Salem Family Physicians, PC, Salem, Oregon

At Salem Family Physicians, we work as a team to ensure that your health needs are met. Dr. Eliason is board certified. Susan Ring and Amy Scheer are Physician Assistants. (read more about Physician Assistants here> )
Dr. Douglas D. Eliason, D.O.	Susan Ring PA-C	Amy Scheer, PA-C
Dec 1993- present Family Practice physician providing primary care Oct 2006- present. Deputy Surgeon NORTHCOM Sept 99- Sept 2006. Oregon Army National Guard State Surgeon. Commander Det 1 HQSTARC. Member Executive committee Medical Activities Counsel , Oct 96- May 99 Brigade Surgeon 41 st Enhanced Infantry Brigade Jan 93- Sept 96 IRR , Active Army assignments Mar 93- Dec 93 Chief, Lightfighters clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center. Developed and ran clinic in support of 4,000 depends of 1 st Brigade 7 th Inf Div. Sep 92- Feb 93 Teaching staff Family Practice residency, Madigan Army Medical Center. June 91- Aug 92 Chief Family Practice Service, 130 th Station Hospital, Hiedelberg Germany. Acting Chief Ambulatory Care for 3 months. Dec 90- May 91 OIC regimental clearing station. Medical platoon leader. Regimental Support Squadron, 2 nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Aug 90- Nov 90 Staff Physician 130 th Station Hospital. Chairman Drug Utilization and Evaluation committee. Aug 88- July 90 Commander 188 th General Dispensary Jul 86- Jun 88 Family practice resident, Fort Belvoir VA. Jul 84- Jun 86 General Medical Officer 543 rd General Dispensary, Tague Korea. Education and Training Residency- DeWitt Army Hospital, Ft Belvoir VA ( 86-88) Internship- Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, Pontiac MI (83-84) Medical School- University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines IA (79-83) DO Undergraduate- University of Iowa Iowa City IA (75-79) BS Professional Affiliations Member American Academy of Family Practice Diplomat American Board of Family Practice Member Oregon Medical Society Personal Wife Lavonne married Jul 85 Daughter Erin born Jan 88 Daughter Lauren born Oct 93	Susan graduated from Walla Walla College with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology and then obtained her Master's of Physician Assistant degree from Loma Linda University in California in 2009. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She has also worked in medical research and education. Susan is mother to three children and she enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures.	Amy Scheer, PA-C was born and raised in Cape Girardeau, MO where she graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Pre-Med degree. Her desire to pursue the study of clinical medicine was coupled with a love of all things outdoors, so she moved to the Pacific Northwest to attend Pacific University's Physician Assistant program. She received her Master's degree in August 2009, joined Salem Family Physicians in October of 2009 and greatly enjoys the challenges of family medicine. Her free time is spent hiking, snowboarding and trail running.

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