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TOP DOCTORS
Navigating today’s complex medical landscape can be a chore. Luckily, we’ve done some of the legwork by presenting Sacramento Magazine’s Top Doctors, a comprehensive list of physicians who have received a nod of approval from their peers. In fact, they were chosen through a formal process similar to the informal peer-to-peer process doctors themselves use to connect their patients to the right specialists. Professional Research Services, LLC conducted our survey, verifying each doctor’s credentials and specific areas of expertise. To learn more about the selection process, go to prscom.com. We also asked eight Top Doctors to explain the latest information on subjects ranging from stroke care to hand surgery to mental health concerns during the pandemic. Stories by Cathy Cassinos-Carr ADDICTION MEDICINE Alicia Lauren Agnoli
UC Davis Medical Center (800) 282-3284 Alok Krishna
Family Medicine Clinic of Greater Sacramento (916) 569-8585 Martin Leamon
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-5846 Daniel Lewis
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 482-1132 Allison Meisner
Bradley E. Chipps
Marc Ikeda
Nayoung Kim
Rajan Merchant
Capital Allergy & Respiratory Disease Center (916) 453-8696
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 627-7500
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 480-6500
Angelina Crans Yoon
S. Rubina Inamdar
Binita Mandal
Dignity Health Medical Foundation Woodland Clinic (530) 668-2600
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 691-8500
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 844-1590
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 627-7500 Asha Desai
The Allergy Center at Sacramento ENT (916) 736-6644 Victoria Dimitriades
Christopher Zegers
Gordon Garcia
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Laura Kester
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-3112
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Matthew S. Bowdish
The Allergy Center at Sacramento ENT (916) 736-6644
The Allergy Station (916) 238-6238
Sean Deane
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 482-1132 Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 482-1132
Travis A. Miller
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-3112 Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 627-7500 M. Eric Gershwin
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Mark I. Grijnsztein
Sutter Health (916) 478-6555 Rosemary Hallett
UC Davis Medical Group Roseville, (916) 783-7109
The professionals listed herein were selected by their peers in a survey conducted by Professional Research Services, company of Troy, Michigan. Professionals may be screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through various applicable boards, agencies and rating services. For further information visit prscom.com or email PRS at sshevin@prscom.com. To purchase Top Doctors plaques, please see prsawards.com.
LAURA KESTER, M.D., M.P.H. Adolescent Medicine, UC Davis Children’s Hospital Ah, the turbulent teen years. When hormones start having a party, things can get woefully wacky. Acne, anxiety, menstrual disorders, sexual issues, eating disorders—that’s just a short list of problems that can crop up around this time. But wait! There is help. Between pediatrics and adult medicine lurks a specialty not everyone knows about: adolescent medicine. “It tends to be a smaller specialty, so number-wise there aren’t as many adolescent medicine providers,” says Laura Kester, M.D., who specializes in pediatrics and adolescent medicine at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. “That may be why it’s not as well known.”
Adolescent medicine covers a wide span of ages (10–26) and an equally wide span of issues, but one of the most common is mental health, Kester says. This pandemic year has been particularly tough. “I’d say for many, mental-health issues have gotten worse during COVID,” says Kester. “There’s a pull for teens to be independent of their parents, so it’s been harder with them doing homeschooling and social distancing because many of them are not engaging as much with their peers, their support group.” Gender and sexuality issues are also common. “We’re seeing a lot more youth feeling more comfortable asking questions about gender,” says Kester. “That’s the interesting thing about working with patients of a certain age. We really need to stay in tune with the issues that are confronting their particular population.” Kester says she’s passionate about treating adolescents because it’s such a “powerful point in their lives to help them make healthy decisions that can have such a great impact on their adulthood and adult health. It’s empowering to work with this age group.”
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Neil Parikh
Niroop R. Ravula
Capital Allergy & Residential Disease Center (916) 453-8696
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031
Chiraag Patel
Catherine Whang
Granite Bay Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, (916) 771-2531 Troy Scribner
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Riverside Medical Offices, (916) 784-4220 Suzanne S. Teuber
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
ANESTHESIOLOGY Richard L. Applegate II
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4000 David Lewis Wolf
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031 Aubrey Yao
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031
BREAST SURGERY
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031
Catherine M. Baker
Anitha Ayyalapu
Yona Barash
Sutter Health (916) 878-4950
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2574
Sutter Health (916) 863-1805
Karyn D’Addio-Riley
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5000 Rajvinder Dhamrait
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031 Robert Dong
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2574 Richard Dunbar
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4000 Neal Wayne Fleming
UC Davis Health - Patient Support Services Building (916) 734-5031 Erin Kong
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5000
Richard J. Bold
Lisa M. Guirguis
Sutter Health (916) 733-9660 Damon Herr
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 973-5235 Joelle Jakobsen
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800 Jason Londeree
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5235 Margaret Mentakis
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014 Melinda Mortenson
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (916) 734-5031
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5235
Seth Lerner
Candice A. M. Sauder
Cathy Lammers
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2574
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Elmo Orlino
Brooke Vuong
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4000
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Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014
CARDIAC SURGERY Michael Chow
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 733-4100 Joseph Huh
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 733-4100 Michael T. Ingram Sr.
