Meet the Team
Meet our amazing team. Full of heart, skill, knowledge, and desire to support individual and community needs!
Below, listed in alphabetical order is our Clinic Staff (in tan) and Providers (in green). Please note, not all Providers are accepting new patients at this time. Please call the clinic to inquire on schedules / availability.
Clinic Manager
Addie Furrer
Pronouns: They / Them / Theirs
Clinic Manager
Addie Furrer
Pronouns: They / Them / Theirs
Clinic Manager
Addie Furrer
Pronouns: They / Them / Theirs
Founder / Provider
Dr. Kaeri Schaeffer
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
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Naturopath / Clinical Ops Wizard
Dr. Kenzie Clark
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
Clinic Manager
Addie Furrer
Pronouns: They / Them / Theirs
Clinic Ops and Board Liaison
Emily Morioka, MA
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
Clinic Ops and Board Liaison
Matthew Whitacre, MD
Pronouns: They / Them / Theirs
Nutritionist Intern / Office Administrator
Maya Roe-Bauer
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About Maya
My name is Maya Roe-Bauer and I am a nutrition intern in my last year of my Master’s of science degree in nutrition at NUNM. I am originally from Ashland, Oregon and moved to Portland when I was 18. I have now been based in Portland for about six years and love the access to nature and all that brings. I love hiking and rock climbing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I got my undergraduate degree in Public Health from Portland State University, and then went on to work as a health equity VISTA for a year after and enjoyed working on one of my passions in life which is equity and healthcare for all. I decided to take this approach with me into my next endeavor which is nutrition! I started learning about nutrition and its power to heal and from then on I have been convinced that food is medicine. In my Master’s degree I am gaining scientific knowledge about nutrition that I want to share. Another passion of mine has also always been eating and cooking food, so I truly have fun talking about food with everyone. Food can be a delicious and fun part of life to enjoy and at the same time can be incredibly nourishing for the body. I still hold onto my values and bring equity into every space I am. I am here to collaborate with you at your pace through a nutrition journey to accomplish your health goals while taking a trauma-informed approach and instilling compassion into every interaction.
About Dr. Matthew Viewing life as an ever-flowing journey, Dr. Matthew Whitacre’s interests in health, wellness and community have followed a similar pathway. From an early age, a number of synchronicities guided Dr. Matthew to appreciate and develop a holistic view towards life. Specializing in integrative mental health, Dr. Matthew is excited to be joining the team at Healthy Living Community and the unique team-based community model! Upon completing a family medicine residency in Spokane, Washington, Dr. Matthew furthered their training with a two-year fellowship in integrative medicine, through the Andrew Weil Center of Integrative Medicine. Integrative medicine is a healing-oriented medical approach that takes into account the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle and wellbeing. Dr. Matthew has additional holistic training in medical acupuncture, biofeedback, energy medicine and narrative medicine. During the past 12 years, Dr. Matthew has had the honor to work with rural and underserved tribal communities in Washington state. Over the years, Dr. Matthew has further specialized in the field of integrative mental health. This is an emerging field that blends conventional and complementary mental health approaches together and focuses upon aspects that impact our emotional wellbeing including: lifestyle, nutrition, movement, stress reduction, psychotherapy, supplements and medications. In addition, Dr. Matthew’s training includes a 1-year fellowship in integrative psychiatry and a masters degree in Process Oriented Psychology bringing additional depth and diversity towards their approach of integrative mental health. Dr. Matthew follows a trauma informed care approach which is honoring, non-judgmental, and recognizes the wisdom of all ways of being. Dr. Matthew has taught numerous classes, workshops, presented at medical conferences and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Outside of medicine, Dr. Matthew enjoys spending time in nature, hiking, foraging for wild foods and playing the Celtic harp. They are passionate about community, sustainability, permaculture and the planet. At the moment Dr. Matthew is in the process of moving from Washington to Oregon and awaiting an Oregon medical license. Once established, they are looking forward to providing medical care and services for the members of HLC.
Naturopath
Dr. Megan Golani
Dr. Megan Golani is a naturopathic physician and a licensed midwife. After graduating with honors and receiving a certificate in natural childbirth from National College of Natural Medicine (now NUNM), she completed a three-year CNME approved residency with a focused on primary care and community medicine.
