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Cascade Health Hospice Team

Amber Vester, D.O.

Medical Director

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Kristi Wallace, F.N.P.

Family Nurse Practitioner

  • Kristi Wallace has been working in some form of the medical field since the age of 18, starting out as a hospital housekeeper. She graduated from Linfield College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1990 and spent the next five years working as a nurse in a 14-bed hospital in rural Alaska. She returned to Eugene and subsequently spent 17 years working in correctional medicine.

    She earned her MS in Nursing Administration in 2009 and then her Family Nurse Practitioner in 2010. She began working in the field of palliative care and hospice in 2021 and knew then that she’d found the field she was always meant to be in.

    In her spare time, Kristi enjoys cooking and baking and doing crafts. She enjoys spending time with her teenage grandchildren and is a devoted dog mom to her Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Hazel, Henry, and Harper.

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Sheree Miller, R.N.

Clinical Manager

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Kate Brassington

Chaplain

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    Kate Brassington joined Cascade in 2022 to support those affected by grief and loss in our community. Kate has spent over a decade working with and studying grief. Passionate about bereavement support, she feels honored and deeply humbled to be with people in these tender, intimate, and often pivotal times in their lives. Kate has a Masters in Divinity and is trained as a clinical chaplain. During her residency at a hospital in Portland, she specialized in Pediatric Palliative Care and studied applied clinical ethics. Kate loves exploring creeks with her children, celebrating obscure holidays, and playing her ukulele.

Preeti Yonjon Feist

Preeti Yonjon Feist

Bereavement & Volunteer Coordinator

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    Preeti holds space for holistic, compassionate care, grief support, and end-of-life education. Specializing in navigating the complex emotional terrain of terminal illness and bereavement, she guides individuals and families through life's final transitions. Preeti brings a rich background in Clinical Psychology, Gerontology, and over a decade of dedicated end-of-life work alongside patients, families, and hospice volunteers.

    Grounded in a healing justice framework, her practice focuses on helping individuals find meaning amidst suffering by meeting them exactly where they are. Preeti holds a master’s degree in Gerontology and Social Responsibility, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology. Her education emphasized multicultural approaches to depth psychology, indigenous practices, and liberation psychologies. Highly sensitive to the interdependence of individual, cultural, and collective dynamics, Preeti weaves diverse cultural wisdom into her care.

    In her spare time, she loves to wander and remains forever in awe of nature.