Carly Andre, MOT, OTR/L
Pediatric Occupational Therapist   |   Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Carly Andre, MOT, OTR/L is a pediatric occupational therapist at Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Carly started her career in outpatient pediatrics and inpatient adults 8 years ago at a small community hospital in Montana. She now works in Portland, Oregon at Doernbecher Children's hospital. Most days, she spends her time in the pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, hematology/oncology floor, surgical and orthopedic floors. She is on Doernbecher's infant care team, specializing in birth to one-year old infants in the hospital. Carly is also a certified infant massage trainer (level II), allowing her to educate nursing, physicians, and caregivers on infant massage. She has presented for the Oregon OT Association on the topics of family-centered care in critical pediatric patients as well as Doernbecher pediatric residents on developmental care and family-centered care. 

Diana Clapp DNP, AGACNP-BC, AGACCNS-BC
Advanced Practice Provider, Pain, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine   |   OHSU

Diana found her love of healthcare as an EMT and then Paramedic in College.  She completed her BSN and DNP at the University of Maryland in 2003 and 2018 respectively.  In between these studies, she enjoyed 4 years in the trauma ICU at John Hopkins Bayview as well as 10 years in the Trauma Resuscitation Unit at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. She moved to Oregon in 2018 and joined the OHSU Trauma Acute Care team as a Nurse Practitioner. For the past 2 years, she’s worked with the Adult Pain service at OHSU.  In 2023, she also joined the faculty for the OHSU School of Nursing for the Adult Gerontologic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program.   When not at the hospital or teaching, she can be found hiking with her rescue pup Koa or throwing pottery!

Katie Drago, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics   |   OHSU

Dr. Katie Drago is originally from California and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2011 with her medical degree. She completed residency in Internal Medicine in 2014 and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine in 2015 at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Drago joined the OHSU Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics in 2015 to develop and run the Inpatient Geriatrics Program, providing consultative geriatrics care for hospitalized older adults in partnership with medical and surgical providers.

Dr. Drago’s academic interest is in systems improvement focused on the care of hospitalized older adults. She has worked to improve the care for adults with delirium, standardize safe prescribing practices and enhance the care of older adults with acute fragility fractures.

Adrienne Gallardo, MA, CPST-I
Injury Prevention Program Manager   |   OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Adrienne is the Program Manager for the OHSU Doernbecher Injury Prevention Program at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon.  Adrienne completed undergraduate studies in Social Work and obtained a Masters in Organizational Management.  She has dedicated her professional focus on pediatric Injury Prevention and advocating for children.  She has been a Child Passenger Safety Technician since 2002, and an Instructor since 2012.  Adrienne has led the development of the Injury Prevention Program at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital which includes an Injury Control Program benefiting patients and their families along with an Injury Prevention outreach program serving Oregon, SW Washington and Portland Metro communities. Adrienne was the coordinator for patient recruitment, data collection and assessment for the Unsafe from the Start: Critical Misuse of Car Safety Seats at Newborn Discharge research study and co-authored additional peer reviewed research associated with car seat tolerance screenings, car seat behaviors, and firearm safety.  Adrienne presents locally and nationally in areas of injury prevention, child passenger safety, adaptive needs transportation, and organizational program development. 

Steven Grigg, MSSW, CSWA
Trauma and Critical Care Social Worker   |   OHSU

Steven has nearly three decades of social work experience. Twenty-four of those years have been in an inpatient setting including Level I Emergency/Trauma, ICU, Cardiovascular, and Orthopedic Surgery and Medical settings in various metropolitan areas, serving diverse populations across the age continuum. He has facilitated bereavement support groups where sudden/traumatic loss was often discussed, participated in hundreds of patient and family meetings which focused on goals of care in the setting serious often terminal illness and unrecoverable traumatic injuries. Participated in training in trauma informed therapeutic practices as well bereavement counseling.

When Steven is not working he enjoys knitting while watching the Golden Girls, hiking with his precious dog Patrick, going to Drag Queen bingo, roller skating and interpretive dance.

