Blaise is originally a native of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and graduated from MAHEC Hendersonville Rural Residency Program. During his training he discovered a passion for rural healthcare and care of native communities. He is interested in providing full spectrum and holistic family care from complex chronic illness to pediatrics. In his free time, he can be found exploring nature from mountains to coast.

Andrea is originally from the Pacific Northwest, growing up just north of Seattle. After working for the government, she returned to school to pursue a career in nursing, earning her BSN from Seattle University and ultimately her (DNP) Doctorate Nurse Practitioner from the same institution. Andrea states was drawn to JFHC by its commitment to team-based healthcare and its commitment to serving this amazing community. While she enjoys working with all family practice patients, she has a special interest in caring for those who are often underserved including LGBTQIA+ and large bodied women. Outside of work, Andrea enjoys cooking and baking projects, reading science fiction and fantasy, hiking, and admiring the scenery of the Pacific Northwest. She also has a fondness for shiny objects and occasionally makes art.

Connie attained her undergraduate degree from Montana State University in 1992 and her Physician Assistant degree in 1999 from Rocky Mountain College in Montana. She moved to Port Angeles in 2000 and spent over 20 years working at Olympic Medical Center. In January of 2020, Connie decided it was time for a change, “I have now been at Jamestown for over 5 years and have never regretted my decision. People come first at Jamestown, this includes the patients and the staff. I feel very blessed to be working with the very best!” In the clinic, Connie focuses on taking care of the whole person, from prevention to disease management. When she’s not working, she likes to stay active. CrossFit, weightlifting, hiking, swimming, skiing, are just a few of her interests. She can often be found on walks during her lunch sporting her weighted vest. Travelling with her husband of over thirty years, Matt, and their 4 children has also been a recent interest of hers. Connie is also a lover of animals, as she currently has 3 cats but hopes to get another dog once life settles down.

Nick is a Sequim native and returns to the clinic after receiving his Physician Assistant credentials from George Washington University in Washington, DC. The Jamestown Tribal Health Department is very pleased to have our first ever Jamestown Tribal Citizen as part of our provider staff for Jamestown Family Health Clinic. Nick previously worked for JFHC in Clinical informatics and is excited to return in his new role see familiar faces of the medical staff team while having to opportunity to serve our tribal citizens and community. Nick enjoys recreational road trips across the states, backpacking the Olympic Peninsula with family and participating in the Tribal Canoe Journeys. Nick has his sights on serving his community that raised him. “I learned a lot from the Tribe and the greater Sequim community. I just want to give back. That’s my role from here on out,” he said.

Lisa Wu graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2006 and had her residency at the University of Hawaii from 2006-2009.  She is a Board-Certified Family Physician who also holds a degree in tropical medicine.  After stops in Hawaii and American Samoa, she returned to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to family. Lisa found a home with Jamestown Family Healthcare in 2012. When asked why she enjoys working for Jamestown, Lisa says, “I like working at JFHC because I get to treat my patients as a whole person and really get to know them. I also feel that I get treated as a whole person as well.” Lisa’s clinical interests include, but are not limited to, geriatrics, chronic disease management and travel medicine. Outside of practicing medicine, she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, keeping chickens and working in her garden.