Desert Health News - March-April 2024

www.desertdoctors.org March/Ap il 2024 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Jahan Jadauji, MD (760) 564-7900 WELLNESS MEDICINE Daniel Cosgrove, MD (760) 777-7698 INTERNAL MEDICINE Camilla Davis, PA-C (760) 836-9066 HEMATOLOGY / ONCOLOGY Luke Dreisbach, MD (760) 568-3613 HEMATOLOGY / ONCOLOGY Philip Dreisbach, MD (760) 568-3613 RADIOLOGY John Feller, MD (760) 776-8989 FAMILY MEDICINE Erica M. Ruiz, MD (760) 564-9205 GENERAL SURGERY Samuel Ibrahim, MD (760) 837-7910 Ravinderpal Mann, MD (760) 674-8894 INTERNAL MEDICINE Christian Luzar, DMD (760) 614-8881 ORAL SURGERY AND GENERAL DENTISTRY David Perez, MD (760) 548-3400 FAMILY MEDICINE Roland Reinhart, MD (760) 341-2360 PAIN MANAGEMENT Manish Sheth, MD (866) 657-6592 PSYCHIATRY Jacob A. Spencer, DO (760) 797-7540 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Keith Tokuhara, MD (760) 340-4700 OPHTHALMOLOGY Gary Annunziata, DO (760) 321-2500 GASTROENTEROLOGY Ramy Awad, MD (760) 866-0024 GENERAL AND BARIATRIC SURGERY Edith Jones-Poland, MD (760) 773-4948 FAMILY MEDICINE Arvinder Bir, MD (760) 324-1700 FAMILY MEDICINE PAIN MANAGEMENT Mark Bouffard, MD 760) 776-7999 AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE Michael Kim, MD (760) 642-5549 INTERNAL MEDICINE Richard Byrd, MD (760) 568-5949 COSMETIC AND LASER MEDICINE Doriana Cosgrove, MD (760) 777-8772 PHYSICAL THERAPY Karen Elbert, DPT (760) 501-6655 PAIN MANAGEMENT Lee Erlendson, MD (760) 773-3075 UROLOGY CesarMora-Esteves, MD (760) 346-1133 NEUROSURGERY Shahin Etebar, MD (760) 346-8058 WOMEN’S HEALTH Jolyn Fergon, DNP (760) 564-7900 HAND/UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY Eric Freedman, MD (760) 342-8444 DENTISTRY/ORAL SURGERY Jeffrey W. Garcia, DDS (760) 327-1509 VASCULAR & VEIN SURGERY Anna Gasparyan, MD (760) 902-1511 OTOLARYNGOLOGY Michael Gatto, MD (760) 323-4735 PHYSICAL THERAPY Luke Gentry, DPT (760) 202-0368 INTERNAL MEDICINE Steven Gorman, MD 760) 564-1886 RADIATION ONCOLOGY Peter Greenberg, MD (760) 368-2000 RHEUMATOLOGY Maria Greenwald, MD (760) 341-6800 RADIOLOGY Steven Gunberg, DO (760) 863-4085 NEURORADIOLOGY Christopher Hancock, MD (760) 776-8989 OB/GYN Lara Hasan, MD (760) 327-7900 OPHTHALMOLOGY/ PLASTIC SURGERY Jennifer Hui, MD (760) 610-2677 PODIATRIC MEDICINE Sloan Gordon, DPM (760) 773-3338 COLORECTAL SURGERY Jose Muniz Castro, MD (760) 776-7600 Provider Directory Bishoy Labib, MD (760) 779-1177 NEUROLOGY Elliot Lander, MD (760) 776-0040 REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Amy Law, MD (760) 568-3613 HEMATOLOGY/ ONCOLOGY Ted Ling, MD (760) 200-8777 RADIATION ONCOLOGY Indermohan Luthra, MD (760) 328-7500 NEUROLOGY Rupinder Mann, MD (760) 770-7600 INTERNAL MEDICINE GERIATRICS Stuart Menn, MD (760) 325-4100 SLEEP MEDICINE Farshid Mirzaee, MD (760) 610-8650 UROLOGY Lilia Pacini, MD (760) 564-7900 OB/GYN & URO-GYNECOLOGY Kenneth Phillips, DPM (760) 