Meet Our Team
We’re proud to service the Yakima Valley with quality healthcare for your family. Our caring and compassionate healthcare team are experts in their fields and dedicated to the health and wellness of our patients and their families
Integrated Pediatric Care
At Yakima Pediatrics, we are dedicated to providing a whole-health solution to your healthcare needs, our facility provides integrated care, which includes clinical pharmacists, behavioral health consultants, and registered dietitians. Our goal is to address the physical health needs as well as mental health concerns for you and your entire family in a comfortable and caring environment.
Medical Providers (Our Pediatricians)
Jeff Bartlett, MD
Pediatrician
Proudly serving with CHCW since August 08, 1985
David Carlson, DO
Pediatrician
Proudly serving with CHCW since August 03, 2009. Special medical interests in developmental pediatrics, and infectious diseases
MEGHAN COLLERAN, ARNP
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Every child deserves equal access to high-quality, holistic care. Treating a child should involve family-centered, yet individualized care that is evidence-based and culturally sensitive.
Samantha Garlow, ARNP
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner – Coming Soon
My philosophy of care involves an individualized approach towards your health and healthcare decisions wherein all areas of a person’s self are addressed to provide opportunity for the best possible outcomes.
Cassidy McCarns, ARNP
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
I aspire to learn from and collaborate with the wonderful team at Yakima Pediatrics in the pursuit of providing the most comprehensive, culturally sensitive, and inclusive care.
Ginny Shelton, MD
I want all my patients and their families to feel supported and understood. I believe that healthcare involves caring for a person’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. I feel compelled to advocate for my patients’ needs both inside and outside of the office.
Roy Simms, MD
Pediatrician
Proudly serving with CHCW since September 01, 1980. I focus on the child as my patient. I try to advocate for their nurture, good health and promotion of wellness.
Nikki (Nicole) Virnelli, ARNP
I aspire to build meaningful and lasting relation-ships with my patients, their families, and the greater community of Yakima Valley.
Leticia Rodriguez, ARNP
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Yakima Pediatrics is known to be an organization that is making a difference in the community they serve. ..
Behavioral Health Providers – Pediatrics
Julie Aubrey, MA, LMHC
Behavioral Health Consultant – Pediatrics
I want to work for CHCW because I love the philosophy of the clinic. I am excited to be part of a team, which is essential when working with patients. I want to help as many clients as I can, and to make sure that they each feel heard and understood.
CARRAH JAMES, PhD
Behavioral Health Consultant – Pediatrics
Emphasis on pediatric, neurodevelopmental, and child clinical assessment, intervention, and multidisciplinary/ interprofessional consultation, but have also worked in general clinical, research, and government settings in various capacities serving parents, families, students, educators, adults with developmental disabilities, physicians/ medical providers.
AMELIA MCCLELLAND, PhD
Behavioral Health Consultant – Pediatrics
My philosophy is to support people in all aspects of their health from the physical to the social, emotional, and spiritual. I believe we have to look at the person as a whole and create as space of inclusivity, respect, compassion, and support to really be able to make lasting change.
Gracie Ortiz, MSW
Behavioral Health Consultant
I have primarily worked with women and children, survivors of domestic violence, worked with teenagers and adults in crisis. I mainly use Cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients achieve their goals.
Heather Harris, PsyD
Behavioral Health Consultant
I am passionate about the role a Behavioral Health Consultant can play in the likes of patients, on the team, and in the larger community.
Corey Knight, MS
PCBH Intern
University of Houston Clear Lake, PsyD in Clinical Psychology (Houston, TX)
Clinic Leadership/Admin
Rishi Mistry, ARNP
Clinical Site Director
All children should have equal access to the highest quality care available. I believe in providing evidence-based, sustainable, and culturally-sensitive care to children and their families.