Sutter Health (916) 887-4845
Henry Zhu
Reginald Low
Kevin Stokke
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 733-4100
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-5678
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
CARDIOLOGY
Walt Marquardt
Vu Duy Ta
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (530) 477-8358
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4000
Peter Miles
Neelima Vallurupalli
Sundeep Adusumalli
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3560 Scott B. Baron
Capitol Interventional Cardiology, (916) 967-4278
Richard Kaplon
Rohit Bhaskar
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-6850
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 736-2323
Bob Kiaii
Howard Dinh
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (800) 282-3284 Robert Kincade
Sutter Health (916) 887-4845 James Longoria
Sutter Health (916) 456-4428 Allen Morris
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-6850 Teimour Nasirov
Sutter Health (916) 340-0111 Gary Raff
Shriners Hospital for Children, (916) 453-2191 Amy Rahm
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (916) 734-3112 Victor M. Rodriguez
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (916) 734-2680 Stephen Rossiter
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-6850 Kapil Sharma
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-6850 Frank Slachman
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-6850 J. Nilas Young
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (916) 734-3861
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4000 Richard P. Ericson
Sutter Health (916) 887-4040 Dali Fan
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 282-3284 George Fehrenbacher
Sutter Health (916) 782-2146 Thomas Fitzpatrick
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5657 Kathryn A. Glatter
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Krisztian Kapinya
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4000 Stephen Morrissy
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4000 Navin Nakra
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5282 Stephen R. Peters
Roseville Cardiology Medical Associates, (916) 782-2146 Femi Philip
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5657 David K. Roberts III
Sutter Health (916) 887-4040 Jason H. Rogers
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 282-3284 A. Sheehy
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5282 Harn-Cherng Shiue
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5282
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5657
Anuradha Khurana
Amardeep Singh
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5657
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 535-3488
Robert Kirchner
Gagan D. Singh
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5657
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3761
Joseph Kozina
Thomas Smith
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 736-2323
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 282-3284
David Lao
Jeffrey Allen Southard
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3560
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 282-3284
Sutter Health (916) 887-4040 Garrett B. Wong
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 282-3284 Zijian Xu
Sutter Health (916) 887-4040 Yingbo Yang
Sutter Health (916) 887-4040 Zoe Yu
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-4000
COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY James M. Conner
Sacramento Colon and Rectal Surgery Medical Group, (916) 966-6121 Wissam J. Halabi
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (916) 734-2680 Burzeen E. Karanjawala
Sacramento Colon and Rectal Surgery Medical Group, (916) 231-1050 Joshua Kehoe
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144 Thomas Magrino
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Ranganath Pathak
Sacramento Colon and Rectal Surgery Medical Group, (916) 960-0466 Elizabeth Raskin
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (800) 282-3284 David Rodriguez
Capitol Colon and Rectal (844) 269-4349
Daniel Shibru
Clarisse J. Glen
Andrew Norris
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-7618
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 453-4966
Patrick Sullivan
Amit Gupta
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-7618
DERMATOLOGY
Jeanne Yu
Jeffry Jones
Sacramento Colon and Rectal Surgery Medical Group, (916) 231-1050
Jeffry Jones MD, Inc. (916) 633-2964
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE AND PULMONARY DISEASE Jason Adams
UC Davis Medical Group (916) 734-8230 Muhammad Afzal
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 325-1040 Shawn S. Aghili
Nicholas Kenyon
UC Davis Medical Center (916) 734-8230 Brooks Thomas Kuhn
UC Davis Medical Center (916) 734-8230 Francis Lam
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821 Petey Lao
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821
Timothy E. Albertson
Gregory Marelich
UC Davis Medical Group (916) 734-8230 Sherry Andrews
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5375
Imran Mohammed
Mark Avdalovic
Dan-Vinh Nguyen
UC Davis Medical Group (916) 734-8230 Parimal Bharucha
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 537-5079 Hugh Black
UC Davis Medical Group (916) 734-8230
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498 Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821 Seth Robinson
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Christian Sandrock
Oma N. Agbai
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111 Mirza A. Alikhan
Sutter Health (916) 733-3792 Smita Awasthi
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111 Elyn Bowers
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3304 Alain Brassard
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111 Robert Burns
Kaiser Permanente - Rancho Cordova Medical Offices (916) 631-2142 UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111 Christie Carroll
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Cynthia Chambers
Pacific Skin Institute (916) 925-7020 Monica Constantinescu
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045 Christine Doherty
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 771-7700
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821
Christian M. Sebat
Sean Doherty
Kapil Dhawan
Walter Shakespeare
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 325-1040
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5375
Nasim Fazel
Ernest Stewart
Michael J. Fazio
Samjot Dhillon
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5375 Darshan Dhingani
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 453-4966
UC Davis Medical Group (800) 482-3284
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821 Vanessa Walker
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498
Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease, Dignity Health/Mercy Medical Group Sacramento air has sucked (pun intended) in recent years, thanks largely to wildfires. That’s not news, but this is: Recent studies show that people exposed to high levels of air pollution are more likely to catch COVID-19—and are also more likely to have a severe case or die. This finding comes as no surprise to scientists, says Darshan Dhingani, M.D., a pulmonary disease specialist (aka lung doctor) at Dignity Health/Mercy Medical Group in Carmichael and Folsom. “Because COVID-19 is predominantly a respiratory disease, scientists expected that air pollution, by altering immune activity and changing the expression of genes involved in inflammation, would make people more susceptible to catching the disease, and then worsen its outcomes,” explains Dhingani. Sacramento-Roseville is the fifth most ozone-polluted area in the country, according to the American Lung Association’s 2020 “State of the Air” report. Short of relocating, what can we do to protect ourselves? Dhingani offers these tips:
Limit the time you spend outdoors, especially when air quality is rated poor.
Stay hydrated.
Recycle the air in your car, and keep windows closed while driving.
Change clothes after returning home.
Take a shower before bed to remove air particulates that may have collected on you during the day.
Barbara Ann Burrall
UC Davis Medical Group (800) 482-3284
Sabrina Chen
DARSHAN DHINGANI, M.D.
When outdoors, Dhingani adds, it is advisable to use a wellfitted respirator (not a surgical mask) that filters out pollutants larger than 2.5 microns. And though you’ve been hearing it for the past nine months or so, it bears repeating: Don’t forget to wear a mask. Dhingani emphasizes that even a simple cloth face covering will help to lower your chances of coronavirus infection by reducing viral load, which is associated with transmission risk and disease severity.
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 771-7700 UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111 Michael J. Fazio, M.D., Inc. (916) 492-1828 Farzam Gorouhi
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045
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of Sacramento (916) 739-1505
KAREN Y. NISHIMURA, M.D.
Douglas B. Patton
Dermatology, Sutter Health Dermatology 101 pop quiz: If sun is the evildoer that lurks behind all skin cancers, why would melanoma pop up in a hidden spot—like inside your nose? Sutter Roseville dermatologist Karen Nishimura, M.D., answers that question with just one word: melanocytes. Melanocytes are melanin-forming cells that exist on all surfaces of the skin and inside our bodies, including genital regions, nail beds, the mucosa and various regions of the eye. “Malignant transformation can occur from any of these locations, such as ocular melanoma,” explains Nishimura. But these occurrences, she notes, are rare. The vast majority of skin cancers (melanoma is just one variety) are blamed on—you guessed it—ultraviolet rays from the sun. That’s why we’re constantly being told to slather on the sunscreen. Not only does it reduce risk of skin cancer, but it can also help to ward off wrinkles, irregular pigmentation and other unsavory skin scenarios. Even darker-skinned individuals who are less vulnerable to skin cancer are advised to protect their skin with an SPF 30 (or greater) broad-spectrum sunscreen. The reason? “Though their risk of skin cancer is lower, it is not zero,” says Nishimura. “The goal is to reduce risk in each individual across the board.” Other steps to take: Wear a hat and protective clothing, seek shade and avoid midday sun. But all sun-protective practices in the world don’t replace the basics of taking care of mind, body and spirit, notes Nishimura. “All organs in our body are first supported by how we eat, sleep, exercise and focus our minds,” she says.
