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Suite 103
Laura Starrett, MD & Richard Starrett, MD
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Phone: (541) 386-0007
Fax: (888) 769-8963
1021 June Street, Suite 103
Hood River, OR 97031
Clinicians
FAMILY MEDICINE, WOMEN’S HEALTH, TRAVEL MEDICINE
Laura Starrett, MD
Laura is a self-proclaimed tomboy and Air Force brat, having grown up all over the Rocky Mountain west. She graduated from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. She completed Family Medicine residency training at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL, while living in a Mexican community, where she learned Spanish and how to make a killer posole stew. After working at a church-based health center in that neighborhood for 5 years, she relocated to Hood River and began working at La Clinica del Carino (now known as One Community Health). While raising two daughters and job sharing with her physician husband Rick, she has obtained additional training in international health. Beginning in 2007, she and Rick became partners at Summit Family Medicine. Laura speaks Spanish. She practices Family Medicine with special interest in Women's Health and International and Travel Medicine. She is our go-to for helping patients prepare for safe international travel.
When not working in the office, or in her garden, Laura loves mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, and exploring her relationship with God. There is nothing she loves better than connecting with friends over a glass of wine to discuss politics, good books, and the art of living a good life.
FAMILY MEDICINE
Richard Starrett, MD
Rick is a fourth generation Oregonian, and a graduate of the Oregon Health and Sciences University. He completed Family Medicine residency training at Stanislaus County Medical Center in Modesto, California. After marrying his life partner Laura and working 7 years in central Chicago at a church based health center, he returned with his new family to Oregon to begin practice at La Clinica del Carino. In 2007, an opportunity arose to join Summit Family Medicine, where Rick and Laura have been in practice since. Rick speaks Spanish. He practices office-based Family Medicine, with an emphasis on preventative care and acute medical problems.
Outside the office, Rick enjoys the opportunity to grow vegetables and fruit in our beautiful climate. You also may find him hiking or biking on local roads or trails, but probably won’t find him when he is hunting mushrooms. His wife and daughters bring great joy to him.