Dr. Jocelyn Cooper built this clinic because she saw firsthand how broken the experience of healthcare had become for families. As a working mom herself, she understands that life is busy, health often gets pushed to the back burner, and navigating a fragmented medical system rarely makes it easier. So she created something better.
At IFM Bend, we believe that when we improve the health of one child, one mother, one grandparent at a time, we start a movement toward a world that takes better care of each other. We’d love for you to be part of it.
In 2007, Dr. Cooper learned about Naturopathic Medicine and immediately knew that this was the type of medicine she was meant to practice.
Naturopathic Medicine is preventative medicine, not disease-oriented. This type of medicine teaches us about our innate ability to heal and how mental health is just as important as physical health. Dr. Cooper graduated from Bastyr University, one of the few Naturopathic Medical colleges in the country, in 2011. She was then chosen over dozens of applicants to become a resident at Bastyr University, focusing on family medicine.
After her residency, Dr. Cooper relocated to Bend, OR in 2012 and has been working as a primary care physician ever since. Dr. Cooper has gained recognition in the community as a naturopathic pediatrician and has a strong working relationship with our community providers.
Dr. Cooper has two young children and spends her time trying to keep her kids off their iPads and outdoors as much as possible.
Before jumping to a diagnosis or a prescription, Dr. Cooper looks at what’s going on with the basics, because they affect everything, and they affect each other. Poor sleep drives stress. Stress changes how you eat. How you eat affects your energy, your mood, your hormones. These aren’t isolated boxes to check, they’re all connected, and they’re the first place we look. You’d be surprised how rarely your doctor actually asks about them.
Dr. Cooper was raised in the Midwest and attended both Iowa State University in Ames, IA, and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She studied premed in undergraduate school, as she knew that being a physician was her calling from a young age.
After college, she decided to start guiding for an experiential education company called Outward Bound. This ended up being one of the most profound experiences of her life as she thrived as an instructor teaching young adults how to take care of themselves under extreme physical and emotional stress. She gained appreciation for the simplicity of living outdoors and learned what it means to be self-reliant.
Those years on the trail shaped everything about how she practices: the belief that how you live is just as important as how you’re treated, and that real health starts with knowing yourself.