Sutter Health (916) 733-3792 Adam Pettey
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 771-7700 Jasdeep Sharma
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045
Sutter Health (916) 733-3792
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 939-8400
Mary E. Horner
Dermatology Consultants of Sacramento (916) 739-1505 Samuel T. Hwang
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111
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Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3304 Lia Keller
Kaiser Permanente -
Jesse Kramer
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 844-1591 Sangeeta Marwaha
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045
Sutter Health (916) 797-4766 Kory Parsi
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045 Margaret E. Parsons
Dermatology Consultants
Craighton Chin
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic (530) 668-2600 David Cua
Rodney C. Diaz
Pacific Skin Institute (916) 925-7020 Emil A. Tanghetti
Center for Dermatology and Laser Surgery (916) 454-5922 Danielle Marie Tartar
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6111
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400 Vishal Doctor
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5880 D. Gregory Farwell
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 771-7700
Tim A. Fife
Andrea Willey
Jamie Lauren Funamura
Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat, (916) 782-1291
Andrea Willey MD (916) 922-7546
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (916) 734-5400
Peggy A. Wu
C. Eric Gage
UC Davis Health - Cadillac Drive Clinic, (916) 286-6130
Sutter Health (916) 773-7920
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Ben G. Goldwyn
Debbie Aviva Aizenberg
Sutter Health (916) 262-9456
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400
Eli R. Groppo
Ben Balough
Karen Y. Nishimura
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5322
Raja Sivamani
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5880
Sacramento Medical Center (916) 771-7700
Anton Chen
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5322
Michael Babb
MaryAnn Johnson
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5322
UC Davis Health - Cadillac Drive Clinic, (916) 286-6130
Marc Silverstein
Sima Torabian
Ann F. Haas
Montague Carr
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6350 Peter Belafsky
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400 Arnaud Fassett Bewley
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400 Hilary A. Brodie
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400
Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat, (916) 736-3399 Anne Johnstone
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6350 Maggie A. Kuhn
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400 Levi Ledgerwood
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6350 Allen Lue
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5880
Deanne Nyland
Ruwan Ekanayake
Ginger R. McMullen
Thomas Balsbaugh
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3600
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Sutter Health (916) 455-3700
Mercy Medical Group (916) 667-0600
Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2420
Gabriel J. Belsky
Kelly E. Burke
Randall A. Ow
Andrew Elms
Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat, (916) 782-1291
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (866) 454-8855 Shaunye Belcher
Christine Braid
Allison Byrne
Nima Pahlavan
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5322 Shannon Poti
Melissa Jones
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5380
Mark M. Moriwaki
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3346 Deborah Kathleen Plante
Nathan Kuppermann
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (800) 282-3284
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
Brian Rubinstein
Julia Magana
Chaithra Prasad
UC Davis Medical Center (916) 734-5010
Craig W. Senders
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-5400
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5380
Shoab Siddique
Catherine Norbutas
Joseph Morris
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3312
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Toby O. Steele
Samuel D. Turnipseed
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400
UC Davis Medical Center (916) 734-3790
E. Bradley Strong
Leah Tzimenatos
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-5400 Travis T. Tollefson
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-2347 Matthew Zavod
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
EMERGENCY MEDICINE Emily Andrada
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (800) 282-3284 Megan Brennan
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Trevor Cadogan
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Rupinder Chima
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 John P. Dutton
Sutter Health (916) 781-1800
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (800) 282-3284 Sarah Zwehl-Burke
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM Adeela N. Ansari
Adeela N. Ansari, MD (855) 539-5966 Shazia Faiz
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Chu Kwan Lau
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Joyce Leary
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4644 Lara Levin
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4644
Dignity Health -
Sutter Health (916) 285-8100 Kaiser Permanente -
Patricia Ostrander
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6350 Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2600
Dignity Health -
Sutter Health (916) 731-7770
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4004 Pamela T. Prescott
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Patrick Richards
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3346 Saima Sajid-Crockett
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4004 Dana M. Sheely
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Craig Smith
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4644 You Sher Tay
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (916) 497-3040
DANIEL WONG, M.D. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Sutter Health If you run hot or cold, are overweight or skinny, tired or revved-up, you may just have a thyroid problem. Or not. And that’s why it’s tricky business, easily undetected and unsuspected. “Thyroid symptoms are not very specific,” says Daniel Wong, M.D., an endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism specialist at Sutter in Sacramento. “Sometimes people just think they’re tired, for example, when they’ve actually got a thyroid problem.” Thyroid disease is just one of many health issues Wong helps patients with, including insulin management, osteoporosis and adrenal disorders. But thyroid is a biggie. According to the American Thyroid Association, an estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease—and more than half of them haven’t a clue. For such a small piece of the anatomy (it’s a little butterfly-shaped gland, located at the base of the front of your neck), the thyroid leverages a large impact on overall health, especially metabolism. Two of the most common thyroid issues, Wong says, are hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid). It’s a yin/ yang thing: While one might cause sluggishness, depression or weight gain, the other does the opposite, with possible symptoms including sleeplessness, anxiety and unintended weight loss. Thyroid nodules are another common issue that can easily go unnoticed. “A lot of times, they don’t cause symptoms, so people may not realize they have them,” says Wong. The vast majority of these are not cancerous, but there is one very aggressive (and rare) variety, Wong says, so if a growth is found, a needle aspiration biopsy is indicated. Thyroid issues often have a genetic component, notes Wong, so if family members have been diagnosed with thyroid disease, you may want to ask your doctor for a screening.
Manish Upadhyay
Roseville Endocrinology (916) 786-6727 Daniel Wong
Sutter Health (916) 455-3700
FAMILY MEDICINE Alicia Lauren Agnoli
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3630 Megan M. Ash
Sutter Health (916) 451-4400
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Olivier Seban
Theodor Feinstat
Jesse Stondell
Thomas Dugoni
Karen Win-Vroom
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Sutter Health (916) 465-7029
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-0779
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Parul W. Singh
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028
Sooraj Tejaswi
Sepideh Gholami
Sutter Health (916) 781-9885
Biljinder Chima
Biju Varughese
Chhaya Hasyagar
Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (866) 454-8855 Pin-Chieh Chiang
Rocklin Family Practice and Sports Medicine (916) 624-0300 Rino Dizon
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3440 Jojet Zara
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (866) 454-8855
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3540
Michael Emerzian
Dawei Zheng, MD, ABFM (916) 896-1682
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Riverside Medical Offices, (916) 784-4050 Kristin Gates
Dawei Zheng
GASTROENTEROLOGY Yasser Al-Antably
Kaiser Permanente Elk Grove Big Horn Medical Offices, (916) 688-2106
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028
John F. Gisla
Latifat Alli-Akintade
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028
Micaela (Mika) Godzich
Ali Azarm
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3630
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5380
Dineen J. Greer
Sreepriya Balasubramanian
Sutter Health (916) 451-4400 Anthony F. Jerant
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3630 Sarah Anne Marshall
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3630 Christopher Olson
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 939-8400 Paul C. Riggle
UC Davis Medical Group (800) 482-3284 Joan Bianca Roberts
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 691-8500 Tracy Sazima
Kaiser Permanente Folsom Medical Offices (916) 817-5200
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Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-6221 Christopher L. Bowlus
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-0779 Kathlynn Caguiat
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5380 Albert Chang
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028 Renee DeBose
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3370 Rahul S. Dhillon
Sutter Health (916) 262-9370 Serag Dredar
Sutter Health (916) 262-9370
Jason Guardino
