The Team

Dr. Drexel was born and raised outside of Seattle, Washington. She graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a bachelor of arts degree in International Relations. She attended medical school at the University of Rochester and graduated with numerous accolades including induction into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. She returned to the northwest for general surgery residency at OHSU. She then completed fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery and flexible endoscopy at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

 After fellowship, she returned to Portland to join Northwest Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Dr. Drexel is passionate about complex abdominal wall hernia repair and strives to perform minimally invasive hernia techniques to improve patient outcomes. Her other academic interests include endoscopic treatments of the esophagus, stomach, and colon. She is an active member of the American Hernia Society, American College of Surgeons, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).  

Dr. Drexel lives with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, yoga, and cooking.

Dr. Tseng is a general surgeon with special training in Minimally Invasive Surgery. He grew up in Eugene and left Oregon to attend Northwestern University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. He then matriculated to the University of Illinois – Chicago for medical school and then returned to Oregon for residency at OHSU. After residency, he continued training and completed a two-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery in 2006. He has been practicing at Providence St. Vincent’s and Legacy Good Samaritan Hospitals since 2006.  

He was one of the first general surgeons in Oregon to be trained in robotic surgery in 2007. He is a specialist in Solid organ and Gastrointestinal Surgery – Esophagus, Stomach, Colon, Small bowel, Pancreas, Spleen, and Adrenal. General Surgery (laparoscopic) – Hernia repairs, Peritoneal dialysis, Gallbladder, and many others. He is a member of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and the American Foregut Society.

He enjoys skiing, spending time with family, cooking, tennis & golf.

Dr. Watkins is a general surgeon who has specialized training in minimally invasive and gastrointestinal surgery. His goal is to view each patient as an individual with unique healthcare needs. He believes wellness and improvement in quality of life should be the primary goal of each visit. Establishing relationships with patients and seeing the change in their life after successful therapy is the highlight of his practice.  Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He earned a Doctor of Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. He completed a general surgery residency at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas and went on to train an additional year in the Advanced Gastrointestinal surgery fellowship program at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA devoted to esophageal/thoracic surgery and advanced endoscopy. 

His interests lie in esophageal surgery, endoscopy, and general surgery. He commonly treats reflux disease, esophageal motility/swallowing disorders, cancers of the alimentary tract, hernias, diaphragmatic/thoracic endometriosis, peritoneal dialysis catheter access and other general surgical issues. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and member of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). 

 He enjoys spending free time with his wife and 3 boys, cycling, snowboarding and music. He is also fluent in Spanish.