Dr. Julie Gilbert | Oregon Weight and Wellness
Welcome to our Weigh Different Blog and allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Julie Gilbert. I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a family doc. I have been practicing family medicine in the Salem area since 1995. While I enjoyed all aspects of a busy family practice, I particularly appreciated getting to know generations of families and watching them grow.
June was an ongoing if not exhausting extravaganza of family festivities. Our Texas family and friends joined us for nearly two weeks of memorable celebration. The events commenced with Gabby’s pinning ceremony, a long-held tradition heavily influenced by Florence Nightengale, the famous nurse who earned the Red Cross of Saint George. Now nursing schools design their own …
Nancy was the one who reminded me of our college reunion dates. “Are you going? It would be so great to see you!” she messaged me on Facebook a few months ago. That’s all it took for me to make the arrangements. I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years. We were overdue. As I walked …
Even before I truly understood how vital sleep is to health, I cherished it. During my years as a college student, then medical student, resident, and new mother, I was often sleep-deprived. As a family medicine physician, being “on-call” every third night only added to the fatigue, nay exhaustion. I’m still making up for lost …