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New roots for legacy clinic
C ontinued froM f ront
wanted Dr. Ginsberg to take her
donated supplies and talent to a
lofty next level.
“I wasn’t thinking about a huge
Dr. Jill Ginsberg, co-founder of the North by Northeast Health
Center, oversees the work to get her new office and clinic ready
for patients. Located at 714 N.E. Alberta St., Ginsberg says she’s
relieved the free and low cost clinic found a new location after
what was a very “sobering” search through Portland’s current real
estate climate.
project. I wanted to do something
to help but I wasn’t thinking on
that scale,” says Dr. Ginsberg.
“She’d given me the opportunity
to do something real for my com-
munity. I couldn’t just walk away.
I don’t think I could live with my-
self if I did that.”
Walking away is the last thing
Dr. Ginsberg did. She retired
from her practice with Kaiser
Permanente two years ago and
has taken over as the main face
of NxNE since Pastor Overstreet
Smith died on Aug. 20 of this
year. She wants to continue Pas-
tor Overstreet-Smith’s legacy,
promising no adverse changes to
the clinic with the relocation.
“A lot of our patients have
been treated poorly in the health-
care system,” says Dr. Ginsberg.
“Some of them have never had a
good experience ever in a doc-
tor’s office or even worse, have
only had bad experiences, so just
walking through the door is a big
deal and it takes a lot of trust.”
North by Northeast’s new
location will be accepting new
patients with the Oregon Health
Plan and will continue to offer
assistance to those that need help
applying for insurance.
To ensure its connection with
the community the clinic will re-
main reachable by their current
phone number, so Dr. Ginsberg
encourages anyone with ques-
tions to call 503-287-4932.
“As a small clinic we’ve been
able to really build relationships
with people. We know every pa-
tient by their name and we rec-
ognize their phone number when
they call,” says Dr. Ginsberg.
“We’ve made it a real point to do
things to make the people we’re
trying to serve here more com-
fortable. Our patients know that
we have their back and it makes
a huge difference.”