773-3338 PODIATRY Eric Presser, MD (760) 902-5945 THORACIC SURGERY Arturo Quintanilla, MD (760) 770-0000 PEDIATRICS Justin Reckard, MD (760) 776-7600 GENERAL SURGERY Wendy Roberts, MD (760) 346-4262 DERMATOLOGY Mark Sofonio, MD (760) 341-5555 PLASTIC SURGERY Dennis Spurgin, DC (760) 318-7272 CHIROPRACTIC Jessica Super, DPT (760) 501-6655 PHYSICAL THERAPY Joan Warren, MD (760) 610-5573 PHLEBOLOGY Benjamin Wehrli, DPM (760) 848-8231 PODIATRIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY Michael L. Will, MD (760) 360-0333 FAMILY MEDICINE Bachir Younes, MD (760) 636-1336 INFECTIOUS DISEASE Nasrollah Ahmadpour, MD (760) 775-2550 PULMONARY Carolyn Barnes, MD (760) 202-3946 RADIATION ONCOLOGY Maria Teresa Datan-Benitez, MD (760) 327-7900 OB/GYN Gabriel Evaristo, MD (760 327-7900 OB/GYN Ryszard Skulski, MD (760) 773-0700 CARDIOLOGY Tobias Moeller-Bertram, MD (760) 321-1315 PAIN MANAGEMENT Tim Leier, MD (760) 321-1315 PAIN MEDICINE Roula Younes, DNP (760) 485-3255 INFECTIOUS DISEASE Kevin Richardson, PhD (760) 902-2274 PAIN MANAGEMENT (760) 232 4646 desertdoctors.org American Healh Journal (760) 777-7720 windsorbroadcastproductions.com (760) 610-4106 Isning.com Isning Multimedia Video, Web, Branding MEDICAL DIRECTOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY Rufus J. Mark, MD (760) 368-2000 CONCIERGE MEDICINE, COSMETIC AND LASER MEDICINE Katrina Platt, DO (760) 568-9831 OB/GYN Derakhsh Fozouni, MD (760) 327-2707 Aijaz Hashmi, MD (760) 318-8100 PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY DERMATOLOGY Mike ChangHyun Kim, MD (760) 568-9300 FAMILY MEDICINE Peter Kadile, DO (760) 360-6368 Valerie Valero, MD (760) 327-7900 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Meaghan Berglund, PA-C (760) 341-2360 PAIN MANAGEMENT, PAIN MEDICINE FAMILY MEDICINE Seema Bir, MD (760) 324-1700 Michelle Brilee, FNP (866) 657-6592 PRIMARY CARE HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY Mark Carmichael, MD (760) 568-3613 NEUROLOGY Antoine Elhajjar, MD (760) 340-0528 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY David Hyams, MD (760) 773-3311 UROLOGY Pedram Ilbeigi, DO (760) 346-1133 DERMATOLOGY Timothy Jochen, MD (760) 423-4000 PHYSICAL THERAPY Vincent Kambe, DPT (760) 347-6195 Mersedeh Karimian, DO (760) 242-3939 PAIN MANAGEMENT Maya B. Kato, MD (760) 565-3900 OTOLARYNGOLOGY Frank Kerrigan, DO HONORARY MEMBER CONCIERGE MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE Ralph Kurzawa, MD (760) 568-5949 Kelly Lewallen, LMFT (760) 777-7720 MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING Garvin Patel, MD (760) 327-9400 INTERNAL MEDICINE, GERIATRICS PRIMARY CARE CARDIOLOGY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Hetal Bhakta, MD (760) 883-1600 ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MANAGEMENT (760) 895-4280 Dilangani Ratnayake, MD FAMILY MEDICINE Edward A. 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