Lisa Lya Pacheco, D.O., B.S.N. founded the Portland Osteopathic Clinic for Children in 2003 for all area children who are either under-insured or uninsured. As president of the board, Dr. Pacheco is actively involved in both development and funding for the Portland OCC. After 6 years of treating children at the Portland OCC, and 15 years of private practice in Maine, Dr. Pacheco has relocated to Missoula, Montana where she continues to offer free OMM to area children in need.

Dr. Pacheco received her B.S.N. from Rutgers University College of Nursing in 1984. Her clinical experience as an R.N. was in obstetrics and maternal child healthcare. Dr. Pacheco was inspired to pursue a degree in Osteopathic Medicine while working as an R.N. with Sally Simpson, D.O. in a 26 bed Osteopathic hospital in Bangor, Maine. Dr. Simpson repeatedly demonstrated the clinical effectiveness of skilled Osteopathic hands in obstetrics and surgery. Dr. Pacheco observed a distinct advantage of Dr. Simpson’s training over conventional medical training.

Dr. Pacheco graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1992 and completed a general rotating internship at Brighton Osteopathic Hospital in Portland, Maine. She intensively studied with James Jealous, D.O. from 1987 through 1993, and continues to study and teach Biobasics with Dr. Jealous. Dr. Pacheco also had the privilege of studying with Anne Wales, D.O. Dr. Wales was on teaching faculty with W.G. Sutherland, D.O., who developed Osteopathy in the Cranial Field. Dr. Pacheco is a member of the Andrew Still Sutherland Study Group of New England and is board certified by the American Academy of Osteopathy in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine.