Oregon Optimal Health
Living better longer
About Us
Our
Clinic
We are an independent medical clinic founded in 2007. Our model of care integrates traditional medicine with the functional medicine approach, which allows us to provide our clients time and a depth of care not typically found in traditional practices.
Our resources include access to a broad spectrum of diagnostic testing, far beyond traditional lab work, and knowledgeable and accessible staff who help bring that extra level of professionalism and quality care for our clients.
For more about Functional Medicine, follow the link at the bottom of this page.
Jeanette Welker
FNP
ANCC FNP Board Certification
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, 2007
Anti-Aging Fellowship, 2007
Jeanette was greatly inspired by her grandmother, who was the sole healthcare provider for her rural community during the homestead days. She traversed the prairie on horseback to help birth, treat and care for member of her community. Her dedication and service inspired Jeanette to become a Nurse Practitioner.
Jeanette received her undergraduate degree as a registered nurse from Montana State University In Bozeman. She received her master's degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1982. Jeanette had the privilege of working in many areas of healthcare before taking time off to raise her three daughters.
After returning to healthcare practice, Jeanette recognized the benefits of optimizing health through Functional Medicine, and has integrated this philosophy of care into her practice since 2007.
In addition to Functional Medicine, Jeanette's passions include pickleball, travel and family.
Our Philosophy
A Functional Medicine approach
Health care is a personal experience that can have an enormous affect on our life and wellbeing. Our role is to be a tour guide in your journey to reach better health - no matter what level of health, or the lack of it, you find yourself in. For that reason, we want you to feel comfortable embarking on your journey to reach optimal health with us.
It’s important to understand how the care we provide may be different. Rather than scratching the surface of your symptoms with a reflex reach for the prescription pen, we dig deeper into your story and biochemistry. This approach helps us to address the root causes and imbalances that lead to illnesses you may face. We work with you to maximize your health by addressing both mental and physical facets.
Knowing your story, and understanding your conditions is critically important. You possess a unique biochemistry that impacts your health and your response to your environment. It is, at the core, important that we listen carefully and understand as much of you and your environment as possible.
Ultimately, healing will require choices from both of us. We, your providers, must choose the workup tools and recommend the treatment options. You must choose the path.
The most therapeutic and healing path is frequently not the path of least resistance. But also, though healing is a choice, it is not all about willpower and grit. Your body has the ability to heal from within if it has the right building blocks, nutrients, exercise, information signaling and ability to remove toxins, and balance. The water, food, and air you breathe interact with you and your biochemical environment dynamically.
Get started on your journey to optimal health.