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Learn about Dr. Manya Helman 

I was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the daughter of a physicist and a mathematician. Our family lived in in NYC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Oak Ridge national Lab), Lexington, MA (Cambridge Electron Accelerator), finally settling in Port Jefferson, NY (Brookhaven National Lab). I studied Biochemistry at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and was privileged to study Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, receiving my M.D. in 1981. My residency training was at the Oregon Health Sciences University in the amazing department of Family Medicine.

It was from this background that I derive my grounding in both the scientific roots of medicine, and in the commitment to apply this science to the benefit of patients in real life in real time. However abstract was my Dad’s research (his work was in high-energy experimental physics), he constantly stressed that science must ultimately have a practical purpose; it must make human life better. This was the philosophy at CWRU School of Medicine, and was central to the thinking in the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU, where the faculty emphasized the responsibility of a family physician to the needs of their community.

Since 1981

In my community, as I see it, the main need is for understanding of addiction and its treatment, along with understanding of what constitutes true wellness and how to help patients attain it. So, for the past years, I have been focused on the study of both addiction and wellness medicine. I became ‘waivered’ in 2009 to prescribe suboxone as part of ‘Office Based Treatment for Opioid Dependence, and sought the additional education needed to become certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine in 2012. In the interim, I served as the Medical Director for the Marion County Methadone Clinic as well as the Willamette Valley Treatment Center, both in Salem, and continue to serve as the Medical Director for Pacific Ridge Residential Recovery Center in Jefferson, Oregon. I currently serve as the Secretary for the Oregon Society for Addiction Medicine. My most recent continuing education has been through the American Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine.

I am married (34 years!) with three reasonably pleasant grown children, who are off on their own adventures. My husband and I live in Silverton with our cat and Golden Retriever. I enjoy gardening, the gym and learning the violin.

I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest where I completed my undergraduate education at Western Oregon University in 2003 receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Medicine/Biology. 

I later attended the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School accelerated nursing program graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Senior Honors in Clinical Excellence. I then spent the next 12 years working in both the acute care/trauma and primary care settings. I’ve been a staff and charge RN in the Emergency/Trauma Department working in regional and community medical centers throughout the Oregon Mid-Willamette Valley.

I received my Masters of Science in Nursing from Gonzaga University’s School of Nursing and Human Physiology in 2021 and am board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the AANP. Having experienced the disease of addiction first hand (over 10 years clean and sober myself), I have extensive education on the treatment of substance use disorder and wellness medicine and strive to help others that are still suffering live their best lives.

I have a passion for fitness and nutrition and the role they both play in health promotion and disease prevention. In my spare time, I am the co-owner and operator of a CrossFit Affiliate gym in Albany, OR. I also coach athletes of all ages, write and design fitness programs, and am an avid athlete myself. I live in Albany, OR with my wife and two children.

I moved to Oregon in 1979. I enlisted in the Oregon National Guard in 1981. I was honorably discharged in 1987. I enrolled in Chemeketa Community College in 2014. I interned, volunteered and worked at Bridgeway Recovery Services. I graduated with a degree in Addiction Studies in 2017. I transitioned from Bridgeway and was with Marion County briefly. I came to Wellness and Recovery of Salem in March of 2020. Since my arrival at wellness and Recovery of Salem I have acquired my Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor II and Qualified Mental Health Associate II.

I strive to meet patients where they are at this point in their lives. I have a very colorful past and with the grace of my higher power. I have been clean and sober for 20yrs. I believe you should treat people the way you want to be treated. 

My name is Kedward "Keddy" Haines and I have been working in the recovery field for over 20 years. I have a no nonsense approach to recovery. I believe in the 12-step approach of recovery. It has helped me become the person I am today. Myself and the rest of our clinical team are here to help our patients live their best life.