2026 NNACoE Blanketing Ceremony
On June 4th, we hosted our 2026 NNACoE Blanketing Ceremony to celebrate our Native graduates here at OHSU! This year we honored 18 incredible students, including ten graduating scholars across the Wy'east Nursing, Dentistry and Medicine Pathways, one graduate each of the OHSU MPH and Doctor of Physical Therapy programs, three graduates of the OHSU School of Medicine, and finally, three graduates of OHSU residency programs. We are honored to recognize and celebrate all of these amazing healers as they embark on the next step in their journey! ✨
OHSU Residency Graduates:
Sara Phillips, MD, MPH (Native Hawaiian)
Sophie Neuner Weinstein, MD, MPH (Karuk Tribe)
Jasmine Curry, MD (Diné - Navajo)
OHSU School of Medicine Graduates:
Heidi Dugi, MD (Navajo Nation)
Maya Singh Sharkey, MD (Cherokee Nation)
Megan Swope, MD (Cherokee Nation)
OHSU Schools of Public Health & Health Professions Graduates:
Grace Bruschi (Karuk Tribe)
Brent Lush’sha’wah’nii Riley (Pueblo of Laguna)
Wy’east Medicine Graduates:
Tayler Clifton (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; Sitka Tribe of Alaska)
Preston Langer (Muscogee Creek Nation)
Megan Pickering (Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians)
Christian Salazar-Keller (Puyallup Tribe of Indians)
Darrien Smiley (Diné - Navajo)
Wy’east Dentistry Graduates:
Shay Allison (Navajo Nation)
Kiya Jackson (Arikara - MHA Nation)
Nizhoni Porter (Navajo Nation)
Wy’east Nursing Graduates:
Angela Follett (Tsimshian)
Matt Town (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma & Yakama Nation)
Scroll to see photos from the event. All Images created by Kari Rowe.
