Dr. Lambert, who started practicing pediatrics in Nevada County in the 1970s, has traded annual checkups, flu shots and growth charts for conversations – often difficult ones – to help children with issues from clinical depression to those considering suicide.
Since Dr. Lasich joined Western Sierra, the health care group is now the largest nonprofit health care provider in the region has also greatly expanded medical services, including urgent care, an on-site pharmacy and specialists.
From helping mothers deliver babies to providing medical care for soldiers and their families, Dr. Sharon McIntyre has built a career caring for others.
Dr. Elizabeth Miltner believes accessible, affordable, quality health care is important for a healthy community.
“I’ve always been an advocate for public health,” she says. “Access to care is very important.”
Bridgett brings more than 10 years of experience in health care, including working in the Emergency Room at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and in private practice.
Dr. Bamidele Olatunbosun has practiced medicine in inner cities and rural communities, always with the same commitment to provide accessible, quality health care to patients.
Chiropractic treatment has become more mainstream the past few decades and is a viable option to “control pain without opiates,” he said. Chiropractic care is the “largest non-drug medical practice in the world.”
From annual exams to chronic conditions and minor procedures, the former Marine corpsman has three decades of health care experience – and helping patients in smaller communities and even halfway around the world.
Doris has more than 15 years of experience counseling adults and adolescents with substance abuse disorders (SUD).
Dr. Susan E. Shapiro – who has practiced medicine for more than four decades, including 20 years in Auburn – has joined Western Sierra Medical Clinic as a primary care provider.