Lara Gurney, RN, MSN
Director of Experience in Care   |   Vancouver Costal Health, University of British Columbia

Lara Gurney is the Director of Experience in Care at Vancouver Coastal Health in British Columbia, Canada. Lara is an ambitious leader who brings a wealth experience with nearly 20 years of nursing experience in clinical, education, and leadership positions. Lara is a Registered Nurse with a Masters’ Degree in Nursing Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Prior to her role as the Experience in Care Director, she worked as the Head Nurse Educator in the Emergency Department where she led her team through the COVID-19 pandemic in some of the most challenging and trying times. She is also an Adjunct Professor with the School of Nursing at the UBC where able to teach and empower students using real-world experience. Her goal is to use evidence-informed data to understand the human experience to elevate care at Vancouver Coast Health. Under Lara’s leadership, the Experience in Care Team leverages the power of qualitative data and storytelling to innovate through the intersection of practice, research, and experience with the end goal of building a future grounded in recognizing all individual experiences, with space for all voices to matter. Outside of work, Lara is a proud cat mom to George and is an avid swimmer and golfer. 

Kyra Kaiser, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist   |   OHSU

Graduated from Pacific University in 2011 and have been at OHSU since July 2011. Started my time at OHSU floating to all units and after some time felt a strong passion for the trauma floor, specifically TBI and SCI rehab.

Julie Lockington, RN, MN    
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Program   |   Vancouver General Hospital

Julie Lockington has a background of over 15 years of frontline experience in Emergency and Critical Care nursing, and is currently the Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Palliative Care Program at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) in British Columbia, Canada. She completed her Master of Nursing degree from the University of Victoria in 2020, where she specialized in Advanced Practice and Leadership. Prior to her current role Julie worked as the Emergency Nurse Clinician for VGH Emergency Department through the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid overdose crisis.

Julie is a proponent for fostering healthy work places, and a champion for leveraging technology for healthcare innovation and quality improvement. Outside of work, Julie is a proud aunt to many tiny humans and pets, an enjoyer of the outdoors, and always on the hunt for a new restaurant or cooking class.

Twitter: @emergjulie

Lori Quinn, MSN, RN, BSc, ENC(C) 
Operations Director - Emergency, Trauma & Critical Care   |   Vancouver Coastal Health

Lori Quinn is the Operations Director at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Lori is responsible for the following programs: Critical Care (ICU), Emergency, Burns Trauma High Acuity (BTHA), Respiratory Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and the Hyperbaric Unit (HBU) at Vancouver Acute (Vancouver General Hospital and University of BC Hospital campus).

Lori has been a Registered Nurse for 20 years and has a Masters in Nursing Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a focus on team development and leadership in health care. She joined Vancouver Acute in 2005 and has held several clinical and leadership roles in the Emergency Department, the Intensive Care Unit and with the Trauma Program. Lori led the team in the Emergency Department at VGH.  Lori led the Emergency Department team to successfully navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, extraordinary heat events and unprecedented patient volumes.

In 2021 Lori took on the role of Director of Professional Practice, Patient Experience, and Quality with Indigenous Health at Vancouver Coastal Health where she helped build a program and team focused on increasing supports, resources, and strategies for Indigenous Patients across VCH. In 2022, Lori also became the Director for Indigenous Cultural Safety and Elders Program in Indigenous Health where she was able to create meaningful change by collaborating with stakeholders to implement the Indigenous Cultural Safety: Hummingbird Level 1 Education across Vancouver Coastal Health as a first step towards reconciliation.

Lori also is an Adjunct Professor with the School of Nursing at UBC where she is able to teach and mentor students in areas of healthcare operations, leadership, and Indigenous perspectives. 

Lori uses a relational approach in her leadership and is passionate about building strong teams and partnerships, delivering exceptional patient care, and advocating for those people whose voices may not be heard. 

Cassondra Sue Richard, RN, CEN, TCRN

I graduated nursing school in 1999 and was one of 3 new grad nurses hired in the OHSU ED’s inaugural new grad class. I had previously worked as an EMT with a volunteer ambulance service and as a CNA in the OHSU ED. Trauma has always been my first love. Throughout the course of my career at OHSU the trauma bays were my favorite place to work. 

I retired from there in 2022 and now work part time at Legacy Silverton Medical Center which is a 29-bed hospital with a 12 bed ED. No specialty services, lots of transfer patients. It’s a whole different world and a lot of fun. Just the change I needed at this point in my career. 

