Mandi Bryson received her bachelor’s degree from Walla Walla University and graduated with her master’s degree from Oregon Health and Science University’s Physician Assistant Program. Mandi is passionate about adolescent medicine, women’s health, geriatrics and preventive medicine and enjoys working with her patients to help them reach their wellness goals.

Dr. Borgmann completed medical school at Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest. After medical school, he served as chief resident for the Trios Health family medicine residency in Kennewick, Wash.

Having grown up in rural Missouri, Dr. Borgmann has always had an appreciation for small communities. He looks forward to partnering with the people of La Pine to reach their health care goals. Dr. Borgmann embraces a holistic approach of mind, body and spirit to each individual patient and is passionate about utilizing his training in osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT).

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing, cycling and playing the ukulele.

Originally from Michigan, Dr. Christopher Brubaker received his medical degree from St. George’s University and went on to complete his family medicine residency in Fort Wayne, Ind. During his medical school and residency years, Dr. Brubaker had the opportunity to live and work throughout the midwest and around the world. It was the opportunity to work in a rural community and take advantage of the amazing outdoors that brought Dr. Brubaker to Prineville.

Dr. Brubaker has a passion for hospital, preventive and wilderness medicine. Outside of work, he likes snowboarding, hiking or anything else outside.

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.

Dr. Brennan has lived in Bend since she was seven years old, other than the time she spent attending college and completing her medical training. 

It is important to Dr. Brennan that all patients be able to receive care regardless of their health insurance coverage. She works with her patients on lifestyle changes that can help reduce their dependence on medication over time.

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.