Provider Directory
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Kenneth Carlson, MD
Dr. Kenneth Carlson graduated from University of California, San Diego with BA in 1991. He received his MD degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1996 and completed his pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in 1999. After working in general pediatric practice in Albuquerque, NM for two years he moved to the Northwest in Summer of 2001, joining Childhood Health Associates. He is board certified in Pediatrics. Drawn to the many outdoor recreation activities in Oregon he enjoys hiking, biking, and camping with his family. He is particularly interested in the use of technology in medicine and in his spare time edits our office web page. He also serves as the clinic’s Chief Operations Officer.
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Katrina Davis, PNP
Katrina Davis, RN, MSN, PNP (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) graduated with a B.S.N. from San Jose State University in 1971. Between 1971 and 1988 she worked at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Salem Hospital Pediatric Department, and at the Marion County Health Department. She received her MSN and PNP in 1988 at OHSU. She has continued to work at Salem Hospital as a Pediatric Nurse Specialist since then. She joined Childhood Health in 1989. She currently works one day a week with our clinic. She is board certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
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Marge Dettwiller, PNP
Marge Dettwiler, RN, MSN, PNP (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) graduated from Walla Walla College with a BSN in 1970. She worked as a critical care nurse from 1970 to 1991. She received her MSN from OHSU in 1993 and her PNP in 1994. She worked at the Marion County Health Department from 1994 to 1997. She joined Childhood Health in 1997. She is board certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. In addition to her experience in general pediatrics she is also a certified asthma educator and is a great resource for our patients with asthma.
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Suzanne Dinsmore, MD
Dr. Suzanne Dinsmore graduated from Willamette University with a BA in 1975. She received her MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1979. Dr. Dinsmore completed her residency training at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1982. Before coming to Childhood Health, Dr. Dinsmore worked for the Cook County Health Department in Chicago, and for Kaiser Permanente in Portland. She joined Childhood Health in 1985. She is board certified in Pediatrics. She currently serves as the Assistant Managing Partner.
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Fara Etzel, MD
Dr. Fara Etzel earned her B.S. at OSU. She then moved to Houston, Texas where she completed her Master of Science degree in Genetics Counseling at University of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She stayed in Houston to graduate from University of Texas-Houston Medical School, but was delighted to move back to Oregon for her Pediatric Residency at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU. She is board certified in Pediatrics. Dr. Etzel is happy to be back home working in Salem and looking forward to spending her spare time with her family and friends pursuing her interests of kayaking, gardening, fishing, hiking, cooking and lounging with a good book.
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Antoinette Farah, MD
Dr. Antoinette Farah is an Oregon native who graduated from Lewis and Clark College in 1989 with a BA. She received her MD degree from OHSU in 1994. She completed her pediatric residency at OHSU in 1997. She joined Childhood Health in 1997. She has a special interest in the area of our clinic’s customer service. She enjoys travel, crafts, cooking, British movies, and good books.
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Kimberly Heggen, MD
Dr. Kimberly Heggen grew up in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Willamette University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 1988. She received her MD from OHSU in 1992 and completed her pediatric residency at OHSU in 1995. She joined Childhood Health in the summer of 1995. Developmental pediatrics, mental health, dermatology, and practice management are some of her interests. Her family includes her husband Michael, a variable amount of rescued cats, and a couple of very sweet horses. When not at the office she enjoys cooking, horseback riding, gardening, and reading voraciously. She currently serves as the clinic’s Managing Partner.
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Jenny Hoelter, MD
Dr. Jenny Hoelter grew up in Eastern Oregon and earned a B.S. in Microbiology from Oregon State University in 1998. She earned an MD from Oregon Health and Science University in 2004. She became board certified in pediatrics in 2007. She then moved to Vermont with her husband and son and completed the Pediatric Residency program at Vermont Children’s Hospital. She returned to Oregon, bringing her family, excited to join the CHAOS crew. She loves to bike and hike with her husband and three children, and is looking forward to exploring the Willamette Valley again!
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Krisi Kamstra, PA
Krisi Kamstra, PA (Physician Assistant) earned a BS and BA from Texas Christian University in 2001, then worked toward a Master of Public Health at OSU before earning her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at OHSU in 2007. Before joining the CHAOS team in Fall of 2007, she worked as an Emergency Department Technician at Legacy Emanuel Emergency and Children’s Emergency Departments, and as an EMT on the ambulance for Santiam Memorial Hospital. Krisi has lived in the Salem area nearly all of her life and is proud to serve children and families in our local community. She also enjoys spending time with family and friends, dancing, quilting, gardening, remodeling, travel, and the outdoors.
