MEET OUR TEAM
Holy Family Catholic Clinic Providers
William Toffler, MD is a Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University where he taught for 34 years and had a wide scope of practice ranging from delivering babies to geriatric and palliative care. He is one of three co-founders of Holy Family Catholic Clinic and brings a wealth of experience to his patients within our Practice.
Dr. Toffler is also co-founder and National Director of Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation (PCCEF), a non-profit that promotes compassionate care for severely ill patients without sanctioning or assisting their suicide. PCCEF physicians affirm an ethic based on the principle that all human life is inherently of value and that the physician’s roles are to heal illness, alleviate suffering, and provide comfort for the sick and dying. He has also been a member of the Physicians Resource Council at Focus on the Family for over 20 years.
He is committed to defending the long-standing, medical prohibition against doing harm. He is frequently invited to speak about these and other medical ethical issues at both national and international conferences. He is also often interviewed on television and radio including NPR, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, as well as by international media in Canada, Australia, the UK and Japan.
He has 7 children and 22 grandchildren.
Mark Mailhot, MD, MS, MPH, grew up as the oldest child in a large Catholic family. As a physics major in college, he fell away from his faith and was brought back through visiting Medjugorje. He attended medical school in Pittsburgh. After further studies and training in Portland, San Diego, and Staten Island, he joined a large multispecialty clinic in the greater Portland area where he spent a decade as a primary care physician. For the next 3 years, he worked as a “traveling doctor” for underserved populations in Washington State. He enjoys the opportunity to practice medicine with other Catholic providers. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, reading, cooking, and gardening.
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.
Kristin Burgher, MD, is a board-certified family physician. She grew up in the Portland area and completed undergraduate studies at Gonzaga University. It was during a volunteer year in Haiti that she felt called to serve in the medical field. After earning her medical degree at Georgetown University, she completed residency training at Providence Milwaukie Family Medicine. Since then she has served in a federally qualified community health clinic in western Washington County providing primary care, prenatal care and inpatient obstetrical and newborn care. She is proficient in Spanish.
Throughout that time she has experienced a deepening of her Catholic faith and ultimately felt called to join the practice at Holy Family Catholic Clinic. She is pursuing FertilityCare training at St. Paul VI Institute as a Napro medical consultant. Her primary vocation is to the married life, and she is mother to four children. She brings a passion for the dignity of the vocation of family life, and loves caring for patients of all ages and backgrounds.
Frances Conedera, PMHNP
Frances received her BSN from the University of Oregon School of Nursing. After graduation she attended University of California, San Francisco for a Master of Science degree. In 2000, she returned to school at Washington State University where she completed work for her nurse practitioner certificate.
She worked for many years as a staff RN and nurse educator. She had an integral role in the regionalization of the Oregon Providence Health System. At Multnomah County Health Department, Frances was a key player in development of the Primary care Medical Home, while also appointed as Director of Nursing Practice.
Her past PMHNP practice includes Corrections Health, non-profit agencies, private practice and primary care clinics.
Frances is a native of Portland, Oregon. She grew up in a large Catholic family. She is a wife and mother. In 2020, after 43 years of married life in Portland, she and her husband relocated to Vancouver, Washington. Favorite pastimes are reading, biking, sewing, gardening and travel.