She is the course director for the Clinical Education and Pediatrics and Geriatrics series and is the Nutrition Tread lead in the College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Golani is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies. She is currently seeing patients within the NUNM Health Center (Lair Hill) and continues to support families as a home-birth midwifery assistant.
Dr. Golani received her baccalaureate degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where she focused on developmental and transpersonal psychology, with an emphasis on the mind-body connection. She sought out the study of naturopathic medicine with a desire to support patients and communities in their health and to provide healing options for their healthcare. She feels privileged to be able to teach so many students over the years, who in turn, are supporting others in their own healthcare journey.
Dr. Golani believes strongly in the holistic approach to medicine; integrating nutritional and lifestyle counseling, IV therapy, herbal medicine, and homeopathy to provide individualized patient-centered care. She is passionate about supporting patients with full spectrum Primary and Integrative Care with a subspecialty on Women’s’ Health, Gastroenterology and Gender Affirming Care.
When not working, Dr. Golani is enjoys gardening in her backyard, camping on the coast and backpacking in the mountains, practicing Vipassana Meditation, and traveling abroad with her husband.
Medical Assistant
Pearl
Dr. Susanne completed her naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University in Seattle followed by a primary-care residency at the National University of Natural Medicine. Her training and practice are based on the naturopathic philosophy, which holds that each individual has an innate drive and ability to heal. Using this foundation, Dr. Susanne is passionate about practicing patient-centered medicine and brings naturopathic modalities including botanical medicine, body work, and homeopathy into her visits.
An ideal day off for Dr. Susanne's includes being active in nature, along side a friend followed by good food! She also enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, learning about sustainability and working in the garden.
Naturopath
Dr. Susanne Lietz
Dr. Susanne completed her naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University in Seattle followed by a primary-care residency at the National University of Natural Medicine. Her training and practice are based on the naturopathic philosophy, which holds that each individual has an innate drive and ability to heal. Using this foundation, Dr. Susanne is passionate about practicing patient-centered medicine and brings naturopathic modalities including botanical medicine, body work, and homeopathy into her visits.
An ideal day off for Dr. Susanne's includes being active in nature, along side a friend followed by good food! She also enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, learning about sustainability and working in the garden.
Nurse Practitioner
Windy Lyle FNP
When we take time to be present and listen to our bodies, we can move toward our personal relationship of wellness and healing.
In her younger years, Windy’s mother and grandmother, both nurses, modeled the power of listening, gifted her with an appreciation for the healing nature of touch, and taught her that western and herbal medicine can complement one another. Though she hadn’t yet recognized a calling, she began working in community clinics and integrative care clinics as a lay midwife, assisted with women’s health and trauma support, and drew from the very skills and techniques she had seen modeled.
Entering formal nursing education, what she knew at core was that the first priority of nursing is devotion to human health—of individuals, families and of communities. She made it a goal to become not just a nurse, but a nurse healer. Looking back, her deepest calling has been realized through the practice of holistic nursing, and she has come to see healing as a journey into understanding the wholeness of human existence. Along the way, she has realized the importance of curiosity, of a commitment to lifelong learning, and of working together in partnership with the individual.
In 2002, she completed her Family Nurse Practitioner degree, after which she specialized in hematology and oncology at the Portland VA Medical Center, utilizing a functional and integrative medicine approach. Her 25 years there, first as a registered nurse, and then as a nurse practitioner, was a journey gratefully traveled with clients, families and colleagues.
She retired from the VA one year ago, and since then, has watched, listened, and ultimately realized that her soul and mind felt a loss; she was aching to work, once again, with people in a medical setting. She had been drawn to the way Dr. Kerry has redesigned the Healthy Living Family Community as a 501c3 clinic, and having previously worked in the clinic while the doctor was on maternity leave several years ago, approached and asked if she needed help, and, she said yes.
In life, Windy is a wife, mother and grandmother. She loves to walk, to sit quietly in nature, to work the soil, to find rhythm beneath the moon, to explore body, mind, spirit, wisdom. She connects most deeply with her ancestors while observing her grandchildren, and experiences great joy while laughing with friends and family.
So here is Windy, ready to step into a part-time position in the Healthy Living Family Community, grateful for the confidence that Dr. Kerry has placed in her to assist in the support of her clients.