I have been an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association since I started nursing. I enjoy teaching TNCC and ENPC courses and am currently faculty for both classes. I am also the Oregon state chair for the TNCC courses. 

I have 3 lovely, adult daughters who live and work in Portland. My fun pastime has been riding and showing my Arabian horse since I was 8 years old. That changed this year when I sold him and changed course to tick off my bucket list items. My first adventure will be an 8 day “luxury” vacation to Tanzania and the Serengeti in Africa for 2024. 

Chelsea Sasaki, PT, DPT
Pediatric Physical Therapist   |   Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Chelsea Sasaki, PT, DPT is a professional modern dancer turned Physical Therapist. She specializes in treating the acutely ill pediatric patient as part of the Doernbecher Rehab team where she sees patients in the pediatric ICU, and surgical, medical, and orthopedic floors. She is certified in pediatric massage (CPMT) and is on Doernbecher's infant care team, specializing in birth to one-year old infants in the hospital. Chelsea holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Eastern Washington University and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from the University of Utah with Minors in nutrition and comprehensive design. Blending together years of studying, performing, and teaching dance with medical training has provided her a unique lens in working with the human form.

Casey Schein RN, BSN, CFRN 
Customer Service Manager   |   Life Flight Network

I started my healthcare journey as a wilderness EMT in the Yosemite Valley, I then began working in the Fresno ER on the weekend where my love of critical care medicine began. I have worked as an RN for the last 8 years. Started out as an ER nurse working in large city ERs and then went and worked at a critical access ER in Wyoming serving the Wind River Reservation. I was then lucky enough to become a Flight nurse. For the last 5 years I have been lucky to work as a flight nurse all over the Western States. I now work as a flight nurse and customer service manager for the Willamette Valley and surrounding areas.  

Linda Sheffield, RN, TCRN, TNC
Trauma Nurse Coordinator   |   Santiam Hospital

Linda Sheffield has been an ER nurse for 23 years and spent the last 2 years as the Trauma Nurse Coordinator at Santiam Hospital. 

Amy Slater, RN, BSN, CEN, NE-BC
Interim Director of Trauma and House Operations   |   Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

Amy has spent much of her career as an Emergency Department nurse with 25 years at the bedside of a high-volume department located in Salem, Oregon. With that experience, she moved into leadership roles becoming an Assistant Nurse Manager for 5 years before joining the Trauma Program as the Trauma Program Manager. For the past 4 years, she has led a level 2 program. Other experiences include being part of a team building an anesthesia practice. Her current role is Interim Director of Trauma and House Operations.

Mary Tien, PT
Acute Care Physical Therapist   |   OHSU

Mary Tien is a physical therapist who graduated from Maryville University of St. Louis in 2009. She has practiced in acute care and inpatient rehabilitation, and has spent 12 of her 14-year career working primarily in the intensive care setting. She has been working at OHSU since 2012.

Thomas Valvano, MD, JD
Medical Director, SCAN Program   |   Doernbecher Children’s Hospital

Thomas J Valvano, MD, JD is the Medical Director of the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Program at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University.  He is also a medical provider at CARES Northwest.  Dr. Valvano received his Medical Degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY.  He also holds a JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence) from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA.  He completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Child Abuse Pediatrics at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.  He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics.

Heather Wong, MHS, BSN, RN, TCRN
Trauma Program Director   |   OHSU 

Heather Wong has over 24 years’ experience working in Emergency, Critical Care and Trauma Nursing; holding staff positions in the Emergency Department (ED) and Intensive Care Unit, serving as a Patient Care Coordinator in the ED, as a Trauma Program Clinician and Trauma & Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist. In addition to her Master’s Degree from Athabasca University, her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Victoria, and graduated with honors from the British Institute of Technology, specializing in Critical Care and Emergency Nursing. Heather is published in her field and has provided many professional presentations across Canada and internationally. She continues serving as a Trauma Nurse Core Course, Rural Trauma Team Development Course, and Stop the Bleed instructor; in addition, she coordinates the Advanced Trauma Life Support and Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Courses.

In her free time, Heather enjoys reading, cycling, golf, and travel with her daughter and pets whenever they can get away.  Since the pandemic she has completed certification in cake decorating, artisan bread making, and chocolatier courses.