About Me:

Dr. O'Conor specializes in Palliative Care Medicine. She is passionate about caring for people with serious illness and helping relieve symptoms to maximize quality of life. Dr. O'Connor is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After traveling and exploring she eventually has come to call the Pacific Northwest her home. She studied medicine at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and received her Internal Medicine training at Michigan State University Sparrow Hospital. After residency she completed her fellowship training in Palliative Care Medicine at the University of Kansas Health System (KU) in Kansas City MO. From there she was able to return to Portland Oregon. Outside of practicing medicine Dr. O'Connor loves to dance, both formally and socially and spend time with her husband and friends.