• Primary Care for the whole family
• Obesity Medicine and Weight Management
• Blood Draws and Labs: ThriveWell Clinic has partnered with Quest Diagnostics to bring you another labratory option in Harney County!

Call or Text 541-573-3000 to make an appointment, or use the online patient portal.

About Dr. Laiosa

Dr. Laiosa has practiced full-spectrum inpatient and outpatient family medicine practice in Burns, Oregon since 2012, and is happy to continue offering services at this new, independently owned, private practice. In addition, Dr. Laiosa can still be found at High Country Health and Wellness Center.

Dr. Laiosa has extensive experience in family medicine, emergency medicine, rural and frontier medicine, obstetrics (including surgical obstetrics), weight management medicine, electronic medical record implementation, and medical coding. She serves as the medical director for Downieville Fire Protection District EMS, Harney County Hospice, Harney County Public Health Department, Malheur County Public Health, and High Country Health and Wellness Rural Health Clinic. Dr. Laiosa previously served as the Contract Medical Director for Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (EOCCO), and as EMS Medical Director, Trauma Director and Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) at Harney District Hospital. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Laiosa also has extensive education in child abuse examination and testimony and has worked as the Designated Medical Provider for Harney County Department of Human Services (DHS). She also runs a foster care clinic, in collaboration with the other providers at High Country Health and Wellness Clinic, caring for all of the children in foster care in Harney County. She is board certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine. Dr. Laiosa holds a current active medical license in California, Montana, Oregon, and Wisconsin.

In her spare time, Dr. Laiosa enjoys spending time with her three children, Jedidiah, Annabelle and Zechariah and her husband Mike. They have been married since 2006 and Mike works from home for a software development company in Southern California. Dr. Laiosa enjoys RV camping, good books, and travel. Dr. Laiosa has developed a love of Harney County and has imported almost all of her extended family to the area as well.

About Dr. Peterson

Dr. Peterson is Oregon born and bred. She moved to Burns at age 8, so she considers Burns her hometown. Dr. Peterson graduated from Burns High School in 2000 and headed off to college, and then Medical School. Dr. Peterson came back to Burns after completing a Family Practice Residency in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She worked at Harney District Hospital Family Care for about 5 years in Burns before moving to the Portland area. Whereupon she met her husband, Chad, and started a family. Dr. Peterson and Chad have a boy and a girl. Due to some medical struggles with her youngest, Dr. Peterson needed to take a leave of absence and once her daughter improved Dr. Peterson began doing some telemedicine and practice coverage with Dr. Laiosa. Dr. Peterson says “It is so good to be back in my home community albeit from a distance and refreshing to come home for a week a couple times a year to cover the practice for Dr. Laiosa.” Dr. Peterson is Board Certified in Family Medicine.

ThriveWell Clinic is conveniently located in a beautifully remodeled building in downtown Burns.