A Prineville native, Shannon Brasher, completed her education at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, Calif., and moved back home in 2010. While family medicine and urgent care make up most of her daily practice, she is especially interested in pediatrics and women’s health.

Shannon and her husband have two young children, one boy and one girl. In her free time. Shannon enjoys camping, swimming, hiking, and spending time with her family.

Dr. Brecke joined St Charles in 2011 after Family Medicine residency in Arizona. She returned to Oregon, where she grew up, to be closer to family and to get back to the activities she enjoys - hiking, camping, river rafting, cross country skiing - and to share a love of the outdoors with her two children.

She enjoys the continuity of Family Medicine and being able to care for all generations of a family. It is particularly rewarding for her to be able to keep her patients healthy through routine screening and health maintenance as well as to be there for them in times of ill health or chronic illness. She has a particular focus on women's health.

Originally from Oregon, Dr. Carey Allen moved all around the Pacific Northwest as a child and ended up in Iowa. He received his medical degree from the University of Iowa and for his residency, he came back to Oregon and completed the program at OHSU. His medical interests include both hospital and outpatient medicine.

Dr. Allen met his wife Heidi, also a physician in our Family Care clinic, in high school. They just had their second child and are looking forward to raising them in a rural Oregon community.

Dr. Heidi Allen attended medical school at Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa in Iowa City and completed her residency at OHSU Cascades East Family Medicine in Klamath Falls. Dr. Allen provides the entire spectrum of primary care to her patients, but her passions include preventative health, women’s care and geriatrics.

In her free time, Dr. Allen enjoys landscaping, quilting, hiking and biking, as well as spending time with her husband and young children.

Tom received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego. He completed medical school at the University of California Davis and his residency training in family medicine in Merced, Calif. He then served four years as part of the National Health Service Corps in Reedsport, OR.

His interests include providing care to the entire family with special interest in serving our older patients. An avid farmer and gardener, Tom has a passion for exploring the role of food and diet in our health. Tom incorporates the mind – body – spirt model into a collaborative effort to bring wellness into the lives of his patients. When outside of the clinic, Tom likes having adventures with his family and making them laugh.