December 18, 2013

Healthcare provider to join Curry Family Medical

Curry Health Network has signed a Letter of Intent with a new healthcare provider to offer services at Curry Family Medical, the network's clinic in Port Orford.

In late September, the Board of Directors for Curry Health District approved plans for service improvements at the clinic. They resolved to work toward providing expanded hours of operation, a travel stipend for residents who travel to the Curry General Hospital campus for services, free school sports physicals, appointment scheduling with clinic staff instead of an off-site scheduling department, and unscheduled appointments. The travel stipend, physicals and appointment scheduling goals have already been met.

The addition of Mattie Mattlin, FNP-C, is also in alignment with those goals. Mattlin is expected to join the staff later in 2014, and has expressed a desire to work Saturdays and evening hours. Currently the clinic is open Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and since the recent retirement of Sandra Johnson, Dr. Tom Pitchford has been the clinic's sole provider.

Mattlin is board-certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and earned her Masters of Science (MS) - Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from San Francisco State University. She began her health care career as a candy-striper volunteer, and then became a Certified Nursing Assistant, a Licensed Vocational Nurse, a Registered Nurse, and a Physician Assistant before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychobiology/Sociology from the University of California, then her Masters degree.

Mattlin has extensive experience in geriatrics, holistic medicine and family practice. She plans on living in, or near, the community of Port Orford.