Medical Clinic

The Medical Clinic is an ambulatory clinic that provides on-site, acute and preventive health care to the Nooksack Indian Tribe and eligible members of federally recognized Tribes. The Nooksack Tribal Clinic services includes: Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Planning, Women’s Health, Diabetes Screening and Testing, Nutrition Education, and Community Health and Nurse health care practices. The Medical Clinic has a highly skilled team of physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses to provide comprehensive personalized health care for our patients throughout the life spectrum.

Community Health / Community Health Nursing Services Programs

The Medical Clinic Community Health and Community Nurse Services programs purpose is to provide direct prevention, wellness and outreach services to the patient population providing comprehensive preventative and health support services including Diabetes screening and testing, Diabetes education and management, nutrition and lifestyle counseling, home health visits, health education, elders and veterans outreach, medical visit transportation and medicine pick up and delivery.

Medical Clinic Staff

Our health care team consists of two Registered Nurses, three Licensed Practical Nurses, and three Medical Assistants who work closely with our providers consisting of two Nurse Practitioners, a Pediatrician, and a Doctor of Osteopathy.

  • Andrea Garcia, RN

    Clinic Manager

  • Georgiann Perez, LPN

    Assistant to Clinic Manager

  • Sara Sheaffer, DO

    Medical Director

  • Cate Webb, MD

    Pediatrician

  • U. Grayce Hein, ARNP

  • Marlene Bishop, ARNP

  • Louette Senghore, LPN

    Community Health Nurse/CHR Supervisor

  • Sheri Goebel, RN

    Community Health Nurse

  • Rosemary Grooms, LPN

  • Amy Kalsbeek, CMA

  • Elena Simpson, CMA

Support Staff

Our support staff provide essential behind the scenes services to provide and streamline the best services for the community, such as coordination of outside referrals, policies and procedures, medical benefits, financial assistance, grants and contracts, EHR system maintenance, medical transportation, in-home care, custodial services, community garden, and many other essential services.

Medical

  • Kailani Paige, CMA

    Medical Administrative Lead

  • Leandra Smith

    Benefits Coordinator

  • Peter Kelly

    Referrals Coordinator

  • Elaine Roberts

    Medical Records, Patient Registration, WIC Clerk

  • Montaine Healy-Green

    Medical Social Worker

  • Qwinsee-lah Paez

    Front Desk Medical Receptionist

  • Lolita Swanaset

    Front Desk Medical Receptionist

WIC

  • Leinani Swanaset

    WIC Coordinator

Administration

  • Lona Johnson

    Health Director

  • Therese Davis

    CMA- Operations Manager

  • Rikkole Edwards

    Grants and Contracts

  • Alicia Johnny

    EHR Specialist

  • Nathan Town

    Clinical Applications Coordinator

  • Francine Hathaway

    Data Entry

Community Health Representatives

  • Christopher Cooper

    CHR

  • Julia Kelly

    CHR Support Specialist

  • Danielle Mckay

    CHR

  • Selia Rabang

    CHR

Custodial

  • Jedadiah Nicholson

    Housekeeping

  • Amanda Gladstone

    Housekeeping

Community Garden

  • Nathaniel Smith

    Gardener

Medical Clinic Forms

Health Events

The Clinic hosts many different health events to promote preventative health screenings, including: Mammogram parties, Men’s health events, youth classes, and diabetes prevention activities.

Upcoming Health Events