Dana Mozer, FNP, MSN – Holistic Gynocology, Functional Medicine, Prevention Based Primary Care – 6035 SE Milwaukie Ave Portland Clinic
Dana’s interest in healthcare was sparked through work in social and reproductive justice in the 1990s. While working as a photographer and film maker and volunteering at a free women’s clinic in San Francisco, she was frankly surprised to find herself interested in health care as a career. Dana graduated from Yale University’s School of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 1996. Since then she has provided trauma informed, relationship based holistic gynecologic/sexual health services in Portland at All Women’s Health Services, Downtown Gynecology and Downtown Women’s Center. She also worked for 13 years at Old Town Clinic, helping mostly houseless adults with their primary health care needs. Dana has been a student of western herbal medicine since 1997 and has been studying Functional Medicine, a patient centered approach to healing, which focuses on rooting out the underlying cause of our health concerns by addressing lifestyle and environmental issues.
Dana believes that a health exam is only partly about detecting problems and treating
symptoms. Her visits with patients are largely about education, self-empowerment and
prevention. When treatment is necessary, she is able to provide options, to allow her patients to choose the path that best suits their needs and desires. Her goal is to create a practice that is supportive and respectful to all, fostering her patients’ curiosity, knowledge and strength.
Dana is also a practitioner of Maya Abdominal Therapy, a calming, external massage
technique which helps with many pelvic, gastrointestinal, low back, and emotional conditions.
This work has been a part of her practice since 2009.