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5380 Ronald K. Hsu
Capitol Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group (916) 773-6200 Abdul M. Khaleq
Sutter Health (916) 262-9370 Rana Khan
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-0779
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Loc Ton
Hung Sy Ho
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028 Cara Torruellas
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028 Jason Umphress
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (800) 282-3284 Joelle Jakobsen
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800 Amanda Robinson Kirane
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 David Leshikar
UC Davis Medical Center Cypress Building (916) 734-2858
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3370
Randell P. Vallero
Linda Lee
Anastasia C. (Ana) Waechter
Sutter Health (916) 262-9404
UC Davis Medical Group Elk Grove, (916) 683-3955
Wen Long
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5380
Sutter Health (916) 773-9655
Robert Levy
Ying Wu
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2028
Anand Madan
GENERAL SURGERY
Capitol Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group (916) 773-6200 Palaniappan Manickam
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2596 John McCracken
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5380 Roger E. Mendis
Sutter Health (916) 262-9370 Kuldip Sandhu
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2596 Gurpreet Singh
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Mohamed R. Ali
UC Davis Medical Center Cypress Building (800) 282-3284
Eric T. London
Capital Advanced Surgery (888) 497-0230 Richard Parent
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144 Kristen Rathbun
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2014 Michael Schlieman
UC Davis Medical Center (800) 282-3284
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2014
Michael Beneke
Hazem Shamseddeen
John T. Anderson
Sutter Health (916) 262-9404 Natasha Bir
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Christopher Chiu
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144 Jana Chtchetinin
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2014
Bhavneet Singh
Andres Crowley
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-6221
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2014
UC Davis Medical Center Cypress Building (800) 282-3284 Sharon Shiraga
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5235 Christian Swanson
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800 Glenn Tse
GENETICS Kristin Curtis Herman
UC Davis Health - MIND Institute, (916) 703-0300 Mark Lipson
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4075 Madelena Martin
UC Davis Health - MIND Institute, (916) 703-0300 Billur Moghaddam
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 614-4075 Katherine A. Rauen
UC Davis Health - MIND Institute, (916) 703-0204 Suma P. Shankar
UC Davis Health - MIND Institute, (916) 703-0300 Kamer Tezcan
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 614-4075
GERIATRIC MEDICINE Calvin H. Hirsch
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Ashkan Javaheri
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3460 Huey Chi-Yu Lin
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3630 Vanessa Mandal
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3460 Jeffrey Yee
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Brooke Vuong
Rebecca Ann Brooks
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
CHRISTOPHER O. BAYNE, M.D. Hand Surgery, UC Davis Health Calling Christopher Bayne, M.D., a hand surgeon may be a little misleading. An orthopedic surgeon, Bayne specializes in “all the anatomic structures that make the hand work,” as he puts it. That means not just hands and wrists but elbows, arms and shoulders—in medical lingo, the “upper extremities.” Microvascular surgery is also among his specialties at UC Davis’ Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center. Yes, it’s way more than carpal tunnel surgery—though that’s one of the more common things he does. Also on the hit list: Shoulder replacements, peripheral nerve surgery and microvascular reconstructive free tissue transfer, to name a few. Why would a surgeon choose to specialize in hands, easily one of the most complex structures in the human body? For Bayne, that is precisely the allure. “It’s kind of a nerdy academic interest,” he admits. “The hand has an incredible amount of anatomy in a very small area. On top of that, as a hand surgeon you need to be familiar with every kind of tissue. It’s very intricate and offers unique challenges.” According to Bayne, hand surgery also offers an appealing “instant gratification” aspect that he didn’t find in cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and other surgical disciplines he rotated through in med school. “I really like the ability to give people immediate results that make significant contributions to their health and well-being,” he says. “I see it as a journey we take together.”
Priyal Dholakiya
Neha Shah
Kevin Gramyk
Daniel N. Switlick
Deepti Behl
Brian A. Jonas
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 556-3164
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4055
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
Sutter Health (916) 797-4725
Sutter Health (916) 453-3300
Robert Morris Szabo
Kevin Elliott
Jeffrey Skilling
Stephen Hankins
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700
Kristie A. Bobolis
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 556-3164
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4055
Sutter Health (916) 797-4725
Wiley Fowler
Nell Suby
UC Davis Medical Center Cypress Building (800) 482-3284
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 556-3200 Vanessa A. Kennedy
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Gary Scott Leiserowitz
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Vikas Mahavni
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4055 Rachel Ruskin
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4055
HAND SURGERY Robert H. Allen
Chetan Shawn Irwin
Elspeth Kinnucan
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700
Claire Manske
Christopher O. Bayne
Clifford Thomas Pereira
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 Benjamin Bluth
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2584 Jonathan A. Gant
Sutter Health (916) 797-4725
Shriners Hospital for Children (916) 453-2191 UC Davis Health - Cypress Building, (800) 282-3284
Nathan Taylor
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045 Hoang Tran
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Michael Vance
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 973-5275 Christopher J. Wilson
Sean Rocha
Hand Surgery Associates (916) 457-4263
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
Dora Storelli
Alborz Alali
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Sutter Health (916) 782-5106 Helen K. Chew
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Scott D. Christensen
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 I-Yeh Gong
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2086 Richard Guy
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5626 Lai Hui
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (916) 497-3100
John Kailath
Sierra Hematology & Oncology Medical Center (916) 962-1544 Elias Nicolas Kiwan
Sutter Health (916) 733-4400 Ram Lalchandani
Sierra Hematology & Oncology Medical Center (916) 962-1544 Primo Nery (“Lucky”) Lara Jr.
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Lisa Law
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5626 Tianhong Li
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
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, Delphine Ong
Philip Sardar
Ryan Stevenson
Theodore Wun
Howard J. Homler
Reza Sianati
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 691-8500
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-5626
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2086
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Howard J. Holmer MD (916) 962-2035
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Sivakumar Reddy
Gurvinder Shaheed
David Sun
Sutter Health (916) 782-5106 Sonia Reichert
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Ana Rodriguez Fahrni
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2086
Margaret Leung
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5300
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2086
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-6590
Samer Shihabi
Joseph M. Tuscano
Nathan Paul Fairman
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574
John F. Macmillan Jr.
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 691-8500
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Shahzad Siddique
Stephen Wang
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 556-3200
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2086
Shelly Garone
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-6590
GREG NAUGHTON, M.D. Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Confused about the difference between hospice and palliative care? You are not alone. “I think there are some general misunderstandings out there,” says Greg Naughton, M.D., a hospice and palliative care specialist for Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento. While the two disciplines share a common goal of providing patients comfort and improving quality of life, there is one major distinction: Hospice is for patients with a terminal diagnosis and, generally, a prognosis of six months or less. But palliative care, which is not solely based on prognosis, can be used for patients “of any age and with any kind of illness,” explains Naughton. “It’s important for people to understand it can be used at any time in the course of an illness, and not just when patients are failing or at the end of life.” Patients requiring palliative care are typically those with chronic disease, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes,
AIDS, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and dementia. Naughton emphasizes that both palliative and hospice care take a holistic approach. “It’s not just symptom management for physical symptoms such as pain or nausea, but we also address issues that may come up outside of the physical—psychological, mental, spiritual,” he says. That’s why it takes a village, from social workers to physical therapists, dieticians and pharmacists, nurses and chaplains and, yes, family members and loved ones. “It takes an interdisciplinary approach, a team, and that’s one of the things I really love about my field,” says Naughton.
