Willamette Valley Medical Center is excited to welcome Audrey Dawson, M.S., CCC-SLP, MBA, as a full-time speech therapist. With more than 11 years of experience in skilled nursing facilities and as an on-call provider, Dawson brings valuable expertise to WVMC’s speech therapy program, which serves both inpatients and outpatients.

Dawson earned her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from West Virginia University. Her passion for the field was sparked by a personal experience: witnessing a family member regain lost abilities through speech therapy. This transformative moment inspired her to shift her academic focus from forensic chemistry to speech pathology, a decision she is grateful for. "This is a wonderful career, and being in McMinnville is a dream come true," Dawson shared.

Andrew Foss, PA, has dedicated 26 years to emergency medicine as a physician assistant. A graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, he currently serves in the U.S. Army Reserve as part of a resuscitative surgical trauma team. With 18 years of military service and just two years left until retirement, his experience includes over seven years of active duty and four deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Niger, and Honduras. Outside of his professional life and service to our country, he enjoys the outdoors fishing and hunting.