At Hawthorn Healing Arts Center, we’re always growing—and we’re excited to welcome a new provider who brings both deep experience and heartfelt care to our women’s health team.
Melissa Porras, APRN, CNM-BC, is a Nurse Practitioner and Board-Certified Nurse Midwife who specializes in women’s health and menopause management. Her work blends clinical expertise with an integrative, whole-person approach.
With over two decades of experience, Melissa’s career began in holistic massage therapy and doula work, later expanding into public health and obstetric nursing. Her path to becoming a nurse practitioner was guided by a desire to offer deeper, more integrative care to women throughout their lives.
She has practiced across five continents, gaining insight into both clinical and cultural approaches to health. This global perspective, combined with ongoing study and a passion for patient-centered medicine, allows Melissa to provide care that is evidence-based, inclusive, and deeply empathetic.
Melissa offers a full range of obstetric and gynecologic services, including annual exams, pap smears, birth control counseling and IUDs, as well as preconception, prenatal, and postpartum care. She has a special focus on menopause support, offering bio-identical hormone therapy along with nutrition, sleep, stress management, and other lifestyle-based approaches tailored to each individual.
We’re delighted to have Melissa on our team as we continue to expand the women’s health services available at Hawthorn. Her presence supports our mission of providing holistic, collaborative care that nurtures the health and well-being of the whole person.
You can learn more about Melissa’s background, approach, and services by visiting her full bio here. To schedule an appointment with Melissa call 541-330-0334 or feel free to use our online appointment form.