UC Davis Medical Center (800) 282-3284 Janelle Minter
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Greg Naughton
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 648-6920 Jennifer Osborn
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 537-5079 Sameera Sandhu
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3460 John Scharf
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 648-6920 Jeffrey Yee
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
HOSPITAL MEDICINE/ HOSPITALIST Michael Abate
Sutter Health (916) 733-3777
Jeffrey Stenger
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 784-4050
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Sanaz Abderrahmane
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5995 Stuart H. Cohen
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Matthew Eldridge
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6166 Jose-Mario Fontanilla
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 973-5230 Mohammad Jaber Kabbesh
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5995 Ranjani Kalyan
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498 Brett R. Laurence
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 325-1040 Lenora Lee
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5230
Nelson Chiang
Andrew McNeil
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6166
Gary Chu
Bilal Naseer
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498
Heather McKnight
Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 786-7498
Mithu Molla
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Jonathan Aron
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Meryl Perez
Sriharsha Rao
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 784-4050
Sudershan Singh
Lisa Liu
Colleen Hendershott
Mark A. Underwood
Vijay Rathore
Lin Zhang
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (800) 282-3248
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6988
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
George Thompson
Earnest George Manjooran
Sherrie Mcelvy
NEPHROLOGY
Brian Thornton
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
Roseville Internal Medicine (916) 781-9885
Perinatal Associates of Sacramento, (916) 862-9900
Shubha Ananthakrishnan
NEUROSURGERY
Kathryn Diane Newell
Amelia S. McLennan
Angelique Tjen-A-Looi
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900
Jon Oide
Edward Mentakis
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5230 Pulmonary Medicine Associates, (916) 679-3590
Kaiser Permanente - Elk Grove Big Horn Medical Offices, (916) 688-2106
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148
Robert Zimmerman
Milin Ratanasen
Kristina E. Milan
Vinod Trivedi
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5995
INTERNAL MEDICINE Joi Barrett
Sutter Health (916) 733-8713 Kevin James Burnham
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Bayard W. Chang
Bayard W. Chang, MD (916) 929-2526 Jason K. Chang
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-7777 Meghan E. Hayes
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Ramesh Sinaee
Sutter Health (916) 733-8713 Jane Tsai
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3400 Morgan Waters
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Scott M. Wigginton
Scott M. Wigginton, MD (916) 570-2850 Yunli Zheng
UC Davis Medical Group (916) 783-7109
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148 Carey Moreno-Hunt
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148 Sima Parmar
Perinatal Associates of Sacramento, (916) 862-9900 Veronique Tache
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900
NEONATAL AND PERINATAL MEDICINE Amardeep S. Ahluwalia
Sutter Health (916) 887-0780 Carolyn Getman
Sutter Health (916) 733-8713
MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 537-5135
Zachary Holt
Nina M. Boe
Kristin Robbins Hoffman
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Thao Huynh
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2106 Dheeraj Kamra
Capitol Internal Medicine Associates, (916) 984-7880 Craig Raymond Keenan
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900 Nancy Terrell Field
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900 Matthew Garabedian
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
William Gilbert
Andrew Lee
Herman Locsin Hedriana
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4040
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900
Perinatal Associates of Sacramento, (916) 862-9900
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3761 Adarsh Bhat
Summit Nephrology (916) 789-1505 Janeline Daubert
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6988 Joseph De Leon
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6988 Burl R. Don
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3761 Lana Gafter
Summit Nephrology (916) 789-1505 Elena V. Gelfand
Capital Nephrology Medical Group, (916) 929-8564 Hiba Hamdan
Summit Nephrology (916) 789-1505 Kai-Ting Hu
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6988 Niti Madan
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (800) 282-3284
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3761
Cindy Korte
Jasminder Momi
Sutter Health (916) 887-0780 Satyan Lakshminrusimha
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (800) 282-3284 Francis R. Poulain
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (800) 282-3284 Catherine AnneMarie Rottkamp
UC Davis Children’s Hospital (916) 734-0491 Gustavo Sosa
Sutter Health (916) 887-0780
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5336 Ushir Patel
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5336 Jignesh Patel
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 973-5230 Roopinder Poonia
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2466
Summit Nephrology (916) 789-1505 Nick Youssefi
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6988 Annie Yu
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 973-5230 Franklin Yuan
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 973-5230
NEUROLOGY Ryan Armour
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3372 Jason Chang
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2050 David P. Chesak
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850 Halima Karim
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Shawn J. Kile
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850 Suzanne Koopmans
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2050 Neuzil Lai
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2050 Marc Eugene Lenaerts
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
Amit Banerjee
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Samuel F. Ciricillo
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850 Huy Duong
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Griffith R. Harsh IV
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-4300 Mark Hawk
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Brian Jian
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Kee D. Kim
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7463 Joshua Lucas
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3670 David Moller
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Kavian Shahi
Spine & Neurosurgery Associates, (916) 771-3300 Kiarash Shahlaie
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588 James Silverthorn
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5490 Marike Zwienenberg
Peter Skaff
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3670
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Nicklesh Thakur
Robert Azevedo
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard
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Medical Center (866) 454-8855 Jennifer Baumbach
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148 Rachel Dong
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Amira Zaid
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Amy George
Enass Arahman
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 691-8505
Jocylen Glassberg
Wanda Blaylark
Sacramento Women’s Health, (916) 927-3178
“Time is brain,” says neurologist Peter Skaff, M.D., of Mercy Medical Group in Carmichael and Folsom. It’s a quirky little saying we should all learn and repeat, because the message is so critical: Brain tissue is rapidly lost as stroke progresses—so the faster you get help, the better the odds of a good outcome. Most people likely already know this. But when the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year, Skaff and his colleagues noticed a disturbing trend: People weren’t coming for help. “Quite the opposite of our ERs being overwhelmed with COVID cases, they were empty because patients were not coming in with their usual acute illnesses— strokes, heart attacks,” says Skaff. “It appeared people were staying home out of fear of contracting COVID.” That’s the last thing a person should do, says Skaff. “No one should delay care of an acute medical problem for fear of contracting COVID,” he says. “Our ERs are equipped to care for patients with infectious diseases. Patients will be protected.” Although stroke is still a major cause of death (in the United States it ranks fifth, according to the CDC) and disability, patient outcomes are improving thanks to modern medicine. Two of today’s most exciting advances, says Skaff, are telemedicine and endovascular treatment, in which an arterial catheter is guided up to the brain, where the blood clot can be removed and blood flow restored. This treatment is either paired with the clot-busting medicine tPA (which must be administered within 4.5 hours after onset of stroke) or used independently. Telemedicine is a godsend for stroke patients, says Skaff, especially those admitted to a small hospital without a neurologist on staff. “We (neurologists) are the acute care physicians who can be beamed in from a remote location to assist the ER with a critical decision that needs to be made within minutes,” he says. “I think that’s the most exciting, revolutionary thing that’s happened in stroke care since the approval of tPA.”
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6602
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Laurie Gregg
Neurology, Dignity Health/Mercy Medical Group
Nandini G. Gandhi
Sutter Health (916) 262-9414
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2055
UC Davis Medical Group (530) 747-3000
PETER SKAFF, M.D.
Carrie C. Yiakis
Jacqueline Ho
Associates In Women’s Health Care, (916) 782-2229 Christine Jang
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2055 Kim Kopecky
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148 See Lo
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148 Judy Mikacich
Sacramento Women’s Health, (916) 927-3178 Bahareh M. (Behy) Nejad
UC Davis Medical Group (800) 482-3284
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 David Caretto
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3390 Michael W. Cohen
Sutter Health (916) 797-4700 Stella Dao
Kaiser Permanente Folsom Medical Offices (916) 817-5667 Evelyn Fainsztein
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800 John Forsyth
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Wesley Hashimoto
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2005
Jennifer Overbey
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 681-6102
OPHTHALMOLOGY Robert Bellinoff
Alexander Grand
Medical Vision Technology (916) 731-8040 Sukhjit Johl
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4015 Richard A. Jones
Eye Site Sacramento (916) 452-8105 Louis Klieger
Kaiser Permanente - Rancho Cordova Medical Offices (916) 784-4185 Samuel H. Lee
Sacramento Eye Consultants, (916) 915-0300 Michele C. Lim
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6602 Mark J. Mannis
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6602 Filbert Nguyen
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Sang-Rog Oh
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4015 Robert R. Peabody Jr.
