MEET OUR PROVIDERS
Grace Jazrawi, DO is an internal medicine physician, originally from New Jersey. She moved to the Portland area in 2016 after having married Dr. Saad Jazrawi, a local gastroenterologist and the president of the Portland Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. She is one of three co-founders of Holy Family Catholic Clinic. She has worked as a primary care physician in several outpatient practices in New Jersey since graduating from her UMDNJ internal medicine residency. Grace is currently being trained in the Creighton Model System at St. Paul VI Institute as a medical consultant and practitioner. She has a passion for offering superior, life affirming health care to women, especially those struggling with infertility. Her decision to practice internal medicine in the office setting came while she was on her first medical mission in the Amazon region of Brazil with Helping Hands Medical Missions where she realized she wanted to serve patients as whole people: body, mind, and spirit. She creates long-term relationships with her patients assisting in healing in any way she can.
Michael Sherman, MD, PhD, is one of three co-founders of Holy Family Catholic Clinic. Creating the most pleasant patient experience possible by delivering superior medical care and outstanding customer service is the driving force behind Dr. Michael Sherman’s practice. “Medicine has been a natural culmination of my science training as a Ph.D. Chemist and living out my faith by serving the patients within my community.” His board certifications in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics allow Dr. Sherman to be a specialist for both adults and children. Dr. Sherman loves spending time with his family and church community, and he enjoys many outdoor activities including hiking, backpacking, mountain climbing, boating and fishing. He attended Creighton University in Omaha, NE for Medical School and Residency. He has lived and practiced medicine in the Corvallis area since 2003.
Andrew Tistadt, PA-C, is a physician associate with over 18 years of experience working in family medicine. Born and raised in Oregon, Andrew attended college in the Southwest, then spent a year in Ecuador teaching English as a volunteer. His love of the Spanish language inspired him to pursue a career in medicine, graduating from Pacific University’s PA program in 2006. Since then, Andrew has spent the majority of of his career working with the underserved patient population in community health clinics. He is excited to transition to an organization that aligns with his Catholic beliefs and values.
As a family medicine PA, Andrew is able to attend to the medical needs of all ages (from newborn to the elderly). He performs a variety of in-office medical procedures, and takes a special interest in dermatology and pediatrics. He is also experienced in women’s health. He always aims to truly listen to his patients, knowing that clear patient-provider communication is key to a successful relationship, and highly impacts medical outcomes.
Andrew is married and helps homeschool his three young boys with his wife. When not in clinic, he is likely either at baseball practice or out hiking in the woods. He enjoys running, national park road trips, playing the piano, and starting each day with a carefully crafted pour-over coffee.
(Mary) Frances Conedera, MS, RN, PMHNP, BC has worked in health care for many years. Her background includes long term care, critical care, primary care, and corrections health. She was instrumental in development of the Primary Care Medical Home for Multnomah County Health Department. Past job roles include mediation, clinical care, consultant, Director of Nursing, educator and speaker on health care issues, both locally and nationally.
She is excited to be part of a clinic and medical team that is committed to Catholic teaching. Frances is married with children. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, sewing, gardening and biking.
Jackie MacMillan, FMCHC is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Jackie has always had an interest in health, nutrition, wellness, and her Catholic faith. As a Health Coach, she promotes and encourages healthy lifestyles through education, compassionate listening, goal-setting and accountability.
She is excited to share knowledge, inspiration, support and encouragement to clients as they focus on their personal health and wellness goals. As a team member at Holy Family Catholic Clinic, Jackie supports clients on their health journey in conjunction with the clinic’s medical staff.
Liz Musich is a FertilityCare Practitioner- someone who teaches the Creighton method of cycle tracking. Cycle tracking is for any woman having cycles regardless of her age or state in life. Couples can use it for Natural Family Planning to either avoid pregnancy or help achieve pregnancy and women can use it to better understand their biology and to monitor health and fertility.
Creighton is a beautiful method because it not only shows natural times of fertility and infertility in the cycle but also shows many other indications of health or dysfunction in the reproductive system. Issues that may present in charting can then be assessed and treated by NaProTechnology which is a women’s health science that uses restorative practices to address the underlying causes.