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Dorin Kemmerle, MD
Dr . Dorin Kemmerle moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2000 having grown up in Stanford, California and Boulder, Colorado. She graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a BA in Neuroscience and American Studies, and received her MD from New York Medical College in 1997. She moved west again for her pediatric residency at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She is board certified in Pediatrics. Dr. Kemmerle loves living in Oregon and enjoying the outdoors with her husband and son. Her interests include music, photography, travel and cooking. Dr. Kemmerle is particularly interested in preventive medicine and injury prevention.
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James Lace, MD
Dr. James Lace graduated from Lawrence University with a B. A. in 1970. He received his MD in 1974 from the University of Cincinnati Medical School. He did a 2 year pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and 1 year at OHSU Department of Pediatrics. He founded Childhood Health Associates of Salem in 1977. He is well known in the community for his efforts in child advocacy with the Oregon State Legislature and for his interest in third world medicine and the care of children in Africa with HIV.
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Angie Lyons, PA
Angie Lyons, PA (Physician Assistant) earned her B.A. at the University of Oregon in 1992 and completed her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies at OHSU in 2004. Prior to PA school Angie worked as a volunteer lactation educator for Clackamas county and as a clinical research assistant at OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. She enjoys all aspects of pediatrics from supporting young families with infants, to meeting the unique needs of adolescents. Angie is a life-time Oregonian and has two sons. In her free time she enjoys reading, running, snow-boarding, travel, and spending time with family and friends. Angie is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She joined Childhood Health Associates in 2004.
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Amelia Roth, MD
Dr. Amelia Bogart Roth graduated from the University of South Carolina, (the original USC), in 2004 from the Honors College with a BS in Biology and a minor in Psychology. She went on to complete her medical training at USC where she received her MD from the School of Medicine in 2008. She then completed her Pediatric Residency in 2011 at Oregon Health Sciences University, (Doernbecher Children’s Hospital), in Portland, Oregon. Board certified in Pediatrics, she has enjoyed working with children throughout her life, and is especially interested in behavior, development, and mental health. Her other interests include all things outdoors, (especially hiking, camping, running, and fishing), world cultures, international travel, dancing, drumming, and music, all of which she enjoys together with her husband John Roth, (CHAOS PA-C). The couple have both spent significant time doing medical work in developing countries, and hope to continue this work together intermittently in the future. Amelia is working hard to become fluent in Spanish, thanks to her bilingual husband’s patient teaching. Their family currently includes two friendly chickens, a parakeet, and a frog. -
John Roth, PA
John Roth is an Oregon-native Physician Assistant (MPAS, PA-C) who joined the CHAOS team from a busy pediatric practice in Ontario, Oregon. He completed his medical training in 2008 from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, OR. He grew up in Roseburg, OR and spent several years traveling throughout Central and South America as an AFS exchange student to Panama, then volunteering as a Medical Spanish Interpreter in several disaster relief efforts. He is bilingual in Spanish and enjoys traveling, learning other languages and cultures. He completed his undergraduate education at Oregon State University (OSU) in Public Health and International Studies. He loves music and in his spare time he is also a mobile DJ (DJ LIBERTAD) performing at a variety of venues. His other interests include dancing, diverse foods, traveling, staying active with running, swimming, and biking, and outdoor activities including hiking, camping and fishing. He loves playing with kids! He is married to Amelia Bogart Roth MD, who joined the practice in the summer of 2011.
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Sherry Sweeney, PNP
Sherry Sweeney, CPNP (certified pediatric nurse practitioner) graduated from the University of Missouri with a BSN in 2001. She worked as a pediatric hematology and oncology nurse over the next 7 years. She graduated from the University of Missouri with her MSN as PNP in 2007. At that time, she took 3 years off to start a family and in the process moved to Oregon. In 2010, she completed her re-entry program as a PNP and became re-certified in 2011. She joined CHAOS in 2011. She is a board certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. In addition to general pediatrics, she has an interest in lactation support for women having difficulty breastfeeding.
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Brian Temple, MD
Dr. Brian Temple graduated from University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.S. in Biology in 1997. He received his MD from University College Dublin in Ireland. He returned home to the U.S. for his pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. He became board certified in pediatrics in 2008. Dr. Temple moved to Oregon in 2008 and now with his wife, daughter and sons, is enjoying exploring the beauty of the pacific northwest.
