News & Events

In late 2018, WHA had the pleasure of welcoming Catherine Schaefer, CNM, ND, Carissa St. Onge Carneiro, CNM and Rachel Kofron, RN to our Midwifery Birth Center. All three joined the team from A Gentle Beginning, a Portland home-birth midwifery practice Catherine owned and operated since 1994. “I have known for a long time that […]

Women’s Healthcare Associates, LLC (WHA) is pleased to announce the latest addition to our family: a new office in Hillsboro. We’re located at 7431 NW Evergreen Parkway near the intersection of Cornelius Pass Road and we couldn’t be more excited to serve our patients and this growing community from our new location. Meet Our Team. […]

Today marks the start of the fifth annual Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW22) and the second consecutive year it has been recognized through an official White House proclamation. It is also the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. Black birthing parents in the U.S. are over three times more likely to die in pregnancy, […]

WHA’s Gresham Station office will close permanently at the end of the day Thursday, June 20th. Drs. Alyxandra O’Brien and Claire Steen will both continue to see patients at WHA’s nearby Gateway office, and Dr. Steen will begin also seeing patients at our Happy Valley office later this year. Both nearby WHA offices offer more […]

Women’s Healthcare Associates stands with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. We stand with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Academy of Pediatrics and so many others. Abortion care is health care and the ability to make autonomous health care decisions is a basic human right. We stand […]

Like so many organizations, WHA has been looking internally and asking important and long overdue questions in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor last spring and the national protests against police brutality and racial injustice that followed. Our work has included: Examining all aspects of our organization through […]

Justice. Dignity. Respect. Ideals many of us are able to take for granted. As we witness and share in the heartbreak and frustration here at home and throughout the country, we condemn the violent acts and daily injustices suffered by African Americans and other people of color in our community. As healthcare providers, we cannot […]

On April 1st, 2019, the providers and staff of the former Bridgeview Women’s Health in northwest Portland became part of Women’s Healthcare Associates, LLC (WHA). WHA Bridgeview, as the location is now known, retains the same address, phone and fax numbers. “We are thrilled to increase the access to comprehensive care we are able to […]

In January, Oregonians will have the opportunity to vote on Ballot Measure 101. A “yes” vote helps preserve funding for the Oregon Health Plan through a small tax on hospitals, insurance companies and managed care organizations. If Measure 101 fails, our state is facing a $210 million budget shortfall that will result in cuts to […]