{"id":2542,"date":"2021-04-06T20:59:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/?page_id=2542"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:41:44","slug":"rochester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/programs\/write\/writesites\/western-washington\/rochester\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rochester, WA WRITE Site<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 253px;width: 750px;border-color: #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 293px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2538\" src=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/5359110_WA_Rochester.png\" alt=\"Map of western Washington with star indicating the location of Rochester, sound of Tacoma\" width=\"237\" height=\"237\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 276px;text-align: center\"><strong>Providence Family Medicine &#8211; Rochester<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>18313 Paulson St SW Suite A<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rochester, WA\u00a0 98579<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Phone: 360-827-8400<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 685px\" width=\"707\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 570px\"><strong>Primary WRITE Preceptor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Abel, M.D.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2539 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/abel-jordan-1821438029.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Jordan Abel, M.D., wearing a blue shirt and tie.\" width=\"170\" height=\"238\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong>Family Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abel graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and completed a family medicine residency in 2016 at Providence St. Peter in Olympia, Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jordan.abel@providence.org\">jordan.abel@providence.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nParticipating Providers:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Julie Rice, ARNP (Family Medicine)<br \/>\nJessica Ryan, ARNP (Family Medicine)<br \/>\nBrian Ottesen, ARNP (Family Medicine)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Site Contact<\/strong>:<br \/>\nSarah Frichette: <a href=\"mailto:sarah.frichette@providence.org\">sarah.frichette@providence.org\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 438px\" width=\"760\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 288px\">\n<td style=\"width: 572px;height: 288px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2557\" src=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/rochester-clinic.jpg\" alt=\"Providence Family Medicine in Rochester, brown building.\" width=\"474\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinic<\/strong>: The primary clinic site will be at Providence Family Medicine in Rochester.\u00a0 This is a rural primary care practice caring for the community with full-scope family medicine, from newborns\/peds through adults and geriatrics, including prenatal care, with the usual array of outpatient procedures, and an abundance of psychiatric care.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abel\u2019s panel includes more pediatric and pregnant patients than his ARNP partners. Their top 10 diagnoses include the usual chronic conditions such as DM, HTN, and dyslipidemia, plus clinical depression and anxiety, and chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p>Psychiatric care includes bipolar, anxiety, depression.\u00a0 Pediatric care includes newborn, acute, and chronic disease management.\u00a0 Adult care includes- chronic disease management, Medicare wellness visits and health maintenance, and acute care.\u00a0 Procedures include IUDs, Nexplanon placement, skin procedures, joint injections, circumcisions.<\/p>\n<p>Specialty services include a Suboxone clinic, and a Hepatitis C clinic, as well as team-based care for diabetes and its co-morbidities.\u00a0 The Providence Chehalis Family Medicine Residency Program will serve as a secondary teaching location.<\/p>\n<p>A small part of the total WRITE experience will include newborn care call at Providence Centralia Hospital with Dr. Abel.\u00a0 In addition, hospital rounding and call at Providence St Peter Hospital in Olympia with Dr. Abel and the inpatient family medicine residency team will occur 1-2 weekends through the WRITE experience.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/providence-chehalis.jpg\" alt=\"Providence Chehalis Clinic, brown building.\" width=\"920\" height=\"295\" \/>Providence Chehalis Clinic<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 722px\" width=\"762\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 575px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2540 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/rochester.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Rochester with rolling hills in background and pastures in foreground.\" width=\"623\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Information<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Rochester was founded in 1852 and has a population of approximately 2,500.\u00a0 It is located in Thurston County, about 17 miles from Olympia and 10 miles from Centralia. Rochester is described as a town with a suburban rural mix with both rural poor and young professionals living in Rochester and commuting to Olympia and Centralia. \u00a0It is located near Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, WA WRITE Site Providence Family Medicine &#8211; Rochester 18313 Paulson St SW Suite A Rochester, WA\u00a0 98579 Phone: 360-827-8400 &nbsp; Primary WRITE Preceptor Jordan Abel, M.D. Family Medicine Dr. Abel graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and completed a family medicine residency in 2016 at Providence St. Peter in Olympia, Washington. jordan.abel@providence.org Participating&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/programs\/write\/writesites\/western-washington\/rochester\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":342,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rochester - UW Office of Rural Programs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rochester - UW Office of Rural Programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rochester, WA WRITE Site Providence Family Medicine &#8211; 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