Housecall Providers
Pamela Miner has a diverse and extensive work experience in the healthcare field. Pamela began their career at VA Medical Center as an Ambulatory Care and Medicine Staff Physician from 2000 to 2007. Pamela then joined Providence Health & Services as a Palliative Care Physician and Hospice Physician from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, Miner took on the role of Medical Director at Housecall Providers, a home-based care organization in Portland. Pamela later became the Primary Care Medical Director and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer. Miner has played a vital role in launching Housecall Providers' palliative care program and has helped establish it as one of the largest community-based palliative care organizations in the state, particularly serving Medicaid patients.
Pamela Miner has an education history that includes a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1983-1987) and a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine (1993-1997). Pamela completed an Internal Medicine Internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (1997-1998) and an Internal Medicine Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (1998-2000). Additionally, they completed a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School (2007-2008). Pamela has also obtained certifications as a Certified Diplomate in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2008), from the Oregon Medical Board (2008), and as Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (2000).
Housecall Providers
Housecall Providers is a Portland-area nonprofit organization that believes everybody should have the right to medical care, delivered at the right place, at the right time. We offer team-based primary care wherever you call home and hospice services to be with our patients throughout the course of their lives. In addition, we provide community-based palliative care support for seriously ill members enrolled in Medicaid through our advanced illness care program. Together, all three of our programs are proving that in home medical care for seriously ill patients can improve health outcomes, increase patient comfort, reduce health care costs and contribute to care team satisfaction.