PeaceHealth Providing Local ENT Services at Peace Harbor

FLORENCE, Ore. – PeaceHealth Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Care services – including clinic and surgical – are now available at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center, located at 310 9th St, Florence, OR 97439. These service offerings include office visits and exams, for both adults and children, that diagnose and treat problems in the ears, nose and throat and related parts of the head and neck. Minimally invasive surgical treatments are also currently available for adult patients and will soon extend to pediatric patients later this year, 2025.

These services – which became available in late 2024 –provide access to the nearly 200 coastal PeaceHealth patients commuting to Eugene for clinical and Springfield for surgical ENT appointments, sometimes multiple times a year. This expansion is aimed at helping remove the barriers associated with commuting to out-of-town medical appointments, such as time and transportation access, by providing better ease and accessibility to appointments.

“We are incredibly grateful for the initial and ongoing collaboration of Peace Harbor cardiology and hospital staff who have helped us get this clinic up and running so that we can start seeing and caring for patients in our local and nearby coastal communities,” says Kristin Ashcraft, ENT Clinic Manager.

PeaceHealth ENT in Florence is staffed by three clinicians from Eugene, Nathan Christensen, MD, Frank Chen, MD, and Jeff Wong, MD, and supported by existing Peace Harbor caregivers and clinicians in the OR.

To schedule an appointment, PeaceHealth and non-PeaceHealth patients who have first received a referral from their Primary Care Physician, or an Emergency Department or Urgent Care physician, can call 458-205-6500 to schedule an appointment. 

Hours of operations will be the first, second, and fourth Friday of each month, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information can be found at PeaceHealth.org.

About PeaceHealth: PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a non-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, more than 3,000 providers, more than 160 clinics and 9 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. The Sisters shared expertise and transferred wisdom from one medical center to another, always finding the best way to serve the unmet need for healthcare in their communities. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. Visit us online at peacehealth.org.

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