Mission

To partner with patients of all ages and walks of life in trusting, long-term relationships in order to offer outstanding, compassionate, and accessible primary care in a safe and healing atmosphere that is inspired by our community's needs and desires.

Photo courtesy of Trent Goss 2023.

Meet Dr. Lissa

​​I am a board-certified family physician and mother of 10 and 12 year old boys.  My husband, Ned Hammar, met during our family medicine training in Seattle.  We moved to Omak, a small town in North Central Washington roughly the size of Forks.  We practiced there for 5 years and both our boys were born there.  We moved to Port Angeles in April 2015, and we love living in this community and  working with our patients here! We continue to put down roots here and have no plans to leave this beautiful place.

I approach my patients as a partner in their health and wellbeing.  Our health is absolutely impacted by what's going on with us physically, emotionally, spiritually, nutritionally, and economically.  I do a better job as a doctor when I can listen to a person's whole story.  What I intend to cultivate in my clinic is a truly patient-centered experience.  Together we will enjoy unhurried visits so we can address the whole situation, problem-solve, and stay in close communication throughout your care, both in times of wellness and illness.   There are many ways to heal, and one size does not fit all!  I partner with my patients to individualize care to your needs and situations.  I do not judge anyone based on medical complexity, gender, age, sexual orientation/preferences, religious/spiritual beliefs, or political beliefs. ​

​This is big-picture care:  I want help you achieve the best overall health possible. 

Community Time

• Exploring the trails and rivers of our beautiful Olympic Peninsula with with my family and our dog, Bowser
• ​Learning to landscape with edible permaculture ideas
• Cheering on our boys and their teammates in soccer, basketball, kickboxing, and track

Professional Passion

• Blending the best of Western medicine with Functional Medicine (a science-based whole person approach aimed to get to the root of a problem)
• Working with families
• Improving reproductive and sexual health
• I am proficient in Spanish and was trained in a bilingual, bicultural clinic in Seattle to care for people whose primary language is Spanish
• Former President of the Jefferson-Clallam Chapter of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians

Education

• College at Baylor University in Waco, Texas | 1999 - 2003
• Medical School at University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2003 - 2007
• Residency at Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency in Seattle, Washington | 2007 - 2010, Chief Resident 2009 - 2010
• Ongoing education in Functional Medicine through Institute for Functional Medicine
• Ongoing education in practicing and teaching mindfulness skills through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Who Else is Here?

I am grateful to be working with Travis Gosling, who many of you know from your lab draws here in the clinic. He is a local paramedic and incredibly skilled, and I'm so glad you have the option to have your labs drawn by him in the calm of my clinic. These lab draws are scheduled in advance through Dr. Lubinski.

Currently, my assistant and task ninja, Jen Yost, is working actively with my practice in a remote capacity. Her compassionate communication style, organization, and perspective have helped me immensely since we started working together in October 2024. 

Lastly, Dr. Christine Rose, a local pediatrician since 2008, opened her own integrative pediatric practice in November 2023 and is working in my building.