Naomi Rea, Family Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife
NRHC Medical Director

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in July 1991
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, University of California, Davis, 1991
Certified Nurse Midwife Program, Education Program Associates, 1996

Paul Holmes, Physician, Board Certified Family Practice

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in August 1982
MD, University Of Arizona Medical School, 1979 Family Practice Residency, Community Hospital of Sonoma County, 1982

John Dozier, Physician, Board Certified Family Practice

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in October 1990
MD, University of California, Davis, Medical School, 1980
Family Practice Residency, Shasta General Hospital, Redding, 1983

Paul Davainis, Physician, Board Certified Family Practice

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in August 1996
Completed his Family Practice Residency at the county hospital in Stockton, CA; Board certified in Family Practice that year and recertified in 2002.  Received his bachelor’s degree in Physiology from UC Davis in 1988 and his MD from the Chicago Medical School in 1993.  Dr. Davainis sees the full spectrum of family practice patients, but has particular interest in seeing obstetrics and pediatrics patients.

Dean Brown, Physician Assistant-Certified

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in January 1997
Physician Assistant Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1996; former paramedic for 20-years, brought paramedics to Lassen County in 1977 as the owner of Lassen Ambulance.  In addition to primary care medicine, areas of interest include sports medicine, men’s health, and wilderness & travel medicine.

Michael Oborn, Physician Assistant-Certified

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in August 2001
Physician Assistant Program, Cuyahoga College, PA, 1976

Teresa Langslet, Physician Assistant-Certified

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in January 2002
Physician Assistant Program, Western University Of Health Sciences, 2001

Stephen Braatz, Physician, Board Certified Family Practice

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in September 2008
Attended University of Arizona in 1980 graduating with honors in 1984; completed OBGyn residency at the University of Oklahoma.  Traveled to Manna Mission Hospital in West Africa performing as many as 48-surgeries.  Awarded the Humanitarian Service Award by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists May 2008.

Noreen Frieling, Family Nurse Practitioner

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in October 1990
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, University of California, Davis, 1983

Barbara Byers, Registered Dietitian, Certified Lactation Counselor, WIC Program Director

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in September 1996
Specializes in maternal, infant and child nutrition.

Istvan Felker, Dds, Dental Director

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in September 2007
Graduated from the Dental School of the Semmelweis Medical University Budapest, Hungary 1977.  Hungarian and South African National Health Services; several community and Indian clinics in Northern California.

Becky Lysiak, RDH

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in October 2009
Graduated from Dental Hygiene at San Joaquin Valley College in 2001

Eileen Searcy, PA-C

Joined Northeastern Rural Health Clinics in 2005
Graduated from the Physician Assistant Program at the University of South Dakota in 2001