Our Practitioners

Cynthia Gulick, DO

Dr. Cynthia Gulick, DO, has been a Board Certified Family Practice Physician since 1990, which is the year she first started the practice at Southwest Family Physicians. 2010 thus marks the clinic's 20th Anniversary! Through these 20 years of broad Family Practice experience, Dr. Gulick has raised four children and helped grow a clinic where many families whose children she delivered still remain as patients.

Focusing now on medical bariatrics as her specialty, Dr Gulick has found a new passion for guiding patients along their difficult but rewarding weight loss journey - informing and thus empowering patients to optimize their primary, preventive health and well being. With respect, kindness and dedication, Dr. Gulick will help you beat your weight loss challenges and revitalize your life. She is an active member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians.

Seth Merritt, FNP

Seth Merritt is a Nurse Practitioner who obtained his master's degree from Oregon Health & Science University. He has been with Southwest Family Physicians since 2008. He enjoys specializing in obesity treatment so that he can help patients get off their blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes medications. Whether your weight loss plan involves a prescription of pre-packaged food items or a re-education about healthy daily foods, Seth can individualize your weight loss plan to hopefully create a life long change and education to keep the weight off.

Molly Strattan, CNM

Molly Strattan, Certified Nurse Midwife, developed her passion for midwifery and women's health care as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya. It was there she realized the importance of access to quality health care for women that needs to start during pregnancy and birth. Molly started her career in obstetrics at a small rural hospital in Alaska. She moved to Portland to get her Masters degree and soon after met her husband, Collin Stoll, LAc.

After school, she completed a fellowship in southern Texas at a free standing birth center run by the premier midwife, Sr. Angela Murdaugh. There she learned strong clinical skills as well as more than a few 'midwives' tricks.

Molly has worked at Southwest Family Physicians since 1999. She now is a working mom with 2 daughters at home. From doing yearly pap smears and basic gyn care to providing prenatal and newborn care and breast feeding support, she loves her career as a midwife, balanced with being a wife and mother. She is passionate about birth and is honored to be a part of one the most special moments in life, the birth of a child. Molly understands that women have different expectations for birth and it is her job to help women meet those expectations as safely as possible.

Molly welcomes all types of families into her practice, traditional to alternative to multicultural. She is open and respectful and tries to meet your needs as you work together to reach your optimum healthy life.

Kristin Davis, RD

Kristin has been with Oregon Medical Weight Loss since June of this year. She is a Registered Dietitian and a graduate of Oregon State University. She completed her 10-month internship at Oregon Health and Sciences University and worked in a hospital in-patient setting until joining our weight loss team. She can help you meet your weight loss goals through classes and one-on-one sessions. She’ll review your food logs and can help make sure you’re on track. She can also help you make the right food choices in an environment that sells convenience over health.

Kristin’s classes also include lifestyle and nutrition information to help you keep the weight off after you reach your goals. They are held in a group setting where you can share ideas with other patients and keep each other motivated through the weight-loss process.

Topics include: emotional eating, changing your environment to help you keep your health goals, nutrition label reading, holiday and special event tips, SMART goals, and more! This 20-week curriculum will keep you on track and ready to set lifetime goals for overall health and wellbeing during and after your weight loss journey.