Heather Grote is a certified physician assistant who is seeing patients in the Saltzer Health urgent care clinics. She joined Saltzer Health in August 2020. From 2015 to 2020, Grote worked as a certified physician assistant at Primary Health Medical Group where she assessed and managed conditions in various medical specialties, including ENT, dermatology, cardiology,…

Nurse Practitioner Ashley Whitlow brings more than 10 years of nursing experience to her role treating patients in the Saltzer Health urgent care clinics. She joined Saltzer Health in August 2020. Most recently, she worked as a registered nurse in the Hospitality Health Emergency Room in Longview, Texas where she provided bedside care and was…

Jamie Watts, FNP-C, is dual-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and has extensive experience as a registered nurse in emergency and critical care medicine. She joins Saltzer Health in July 2020 to work with patients in the urgent care clinics. Watts’s clinical rotations included episodic, chronic and infectious disease management at Family Medicine Residency of…

Dr. Carrie Newton is a board certified general surgeon who provides care and treatment for a broad range of surgical diagnoses. She has expertise in traditional, laparoscopic and robotic surgical procedures as well as endoscopy and emphasizes a minimally invasive approach whenever possible. She believes in creating a patient care partnership whereby diagnosis and treatment…

Dr. Aaron F. Newton is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, shoulder and knee injuries. He joined Saltzer Health in July 2020. He completed his fellowship in orthopedic surgery-sports medicine at the University of Minnesota, where he received specialized training in arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery and provided care for professional and college…

Jonathan Subaitani is a physician assistant who joined Saltzer Health in June 2020. As the Urgent Care Provider Lead, he oversees the urgent care clinic staff at all locations. Previously, Subaitani worked as a physician assistant at Primary Health Medical Group in Boise and MedExpress in Harrisonburg, VA. He worked previously as a firefighter/EMT-I at…

Ron Strohmeyer is a certified physician assistant who joined Saltzer Health in June 2020 to work in the Caldwell urgent care clinic. Most recently, Strohmeyer worked as a provider at a the walk-in clinic at Valley Family Healthcare in Ontario, OR. Strohmeyer received a master’s degree of Physician Assistant Studies at Idaho State University, a…

R.J. Axtell, MD, is a board-certified family medicine physician who joined Saltzer Health in June 2020. Prior to joining Saltzer Health, Dr. Axtell worked at St. Luke’s Mountain View Medical Center and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center. He has provided care to infants, children, and adults of the Treasure Valley since 2010. Dr. Axtell completed…

Nicole Webb is a Certified Physician Assistant providing team-based care with the orthopedic surgeons at Saltzer Health. Webb earned a master’s degree in physician assistant studies at the University of California, Davis. During her degree program, she developed a special interest in orthopedics and completed a selective clinical rotation in orthopedic surgery at The Orthopedic…

An Idaho native, Dr. Jonathon Wolf joined Saltzer Health in May 2020. Dr. Wolf completed a foot and ankle fellowship at the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Prior to that he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology followed by medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle and a five-year orthopaedic surgery…