A lifelong Oregonian, Jake Metolius Waits has called Bend home for many years. He has spent the past 14 years working as an emergency room doctor, a career that has given him a front-row seat to the humor, heartache, resilience, and occasional absurdity of being human. More recently, Jake has turned to creativity and writing as a new adventure. Under the pen name Metolius Rox, he is the author of two books, including Bobbie. When he is not working in the ER or attempting to write something worth reading, Jake enjoys skiing, mountain biking, traveling, and exploring the outdoors. He lives in Bend with his wife and their three children, who keep life busy, entertaining, and rarely predictable. Jake is excited to continue exploring where medicine, humor, creativity, and a healthy amount of curiosity might take him next.

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LISTEN: Bend Into Balance: Jake Metolius Waits🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 8, 2026

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Into Balance: Jake Metolius Waits🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 8, 2026</p> </p> <p>A lifelong Oregonian, Jake Metolius Waits has called Bend home for many years. He has spent the past 14 years working as an emergency room doctor, a career that has given him a front-row seat to the humor, heartache, resilience, and occasional absurdity of being human. More recently, Jake has turned to creativity and writing as a new adventure. Under the pen name Metolius Rox, he is the author of two books, including <em>Bobbie</em>. When he is not working in the ER or attempting to write something worth reading, Jake enjoys skiing, mountain biking, traveling, and exploring the outdoors. He lives in Bend with his wife and their three children, who keep life busy, entertaining, and rarely predictable. Jake is excited to continue exploring where medicine, humor, creativity, and a healthy amount of curiosity might take him next.</p> <p>LISTEN NOW:</p> <div id="buzzsprout-player-19774140"></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/video-and-podcasts/podcasts/listen-bend-into-balance-jake-metolius-waits%f0%9f%8e%a7/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=99317&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/video-and-podcasts/podcasts/listen-bend-into-balance-jake-metolius-waits%f0%9f%8e%a7/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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