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Our Nurses & Assistants
The dedicated nursing and medical assistant staff at Oregon Reproductive Medicine is the heart and soul of the practice. This team of professionals is well known in the region for their personalized and genuine care. And there are so many others who are eager and willing to help our patients as well. Whether our patients just need a friendly smile when walking through our door or they need some hand holding as they deal with a complicated insurance issue, the people at Oregon Reproductive Medicine will always do what they can to help.
Andrea Speck-Zulak, RNC, Clinical Nurse Manager RN, NP, San Jose State University. After starting her nursing career in labor and delivery, Andrea Speck-Zulak has spent the past two decades as a women’s health nurse practitioner, specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Her work has taken her to both academic and private practices. At Stanford University, she served as IVF and Donor Oocyte Clinic Manager, in charge of the program during the introduction of new technology.
Q&A: Andrea Speck-Sulak, RNC, Clinical Nurse Manager RN, NP
What is your favorite part of working with patients at ORM? I have been working with fertility patients for many years. I feel it is an honor to be part of this very special, magical, yet stressful, time in our patients' lives.
What makes you want to get up and come to work each day? I love my work - every day I wake up excited to come to work. The loving environment here is palpable - not only from the staff to the patients but to each other. The mutual respect and true caring are evident in our treatment of our patients and each other.
Share a memorable patient or situation at ORM... Working with egg or embryo freezing for the cancer patients is the most exciting part of my job. I had one patient that had breast cancer. She wanted to freeze embryos with her partner who just couldn't handle the whole cancer-egg-embryo-situation, so he split. Our office became her support system as she went through the process and froze eggs for her future. She is now 3 years post treatment and engaged to a wonderful man and I think she will be coming in soon to use her frozen eggs. This patient and I have given talks together at the Komen Foundation event.
What would you like people in cyberspace to know about ORM and the work that we all do? I would like the world to know that after 20 years in this business I have found a practice that really tries to meet each patient's needs.
Shannon Gwartney, RN, ANP, WHCNP, Infertility Nurse Practitioner. A native Oregonian, Shannon received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Oregon. She graduated from The Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Massachusetts with a Master of Science in Nursing specializing in Adult and Women's Health in 2001. She began her nursing career working as a Registered Nurse in a Boston non-profit women's health center. After completing her graduate work, she moved back to Portland to work as a Nurse Practitioner providing women's health care in a non-profit women's health center. She joined the team at Oregon Reproductive Medicine in 2003 and continues to be dedicated to providing quality and compassionate health care to women in the field of reproductive medicine and infertility.
Roxanne Buckmaster BS, RN. After graduating from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Veterinary Sciences, Roxanne decided to pursue nursing school. Shortly after graduation she was hired by a large fertility practice in Southern California where she worked for over three years. She then decided to move to Oregon to be closer to family and after working for an OB/GYN office found her way back to fertility nursing with ORM. Roxanne has been with Oregon Reproductive Medicine since 2004. She is so happy to now call
Oregon home!
Q&A: Roxanne Buckmaster, BS, RN
What is your favorite part of working with patients at ORM? Working in the field of Reproductive Endocrinology is always changing. It is so exciting to see the success rates improve and our ability to help patients with their dream of a family become so much more attainable.
What makes you want to get up and come to work each day? I enjoy working with the patients, in all areas. In the clinic, meeting with patients is really nice and seeing them on a regular basis hoping they feel well cared for. The phones and classes, for educating and hoping that our patients have a good understanding of what we are doing as they go through their treatments and hopefully through it all forming bonds that last beyond their time with us.
What would you like people in cyberspace to know about ORM and the work that we all do? The team at Oregon Reproductive Medicine is amazing. Everyone here is really invested in helping people to feel comfortable, educated and well cared for while they are in our care. We are in this together and hope that our patients realize that we really want to work with them in helping them to achieve a pregnancy in a way they feel is best for them.
Q&A: Carol Perrin, RN
What is your favorite part of working with patients at ORM? I love the one-on-one contact I get. I like that I get to know patients and develop a relationship with them.
What makes you want to get up and come to work each day? I like knowing that I make a difference in people's lives; that I get to be a part of helping them make their dreams come true. I also really enjoy my co-workers. They are hard working, supportive, and take great care of each other and our patients.
What would you like people in cyberspace to know about ORM and the work that we all do? I would like people to know that they will receive excellent care from everyone the moment they walk through the front door. Each of us at ORM cares about our patients as individuals and will do every thing we can to make sure their experience with us is as stress free and successful as possible.