Medical Vision Technology (916) 731-8040 Joel A. Pearlman
Retinal Consultants (916) 339-3655
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3311
Patricia B. Sierra
James David Brandt
Aaron Skelton
Sacramento Women’s Health, (916) 927-3178
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6602
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3550
Michael Trifiro
Carmine Cammarosano
Christianna Stuber
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 351-4800
Nichole Tyson
Mark Drabkin
George Watson
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6400
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Riverside Medical Offices, (916) 784-4185
Clara Paik
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-6900 Kathleen Rooney
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4148
Sacramento Eye Consultants, (916) 915-0300
Robert T. Wendel
Michael P. Leathers
Heather R. Davids
Jeanny K. Park
Stephanie Nicole Mateev
Niyati Skaria
Retinal Consultants (916) 339-3655
Michael P. Leathers, MD (916) 252-9702
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994
Peter Wu
Dahlia Lee
Scott Fishman
Andrew Nicholas Pelech
Michael Myette
Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Endocrinology (916) 426-1902
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4015
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Amy Black
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030 William Bragg
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5700 Christian Bromfield
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030 Jonathan G. Eastman
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 Eric Giza
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6805 Holly Haight
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5275 Domingo Hallare
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030 Brian Michael Haus
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 Samuel Hu
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5700 Ron E. James
Northern California Orthopaedic Associates (916) 512-6262 William Junglas
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2584 Eric Otto Klineberg
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030 Mark A. Lee
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 Holly Bee Leshikar
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 Richard A. Marder
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6805 Dennis Meredith
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Gavin C. T. Pereira
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700 R. Lor Randall
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7246 Brian C. Joves
Spine & Nerve Diagnostic Center, (916) 772-5325 Nicolas Karvelas
Spine & Nerve Diagnostic Center, (916) 772-5325 Brian Kim
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2442 Sharon Leano
Roger B. Stephens MD (916) 564-3377 Andrew Linn
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-5844 Gagan Mahajan
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7246
Ernesto Rivera
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, (916) 474-2250 Lance Shirai
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Sherzana Sunderji
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456 Luca Trento
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Stanley Wright
Capital Pediatric Cardiology (916) 750-2328 Jay Yeh
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700
Vinay M. Reddy
Spine and Nerve Diagnostic Center, (916) 419-9900
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Marty Reed
Michael C. Yang
Sara Aghamohammadi
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5275
El Dorado Pain Management (530) 672-1311
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994
Rod Youssefi
Robert Alisharan
Rolando F. Roberto
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7463
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6353
David W. Tai
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Sutter Independent Physicians,(916) 732-3340
Jonathan Dayan
Matthew L. Tweet
Sutter Health (916) 262-9440 James Voigtlander
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456 James Hill
Capital Pediatric Cardiology (916) 750-2328 Frank F. Ing
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456
Jason Zemanovic
Oleg Kovalenko
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
Capital Pediatric Cardiology (916) 750-2328 Naveen Manohar
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7463
PAIN MEDICINE
Capital Pediatric Cardiology (916) 750-2328
Raphael Klug
David J. Copenhaver
Luz Natal-Hernandez
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3456
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7246
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 Anne Camerlengo
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 Constantine Dimitriades
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994 Daniel A. Falco
Sutter Health (916) 887-0360 Kevin Haug
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 John Holcroft
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994 James P. Marcin
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 JoAnne E. Natale
Dennis M. Styne
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Jennifer L. Plant
Jonathan A. Africa
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994
Sutter Health (916) 887-4780
Jessica Kim Signoff
Yinka Davies
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-2994 Craig Swanson
Sutter Health (916) 887-0360 Thy T. Tran
Sutter Health - Anderson Lucchetti Women’s & Children’s Center (916) 887-0104
Sacramento Pediatric Gastroenterology (916) 332-1244 Arthur J. de Lorimier
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Kelly Beth Haas
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Sunpreet Kaur
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
Christina Chao
Pratima Kodali
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Stephanie Crossen
Sravan Matta
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Mirna Escalante
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Nicole S. Glaser
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Francis Hoe
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Lindsey Loomba-Albrecht
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Ulhas Nadgir
Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Endocrinology (916) 426-1902 Gnanagurudasan Prakasam
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Johann M. Peterson
Sutter Health (916) 887-4780 Daphne Sy Say
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Edward Talya
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Trinh Thi Nhat Truong
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Danielle Usatin
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Endocrinology (916) 426-1902
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
Sudha Reddy
Scott Adams
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
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Elysia Alvarez
Jean A. Wiedeman
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
Reuben Antony
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Jong Hee Chung
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY Ari Auron
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Lavjay Butani
Saunders C. Hsu
Maha Haddad
Sutter Health (916) 469-9337 Kent Jolly
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Sonali Lakshminarayanan
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Christina Lettieri
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Marcio H. Malogolowkin
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Anjali Pawar
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959 Aarati Rao
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Yung S. Yim
Sutter Health (916) 469-9337
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE John Belko
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Dean A. Blumberg
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Natasha A. Nakra
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Elizabeth Partridge
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
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UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Arundhati Kale
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-2011 Stephanie TramAnh Nguyen
UC Davis Health - Ticon II Building, (916) 734-5177
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY Shailesh Asaikar
Child and Adolescent Neurology Consultants (916) 649-9800 William Steven Benko
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
PEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE
PEDIATRICS (GENERAL)
Samuel F. Ciricillo
Sanjay Jhawar
Sutter Health (916) 454-6850
UC Davis Health Glassrock Building (916) 734-3112
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 614-4060
Sean McNatt
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2600 Marike Zwienenberg
UC Davis Health Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY Srihari Bangalore
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 973-5300 Andrew Bregman
Kaiser Permanente Elk Grove Big Horn Medical Offices (916) 525-6100 Anne McBride
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574 Murat Pakyurek
Celia H. Chang
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
Shubhangi C. Chitnis
Diana Go
Sutter Health (916) 454-6667 Katie Friederich
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 Richard Friederich
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 Shannon N. Liang
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
UC Davis Health Glassrock Building (916) 734-3112
PEDIATRIC SURGERY Lisa P. Abramson
Sutter Health (916) 887-4220 Erin Brown
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (800) 282-3284 Jerry Chen
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2600
Sheila Asare-Bediako
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 667-0600 Robert S. Byrd
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Diane Chan
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190 Sean Cooke
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-6800 Eric J. Crossen
Diana L. Farmer
