Emergency & Acute CareWho We Are
Board of Commissioners
- Lisa Naylor, President
- Norm Passmore, DDS
- Jack Otterson
- Ted Paterson
- Blaine Bickelhaupt
Health System Medical Staff
Michael Luce, MD has served the citizens of Columbia County and surrounding areas since 1980, with an emphasis on long-term comprehensive personal primary care. Board Certified in Family Medicine, Dr. Luce also serves as Chief of Staff for Dayton General Hospital.
Ken Dyball, PA completed his Physicians Assistant Training in 1983. After attending five different Navy Hospital Corps Specialty Schools, and serving 27 years in the Navy, Ken has been part of the Columbia County Health Systems team since October of 2002.
Heidi Shields, MD returned to Columbia County in September 2007 to join the staff of the Columbia Family Clinic. Raised in this area and a graduate of Washington State University, Dr. Shields completed her residency in Indiana, and established practices in Maine and then Idaho prior to her return.
Jencina Butler, DO, graduated osteopathic medical school in 2002. Although raised as an Army “brat,” Dr. Butler’s roots are in the Pacific Northwest. After graduating from a rural family practice residency in Oregon, Dr. Butler passed Board Certification in Family Medicine in 2006. She has served Columbia County Health Systems since March of 2006.
Roy Myers, MD, graduated in 1990 from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, completed family practice residency in Kentucky and returned to his native state of Washington in 1997 to begin practice.
Dr. Myers joined the Waitsburg Clinic in July 2007.
Dawn Meicher, ARNP spent 15 years in Intensive Care Nursing in Colorado. She received her Masters in Nursing and her American Academy Nurse Practitioner certification in 2006. Dawn joined the Waitsburg Clinic in March of 2006 as a primary health care provider.
Barry Kellogg, MD joined the staff of the Columbia Family Clinic in November 2008 serving patients each Monday. A decorated Flight Surgeon Veteran, Dr. Kellogg was certified in Family Practice in 1976, began practice in New York, and then established his practice in the Walla Walla Valley for the following 26 years. He also serves the student health centers at Walla Walla University and Whitman College, and the inmates at Washington State Penitentiary.
Health Systems Administrative Team
- Charlie Button
- Kari Newman
- Justin Jorgensen
- Chief Executive Officer
- Human Resources Director Financial Services Dir.
- Virginia Romine, RN
- Angie Teal, BRH
- Gary Schroder
- Nursing Services Director
- Social Services Director
- CFO & IT Director
- Julia Mead
- Clinics Director
