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Nicole Cairns, M.D. (she/her)

Accepting new patients

  • Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Family Medicine

Special focus

  • Addiction Medicine
  • LGBTQ+ Care
  • Women's Health
  • Maternity / Obstetrics
  • Birth and Delivery (Family Medicine)

Locations and contact

I see patients at

About me

Dr. Nicole Cairns (she/her) is a family physician. She is passionate about partnering with her patients and their families to improve all aspects of their health and wellbeing.

She has special interests in pregnancy care, women’s health and addiction medicine. Dr. Cairns also finds working with kids, adolescents, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming folks, and multigenerational families very rewarding.

What she loves about Obstetrics:

"Pregnancy and giving birth can be exciting, scary, and vulnerable. I feel honored to be part of that journey with my patients and to care for them and their growing families after."

Dr Cairns is always accepting new pregnant patients.

When she is not working, Dr. Cairns enjoys spending time with her partner and their adorable dog, hiking all the beautiful trails of the Pacific Northwest, and cooking.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2014, University of Minnesota
    • M.D., 2018, University of Minnesota

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
  • Minnesota Medical Association
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Insurance

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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.7 out of 5 (232 Ratings, 71 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Dr Cairns is warm and caring and goes out of her way to help her patients She's also a good doctor, taking care and showing patience with doing the right thing for her patient. I adore her

  2. She was very, Nicole was very thorough, very good, and very easy to talk to. As usual, the women doctors at OSH are really, really kind and good and helpful for this lady of 75 years.

  3. Dr Cairns was friendly, in control, and focused on me.

  4. Great friendly staff starting at check in with receptionist to nurse who assists Dr.Dr is very caring & thoughtfulI feel blessed to have Dr CairnsAs my primary doctor.

  5. This provider is extremely helpful, friendly, informative. She makes great eye contact. She asks good questions, and she has great recommendations. She's very thorough, and I appreciated my visit with her very much. Thank you.

  6. She always listens! Her communication skills in explaining things to me are great! Even though I am elderly she never makes me feel old!She is a caring person and she has chosen the right field to work in.

  7. First class service!

  8. Dr. Cairns is a compassionate, knowledgeable person who listens well and does her best for the welfare of her patients.

  9. I was very impressed with this provider. She was highly knowledgeable, knew exactly what she needed to do for me in a very short period of time. I was highly impressed.

  10. I think she's a wonderful doctor. She follows up and stays in contact with a lot of doctors. She does. She's been a wonderful doctor. She's taken very good care of me. I'd recommend her to all my friends. And I wish her the best.

  11. Professional, caring, personable.

  12. It's very comfortable having her there. I trust her 100% and she's very easy to talk to.

  13. she was very kind and actually listened to me and my concerns

  14. Dr. Cairns is the best! She is thorough, compassionate and extremely knowledgeable. I am so happy she is my primary care doctor.

  15. Dr Cairnes is always attentive and friendly.Very knowledgeable and has help me in just over a year to become much more healthier, absolutely recommended !

  16. Dr Cairns and her student did an Outstanding job with my appointment.

  17. Excellent Thank you

  18. I came to this doctor with a really concerning for me. I wanted to get on new medication and I had a lot of hesitancies about it and I feel that she really took the time and care to do what I needed to do what was best for me. For me, she wanted to do a genetic site testing and luckily I already had that done but the care and the forethought that went into my appointment truly warmed me and this is one of the best providers I have ever been to.

  19. I felt like this provider was very extremely thorough and I really kind of made a connection with her. So I was very, very pleased and I would have given it a 10, but I didn't quite know how to do that. Anyway, there you go.

  20. Dr. Cairns arrived within a very reasonable amount of time. They were able to help me discuss the majority of my issues and also made sure I had what I needed so I didn't have to come back if my symptoms did not go away. They were thoughtful and present.

  21. Good

  22. My doctor is fantastic. Really appreciate her skill and patient interaction.Love OHSU

  23. Pleasant, caring, thorough, confidant, listened and quick to address my issues.

  24. She is very person personable and thorough!

  25. She was very professional and fully engaged in understanding my health problems. Gave me just what I needed to resolve my health problem.

  26. Everyone is always very kind, compassionate and empathetic. They are very thorough and patient with their questions, listen intently, and offer the best possible solutions, with no pressure.

  27. Dr. Cairns takes time to listen.

  28. Dr. Cairns is my primary care doctor, and I always feel safe with her. I think she is very smart, and I trust her to make the best decisions and advise me on my health. She is very kind.

  29. My experience was excellent. All the lab work had already been done. She was able to read it and come up with something real quick. Where PeaceHealth had had a year and couldn't come up with anything. So, I was real glad to get switched to OHSU.

  30. Dr Cairns is caring, compassionate, thorough and truly listens to her patients. It's refreshing to know that there are more doctors out there that are focused on their patients.

  31. It was a virtual visit and my first visit. ( I am new to OHSU, so I don't know if I would recommend the system.) Dr Cairns was easy to talk to, seemed to be interested in me and knowledgeable about my various ailments. Folllowup on MyChart has been helpful also.

  32. Dr. Cairnes was nice, professional and understanding. Hoping for a long term relationship with her expertise.

  33. She always listens to my situation and offers suggestions of things for me to consider.Even though I am old she never makes me feel like I am old.

  34. She now understands my problem and is pushing ahead the next step, getting insurance approval.

  35. Doctor was very attentive and did thorough exam for me while being helpful and caring to me.Thank you!

  36. This provider is absolutely amazing. She is caring, she is empathetic, she legitimately cares about her patients and their well-being. I will forever go to this exact provider for as long as I am in this area, and I highly, highly recommend her to anybody I speak to. She is the doctor that I am expecting when I go to doctor's appointments. I am expecting the type of care she gave me because it was so exemplary.

  37. best

  38. I absolutely loved my new team, everyone was so helpful and listened to what my needs are.

  39. Very pleasant and quite detailed. Made me feel secure in her knowledge and care.

  40. Had read my records & familiar with my medical issues which I appreciated as I am a new patient. Asked & listened to pertinent questions. Dr Cairns recently answered a message from me very promptly & response understandable.

  41. Dr. Cairns was very clear, professional, very kind. She answered all my questions. It was very, very helpful. I would recommend her. Thank you.

  42. Well Dr. Cairns is really good, got everything sorted, got everything fixed. She's awesome. Thank you.

  43. Always excellent.

  44. I just wanted to say that Dr. Cairns is a good doctor and I think she is going to be a very caring and giving provider, which is very important in this day and age and I want to thank her very much for her attention to me and I hope that that's all you need to know.

  45. Dr Cairnes is the best

  46. This provider was very kind. We got a nice long talk, we discussed anything I needed to discuss. She was very reassuring and very polite. I appreciate her very much and I do believe that God sent her my way. Thank you.