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7844
Erik O. Fernandez Y Garcia
Joy L. Graf
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
Sutter Health (916) 887-4220
Albina S. Gogo
Shinjiro Hirose
Shriners Hospital for Children (916) 453-2191 Jennifer Keller
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2600 Douglas Miniati
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112 Danton Kono
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3520 Jonathan E. Thygeson
Jonathan E. Thygeson MD, Inc, (916) 924-8754
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2036 John Andrew Dorsett
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-7041 Maya Capoor Evans
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-7041 Lawrence Manhart
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250 Craig M. McDonald
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-7041 Vinay M. Reddy
Spine and Nerve Diagnostic Center, (916) 419-9900 Joel Schaffer
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2036 Akshat Shah
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 688-2036 Jeremy Wren
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3373
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2600
Lenore Reeva C. Youssefi
Sutter Health (916) 817-3700
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
UC Davis Health Glassrock Building (916) 734-3112
Payam Saadai
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Carrie Black
Rory J. KamermanKretzmer
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
Sanjay Jhawar
UC Davis Children’s Hospital, (916) 734-3112
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588
Kiran Nandalike
Brian Masselink
Myrza Perez
UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-3112
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Gregg Nelson
Wan Tsai
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4190
Kiran Nandalike
Victoria Akins
Satinderpal Dhah
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 474-2250
Shriners Hospital for Children, (916) 453-2191
Shawna Arsenault Andrew Huang
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4160 Eric A. Kurzrock
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-2222 Jennifer H. Yang
UC Davis Health Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-2222
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7041 Ryan Carver
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 771-6611 Steven Chan
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-2400 Christa Clark
Christa Clark. MD, FACS (916) 246-2662 Jesus Garcia
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5515
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-7481
Lynne A. Hackert
Loren Thomas Davidson
Chetan Shawn Irwin
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7041
UC Davis Medical Center Cypress Building (800) 482-3284
Sutter Health (916) 878-4948
Karly Kaplan
Amy Duckworth
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5515
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
David Kaufman
Matthew Garrison
Kaufman & Davis Plastic Surgery, (916) 983-9895
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3359
Gerald Khachi
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045 Liza Kim
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3331 James Kim
Namjong Lee
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045 Daniel Lee
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2045
Roya Mirmiran
Tom S. Liu
Damon Namvar
Sutter Health (916) 262-9464
Liu Plastic Surgery (916) 333-0246
Sutter Health (916) 262-9464
Pirko Maguiña
Hienvu Nguyen
Shriners Hospital for Children (916) 453-2191
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
Minh-Bao Mundschenk
Beth Noe
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5515
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4045
Clifford Thomas Pereira
Kene Ofili IV
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2700
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Kenneth Phillips
Lindsay Russell
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5515
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
Lee L.Q. Pu
Michael Scatena
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7844 Jeffrey Sweat
J. Sweat Plastic Surgery (916) 400-0822 UC Davis Health - Glassrock Building, (916) 734-2347
Michael Starkweather
Michael S. Wong
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-7844
Are more people seeking mental-health help in the year of COVID? The not-too-surprising answer is yes, says Alison Newman, M.D., a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento. While numbers aren’t available (yet), Newman says it seems clear there’s been an increase in cases at Kaiser, and also an increase in symptoms for people who were experiencing mental-health issues prior to the pandemic. “We know that people are dealing with a lot more anxiety, stress and depression since the pandemic started,” she says. But if anyone hopes to lie on the psychiatrist’s couch any time soon, they’ll probably be doing it in the privacy of their own home. “We’ve transitioned to telehealth,” says Newman. “Probably the majority of our services are now being done by video or phone.” To be clear, telehealth hasn’t completely replaced the old-fashioned office visit. “We’re still seeing people in person,” Newman says. “There are times video or phone appointments just aren’t appropriate.” But generally,
she says, telehealth works very well—and in order to prevent the spread of COVID, she believes it’s the right thing to do. “It’s very important for us to keep everyone safe during the pandemic,” she says. “And there’s also a convenience factor for people who are home with kids and would have a hard time coming to an in-person appointment.” There’s been at least one big upside to this newfangled way of providing services, Newman notes: fewer cancellations and noshows. “It’s just easier to get a hold of people right now,” she says. What will this mean for psychiatric patients, post-COVID? The future is uncertain. But Newman believes the move to telehealth “will definitely have some impact on how we deliver care in the long term.”
Tanya Singleton
Travis T. Tollefson
Centre for Plastic Surgery (916) 791-7088
Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5275 Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2030
Granger Wong
ALISON NEWMAN, M.D.
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Kirsten Van Voris-Scatena
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5275
PSYCHIATRY Vladislav Afanasevich
PODIATRY
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5300
Timothy Bernard
Cheree Dunbar
Brian Fitch
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Northern California Wellness, Inc. (916) 790-5352
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 525-6100
Helen Kales
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574 Maria Koshy
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, (916) 525-6100 Pachida Lo
Kaiser Permanente - South
Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6100 Alison Newman
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6100 Lorin M. Scher
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574
Andrés Felipe Sciolla
UC Davis Health Behavioral Health Center (916) 734-3574 Humberto Temporini
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 525-6100
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RADIATION ONCOLOGY Rachel Chou
Kaiser Permanente - Rancho Cordova Medical Offices (916) 631-2730 Megan E. Daly
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (800) 362-5566 Ruben Fragoso
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (800) 362-5566 Christopher U. Jones
Sutter Health (916) 781-1225 Charlotte D. Kubicky
Sutter Health (916) 781-1225 Vincent Lee
South Sacramento Cancer Center, (916) 683-9616 Hubert Y. Pan
Sutter Health - Anderson Lucchetti Women’s & Children’s Center (916) 454-6600 Shyam Rao
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (800) 362-5566 Seth A. Rosenthal
Sutter Health (916) 781-1225 Derrick Schmidt
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 771-2871
Tan Nguyen
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2029 Michael Silberstein
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 817-5250
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY / INFERTILITY Laurie P. Lovely
Northern California Fertility Medical Center (916) 773-2229 Michael J. Murray
Northern California Fertility Medical Center (916) 773-2229 Kenneth Vu
ARC Fertility (888) -990-2727
Gurtej S. Cheema
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Minzi Chen
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600 Mohammadomid Edrissian
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2330 Diana W. Lau
RADIOLOGY Matthew Bobinski
Minhchau Nguyen
Ghaneh Fananapazir
UC Davis Medical Center (916) 734-0664 Farhad Farzanegan
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2330 Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 844-1592 Simran K. Thiara
Chia-Li Lai
Kenneth B. Wiesner
Ramit Lamba
UC Davis Medical Center (800) 282-3284
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Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821 Robert Dias
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 733-3372 Kimberly A. Hardin
UC Davis Health - Midtown Ambulatory Care Center (916) 734-3588 David Tzeng
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-4821 Lydia Wytrzes
Lydia M. Wytrzes MD (916) 564-3610
SPORTS MEDICINE Kaiser Permanente - Elk Grove Promenade Medical Offices, (916) 544-6160 Kevin James Burnham
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737 Susan Joy
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Railyard Medical Center (916) 326-8200 Scott Meier
Kaiser Permanente - Elk Grove Promenade Medical Offices, (916) 544-6160 Jeffrey L. Tanji
UC Davis Health - Cannery Building, (916) 734-6805 Brandee L. Waite
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-7041
Thitinan Srikulmontree
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2029 Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2029
Paramjeet Atwal
Costanzo Di Perna
Kirk Keene
Brandon Doskocil
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3665
