Medical School: Rocky Vista University
Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School
A board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Lauren trained at Rocky Vista University and most recently practiced at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She brings a deep love for working with kids, drawn to their resilience, honesty, and boundless energy. She and her husband Dylan, and their two dogs, are excited to explore the great outdoors in Homer and beyond.
Certified Physician Assistant
Jessica is originally from Juda, WI which is a small rural farming community in southern WI. She and her fiancé Nick moved here July 2024 with their 4-year old Golden Retriever Millie.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Biochemistry at Clarke University in Dubuque, IA in 2018. She then completed her Masters in Medical Physiology degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin followed by PA school at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She graduated in 2023 and started her career in Urgent Care.
Outside of work, Jessica enjoys hiking, camping, biking, gardening, and spending time exploring with Nick and Millie.
Tammie was raised in Flagstaff, AZ, and graduated with degrees in Biological Science from Colorado State University, Bachelor of Nursing from Idaho State University, and Master of Nursing Science from St. Louis University. Her interest in medicine started at an early age, from Candy-striper in the ER to Intermediate EMT.
Board certified as an Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), she has also worked many years as an ICU travel nurse, initially learning those skills at Alaska Native Medical Center.
She started her Alaskan journey working at a fish cannery/cold storage and in logging camps, eventually making her way to the back deck of a fishing boat. Commercial fishing remained a livelihood for many years, from San Francisco Bay to Togiak, AK.
When not in the clinic, you may find her skiing, hiking, biking, traveling, or spending time with her beloved niece and nephew in California.
Family Medicine
American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians
Ragina Lancaster, DO, is board certified in Family Medicine and OMT. Her parents were both Navy and she grew up between Whidbey Island, Washington and Guam. She received medical training at Laker Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Greensburg, PA and completed residency at Central Washington Family Medicine in Yakima, WA. Thereafter, she joined the faculty to pursue teaching residents as well as continuing to practice inpatient medicine and care for patients in local skilled nursing facilities.
She is particularly interested in geriatric medicine, but excited to care across all age groups and conditions. Her approach to patient care is to create individualized treatment plans incorporating each patient’s context and empower patients to actively engage their health goals.
Dr. Lancaster moved to Homer in 2023 with her husband, Jeremiah, and two children, Aubrey and James, and a German shepherd dog. Jeremiah and Ragina enjoy hiking, camping, tide pooling, and being on the water.
Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine
Dr Amen mostly grew up in Idaho and went to college at Idaho State University before attending medical school at North Texas Health Science Center. He is board certified in Family Medicine, having completed a residency at Wright State University, Ohio. He recently transitioned from Active Duty in the Air Force where he was a Chief of Aerospace Medicine. He is now with an Air Force Reserves unit here in Alaska.
Dr Amen hopes to optimize health for people and communities at all stages of life. He believes this is best achieved by partnering with his patients and sharing with them in their healthcare decisions and goals.
Having grown up in small town, he has a heart for practicing medicine in Homer. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and wood work. He and his wife have two little boys whom they are very excited to be raising in rural Alaska.