Learn more about 3 new doctors now practicing in the Tri-Cities area

Three new doctors have moved to the Tri-Cities and are now offering their services.

Trios Health

Dr. Elizabeth Brallier has joined Trios as a family medicine residency core faculty member and family medicine physician.

She will work with resident physicians at the Trios Family Medicine Residency Clinic on the second floor of the Trios Care Center at deBit at 320 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick.

Dr. Elizabeth Brallier
Dr. Elizabeth Brallier

Brallier will supervise resident physicians as they see patients and provide education through the context of patient care and trainings. And Brallier will see some of her own patients.

She recently completed her family medicine residency with the University of Washington in Seattle, after earning her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Brallier, who is fluent in Spanish, most recently practiced at Harborview Family Medicine Clinic and University of Washington Montlake Hospital.

“Dr. Brallier has numerous leadership and teaching experiences and is an excellent fit as a core faculty member for our family medicine residency program,” said Dr. Katina Rue, Trios Health Family Medicine residency program director. “She is going to make a big impact on our resident physicians and help guide them through their residency training and into their future careers.”

Brallier is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.

Trios Health

Dr. Jennifer Follwell, DO, has joined Trios as a family medicine physician.

She will practice at the Trios Care Center at deBit and will treat patients for comprehensive medical care, preventive care, annual and sports physicals, immunizations, minor procedures, and child and adult acute and chronic illnesses.

Dr. Jennifer Follwell
Dr. Jennifer Follwell

“She is an excellent physician with a broad range of experience that will serve our patients and community well,” Emilia Keener, market director of Physician Practices.

Follwell has 20 years of clinical experience in family practice care in Illinois, Florida and Missouri and comes to Trios from Anderson Medical Group in Illinois.

She completed medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine – now AT Still University – in Kirksville, Mo.

She is board certified in family medicine.

Prosser Memorial Health

Karmina Bowen, an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, has joined Prosser Memorial Health’s Dermatology Center at 701 Dale Ave. in Benton City.

Karmina Bowen, ARNP
Karmina Bowen, ARNP

She completed her master’s in nursing from Maryville University in May 2021, and then transitioned into dermatology work in Richland.

She previously worked as a registered nurse at Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department in Richland for nine years.

She is a Lower Yakima Valley native who grew up in Prosser.

She is now accepting new patients and offers a variety of medical and cosmetic dermatology services including BOTOX, fillers cosmetic laser treatments, treatment of various skin disorders and skin cancer treatment and detection.

Good Shepherd Health

Obstetrician and Gynecologist Alexis Tuck has joined Good Shepherd Women’s Center at 620 NW 11th St. in Hermiston.

Dr. Alexis Tuck
Dr. Alexis Tuck

She offers care to women of all ages in Eastern Oregon.

Tuck has been practicing in Tri-Cities the five years after completing her residency at New York School of Medicine Brooklyn Campus in Brooklyn.

She is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology and a Fellow of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

The Good Shepherd Women’s Center team provides the full scope of women’s care on campus, as well as maternity and delivery care in the Family Birth Center.

Lourdes Urgent Care

Lourdes Urgent Care in Pasco has reopened on Sundays for the first time since before the pandemic.

The clinic at 5304 N. Road 68 is seeing patients from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays for issues such as allergies, colds, flu, infections, minor illnesses, sprains, wounds, burns and sports physicals.

Walk-ins are allowed seven days a week, but patients also can book an appointment up to 24 hours in advance at YourLourdes.com/Online-Scheduling.

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