PROVIDERS
WE ARE A HIVE OF LIKE MINDED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WORKING COOPERATIVELY TO CO-CREATE YOUR OPTIMAL WELLBEING.
ACUPUNCTURE
Jen Kearns DACM, LAc
Dr. Jen Kearns is a licensed and board certified Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine with over 17 years experience in private practice and in-patient hospital work. She has been highlighted by Portland Monthly Magazine for her dedication and creative provision of services. Jen is fascinated by the varied patterns of the body, mind and world at large and her goal is to help co-create convenient, compassionate and easy relief that leads to a thriving community. She works with all ages in all walks of life. With advanced training from renowned practitioners in sports medicine, neurology, dermatology, auto-immune disorders, pediatrics, pelvic and perinatal health, Jen seeks to make healthy seem surpassable and optimization attainable. Being a diligent researcher, she utilizes the gamut of acupuncture, dry needling, electro-stimulation, cupping, microneedling, moxibustion, body and organ massage, *Holistic Pelvic Care pelvic PT, herbs, diet, lifestyle guidance, innovative functional health consultation and lab assessment, and more.
Jen received her Doctorate from PCOM in San Diego, her Master’s from Touro College in NYC and her BFA from NYU. When away from the office she might be found out and about with her 2 kids, watching their sports, enjoying the hiking and paddling of the Pacific NW or at home involved in overly ambitious gardening, cooking or DIY projects. Jen is a long time practitioner and teacher of yoga, meditation, qi gong and travels internationally to study Daoist Medicine.
Megan Rose LAc
Megan is a licensed Acupuncturist and Functional Health Consultant who specializes in treating misunderstood chronic conditions. Chronic conditions may involve auto-immune disorders, pain, digestive issues, and the accompanying anxiety and depression that can leave someone feeling debilitated. People may lose the sense that something better is possible. Megan utilizes five-element and classical style Acupuncture, Craniosacral Therapy, Chinese Herbal formulas, diet, and nutritional supplements to break this cycle and shift body and mind into healthier patterns. For in-depth and faster results Megan uses Functional lab testing including cutting edge DNA testing, Hormonal testing, Infectious disease and Gut Health panels to create protocol based therapies.
Megan graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in 2011 and is licensed by the Oregon Medical Board. For Acupuncture, she accepts United Healthcare, Blue Cross/Blue Sheild, Cigna, Providence, Lifewise and Optum Insurances, as well as offering a time of service discount and packages. Motor Vehicle Accident insurance is always no charge.
MASSAGE
Nicole Craigmiles LMT, CA
Nicole came to massage therapy after having her children and leaving a corporate training career. She discovered a much-needed quiet space on a massage table during a trip to Mexico. She followed her new-found interest by studying at East West College of Healing Arts and graduated in December 2016,
One of the reasons she loves massage is how happy it makes people. In our fast paced, chaotic world, people rarely stop and just breathe. Nicole believes that massage offers the space to heal by opening up tight areas of the body and giving the mind a break from life. She studied Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, Thai Massage, and basic Craniosacral Therapy techniques and incorporates them into her massages.
Other than massage, Nicole loves to spend time with her family or volunteering in the community. She enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and paddle boarding, and spends a lot of time camping in the warmer months.
Megan Pardee LMT, CA
Megan is dedicated to enabling her clients to return to joyful lives through pain and stress reduction. Megan’s bodywork toolbox includes subtle techniques such as Craniosacral, deep therapeutic structural work, and so much in between!
Her clients find her to be warm, intuitive, and easy to talk to. She loves analyzing each person’s situation to figure out the optimal combination of bodywork techniques and self care strategies that will best support each individual. Knowing that nurturing human touch is a requirement for human health, and that the childbearing year is deeply formative for families, Megan has a special interest in supporting women through their journey of motherhood- preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum recovery.
Megan graduated from East West College of the Healing Arts in 2009 where she studied Swedish, Deep tissue, and myofascial. She has studied Craniosacral for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum with Carol Gray. When not at Brightside Health, Megan enjoys yoga, martial arts, and dance. Her interest in natural health also includes herbal medicine and cooking tasty, nourishing meals..
Hearth and Home Midwifery
Emily Born CPM, LDM, LM
Emily was born and raised in Olympia, WA. Is the youngest of six siblings with an extensive extended family. Family has always been a huge focus of her life and it is through family that she came to midwifery. When her niece was born through midwifery care, Emily found her drive to extend midwifery care to more families.
Emily is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). She is also a Licensed Direct-Entry Midwife (LDM) in the state of Oregon.
She believes that every person should have choice and autonomy in their birthing journey. It is her passion to serve people where they wish to give birth and be a silent witness to their journey into becoming a family. Emily has a deep trust of the birthing process.
Emily is a mom to two boys who keep her busy with their love of soccer and golf and anything outdoors. Emily is multi-talented and can be found knitting, crocheting, or sewing with her mom and sister or doing a wood working or house project with her dad and husband.
Sarah McClure
Sarah was raised on a farm in southern Michigan. From the time her mom was pregnant with her younger sister, Sarah told everyone she wanted to be a “mommy doctor.” When Sarah found midwifery, she knew she had found her calling. Midwifery is a blend of a number of Sarah’s passions: supporting women, the awe of science and nature, and the privilege of witnessing the creation of new life.
Sarah is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives, a Licensed Direct-Entry Midwife (LDM) in the state of Oregon and a Licensed Midwife (LM) in the state of Washington. She believes in birth as an opportunity for transformation and healing, and she is grounded in the midwifery model, which focuses on client-centered, holistic, and individualized care. Sarah is also an experienced herbalist and welcomes client interest in herbal and dietary approaches to treatment and management of complications that may arise during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Sarah came to Oregon thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and knew as soon as she laid eyes on Mt Hood that she had to make the Pacific Northwest her home. She speaks Spanish and spends a lot of time watching telenovelas over a bowl of ultra-salty popcorn. She’s a huge musical theater nerd and never tires of talking about Anne of Green Gables, one of her childhood heroes.
Charli Zarosinski CPM, LDM, LM
Charli was born and raised in rural Oregon. She grew up with an affinity for the outdoors, singing, and caring for living beings. Through a handful of different birth experiences in her early adult life, she learned that midwifery was her true calling.
Charli is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). She is also a Licensed Direct-Entry Midwife (LDM) in the state of Oregon and is a Licensed Midwife (LM) in the state of Washington.
Charli is deeply committed to her clients. She is drawn to supporting and honoring people as they claim the power of their own pregnancy, birthing, and postpartum experience. She is fulfilled by providing care to birthing people and their families throughout the experiences and transformations of the childbearing year. Charli values the authenticity, compassion, and vulnerability that she is both witness to and is able to express throughout her midwifery work. Charli’s sense of humor is woven into they way that she works and she believes that finding the humor in life is a way to connect throughout midwifery care.
Outside of her work as a midwife, Charli can be found playing and hiking with her husband and their dog Murphy, crushin’ it at the gym, binge-watching heartfelt reality tv shows, heavily relying on google maps to get anywhere, and laughing loudly at low brow jokes.
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BRIGHTSIDE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
Formerly practicing with Portland Family Health
4004 SE Woodstock Blvd. Portland, OR 97202
P. (503) 777-0444 | F. (503) 777-0445
PROVIDERS FEATURED IN AND VOTED TOP DOCTOR IN PORTLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINE