and personal interests -- that make us human. I believe each patient needs to be known as a whole person and not as a set of problems to be fixed."
In her free time, she enjoys family, friends, gardening and hiking.
Laurelhurst
 George Goodstein, M.D.
Dr. Goodstein is a native of the Pacific Northwest and through his travels has seen the extremes of health care. “I think it is important to balance the desire to ‘test and treat’ with what really meets the goals of patients. Sometimes less is more”, he says. “Working at ElderPlace with a team of professionals helps me keep the perspective.”
After receiving his medical degree at the University of Washington, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Emanuel Hospital in Portland. He also completed a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center and a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at the Portland Veterans’ Hospital.
After moving back to Oregon from California, he now enjoys dog ownership and growing things. Dr. Goodstein also enjoys keeping fit through exercise and trying out all the new restaurants in Portland.
 Donna Johannes, ANP/GNP
Donna believes that her most important responsibility as a health care provider is “to be someone who can be trusted, straightforward, nonjudgmental and to be an advocate for the patient.” In her work with patients, she says, “I try to be open to the individual’s whole self, both spiritual and physical.
After earning her nursing degree at the University of Rhode Island, Donna completed her adult nurse practitioner certification at Oregon Health Sciences University. She continued at OHSU earning her master’s degree in nursing. In 1995 she completed her certification as a geriatric nurse practitioner.
Her philosophy of care is grounded in her belief that “all people deserve to be cared for and loved, and we all deserve dignity and respect.”
Marie Smith
Shannon Jackson, M.D.
Dr. Shannon Jackson is a Northwest native, who earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Providence Portland Medical Center, and subsequently a geriatrics fellowship at Oregon Health and Sciences University in 2007.
"My highest priority when meeting with my patients is to minimize the impact of chronic illness to allow each person to maximize their physical function and actively engage in living."
"I love the caring community that exists between Elderplace employees and participants. Each person is asked what goals they would like to achieve in their life and we try to accomplish them together."
Dr. Jackson spends most of her free time playing with her young twins and doing the minimum amount of housework acceptable to her husband.
On-Call
 Karen Kruse, M.D.
Dr. Kruse received her medical degree from the University of New Mexico after completing a degree in human biology with an emphasis in aging studies at Stanford University. Before joining ElderPlace as a physician, she completed an internal medicine residency at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital.
“It has been a privilege to serve as a Primary Care Provider at ElderPlace for the past nine years, working with teams and participants from Mt. St. Joseph, Cully, Glendoveer and the Marie Smith Center,” says Dr. Kruse. “As of this summer I have left full time practice to tend to some needs within my own ‘FamilyPlace’ and to take a deep breath. I am happy that ElderPlace has kept me on staff in an on-call capacity to fill-in as needed for my colleagues.”
When not focusing on the needs of ElderPlace participants, Dr. Kruse enjoys spending time with family and friends. An aging house provides a never-ending project list. She also lends a hand making biodiesel out of waste vegetable oil.
 Marla Stasik ANP-C
Marla graduated from Oregon Health and Science University with a Master's in Nursing, completing the Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program in 2003. Her prior studies include a B.S. in Nursing from Oregon Health and Science University and a B.S. in Public Health and Nutrition from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
“Working with an organization such as Providence ElderPlace allows me to practice preventive health care and focus on issues specific to the older population, both physically and emotionally, and always with an emphasis on holistic health and quality of life.”
In her spare time you might find her experimenting with a new recipe or taking a daytrip to the beach with her husband and 2 dogs.
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