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2081
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 817-5250
Sterling L. Humphrey
Joyce Loeffler
Farhad Farzanegan
Sutter Health (916) 878-2555
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2029
Megan Merrill
Robert Freed
Stephen D. Maxwell
Sutter Health (916) 878-2555 Rick Peng
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5235 Brian Rezvani
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014 Trevor Williams
Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group (916) 536-3665
Jason Brayley
RHEUMATOLOGY
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (800) 482-3284
SLEEP MEDICINE
Sutter Health (916) 455-3700
THORACIC SURGERY Matthew Agnew
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2014 Lisa M. Brown
TRANSGENDER HEALTH
Maud Morshedi
Folsom Urology Surgical Associates, (916) 540-7070
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2029
Tan Pham
Rex M. Pillai
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2081
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 703-2177
Jennifer Rothschild
Derek Vien
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2222
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 817-5250
Carmen Stapp
Catherine T. Vu
Sutter Health (916) 731-7770
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3606
Christopher Swales
Kimberly Takahashi
VASCULAR SURGERY
Dignity Health Medical Foundation - Woodland Clinic, (530) 668-2600
UROLOGY Carolina Alvayay
Sutter Health (916) 797-4720 Kirk M. Anderson
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4160 Scott Troxel
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4160 Alice Tsao
Sutter Health (916) 262-9386
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2081
Noah E. Canvasser
Jared Whitson
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2222 Samuel T.H. Chan
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2081
Josefina A. Dominguez
Sutter Health (916) 262-9400 Richard Florio
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144 Blake Hamby
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5235 Misty D. Humphries
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3800
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4160
VASCULAR / INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Addison McMurtry
Marc A. Dall’Era
Braden Boice
Matthew William Mell
UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2222
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5720 Matthew Danielson
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Jonathan Eandi
Barton L. Wise
David Tom Cooke
Christopher P. Evans
UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center, (916) 734-5959
Brian N. Naftulin
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 973-5720
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4160
Katherine T. Gardner
Sacramento Rheumatology Consultants, (916) 922-7021 UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2737
Kaiser Permanente - South Sacramento Medical Center (916) 688-2081
Sutter Health (916) 262-9386 UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-2222
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (916) 817-5250 Mark M. Davidian
Sutter Health (916) 878-3495
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144 UC Davis Health - Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, (916) 734-3800 Thomas C. Park
Sutter Health (916) 262-9400 Samantha Stradleigh
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (916) 784-4144
HIGH-QUALITY CARE FROM TOP DOCTORS For the 5th year in a row, more physicians at Kaiser Permanente were selected as Top Doctors than any other health system in the Sacramento area. Now more than ever, our communities are relying on our physicians for their high-quality, comprehensive care, exceptional service, and leadership. With a great team like this, it’s no wonder our members thrive.
Sacramento Magazine’s 2020 Top Doctors are selected by a peer-to-peer survey of local practitioners. Conducted by Professional Research Services (PRS), the survey's goal is to determine which doctors in a speciic geographical area are considered ourstanding by their peers. PRS licenses this data to city and regional magazines and other media around the country.
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UC Davis Health harnesses the power of a world-class university to tackle our most pressing health issues — and to connect our patients with remarkable health knowledge and discoveries.
Dr. Dean Blumberg
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We’re a nationally recognized academic medical center offering personalized primary care for all ages, renowned specialty care in 150 fields, and the latest treatment options and expertise for even the most complex health conditions.
Bringing expertise, clarity and the latest advancements in research and care to our shared community
Since treating America’s first known case of community-spread COVID-19, UC Davis Health has played important roles both locally and nationally in responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Teams from across UC Davis deliver essential care for those with and without the virus; help to advance treatments and testing; investigate vaccines, and more.
Throughout the pandemic, experts like our chief of pediatric infectious diseases Dean Blumberg (shown) have also worked tirelessly to provide the latest evidence-based safety advice for our daily lives — tracking the emerging science from around the globe, then providing context and insight here at home through web content and hundreds of media interviews.
We’ve responded with extra measures to serve our own patients, such as rigorous safety precautions and increased telehealth video visits for different types of care. We validated our own highly accurate COVID-19 test early in the pandemic, allowing us to test all hospital patients and continue important procedures such as cancer surgeries and kidney transplants.
UC Davis Health coronavirus website and e-newsletter: health.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus
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Highly specialized care for patients of all cultures
In addition to common conditions, UC Davis Health dermatologists are leaders in treating even the most complex skin disorders. With a faculty of 20 board-certified dermatologists and other clinicians, our department is proudly one of the largest in the nation — and home to broad experience and expertise in both general dermatology, surgery, and cosmetic services.
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We’re also honored to be the home of our region’s first specialty center for multicultural dermatology, established by Oma Agbai. Dr. Agbai’s special interests in pigmentary disorders, hair loss disorders, and other conditions unique to ethnic skin are rooted in her own clinical research — she’s a co-author of multiple scientific publications and book chapters related to these topics.
The UC Davis cosmetic dermatology service offers advanced, clinicallyproven dermatologic and cosmetic treatments to restore the skin’s healthy and youthful appearance. Our respected and experienced board-certified physicians can help erase damage from chronic overexposure to sunlight, years of facial muscle movement, loss of skin elasticity and other factors.
Our work is also informed by the leading edge of dermatologic science, with physicians and researchers investigating conditions such as aging skin, psoriasis, dermatitis, diabetes, inflam-
Dr. Oma Agbai
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mation, autoimmunity, and more.
UC Davis Dermatology Clinic: 916-734-6111 or 800-770-9282 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/dermatology
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Less-invasive treatment options and extensive support
Dr. Frank Ing
UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center
Drs. Jeanny Park, Gary Raff, Sherzana Sunderji, Jay Yeh, Andrew Pelech and Jonathan Dayan
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UC Davis Health’s full-service pediatric heart center provides some of the region’s most sophisticated specialty and surgical expertise. Cardiologists and surgeons work together to offer the least-invasive treatments for each patient, such as “hybrid” options that can reduce bypass time, pain and recovery time.
The center’s co-director is internationally renowned catheter expert Frank Ing, who leads a team of pediatric cardiologists that includes Jonathan Dayan, Jeanny Park, Andrew Pelech, Sherzana Sunderji, and Jay Yeh. They partner with a team of pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists and co-director Gary Raff, a 20+ years experienced pediatric cardiac surgeon.
Our state-of-the-art facilities include the West Coast’s first level I Children’s Surgery Center. In 2016 we became just
the fourth hospital in the nation to earn this verification from the world’s largest organization of surgeons, the American College of Surgeons. Level I centers have specialty trained children’s surgeons in every discipline, with pediatric anesthesiologists and dedicated operating rooms for kids available 24 hours a day.
Many pediatric heart patients also have other associated medical issues, and our pediatric heart center can involve UC Davis colleagues across a “village” of 30 pediatric subspecialties to help. Our nationally ranked children’s hospital offers the highest level of care for virtually every pediatric health condition. UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center Clinic: 916-734-7439 Referrals: 916-734-3456 pediatricheart.ucdavis.edu
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UC Davis Vascular Center The UC Davis Vascular Center unites the Our center’s expert medical director latest proven technologies with personalized care plans in order to provide state-of-the-art treatment for all types of blood vessel diseases, including aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, carotid artery intervention, vascular embolization, uterine embolization, arterial venous malformations, lymphedema and varicose veins.
Our team coordinates the efforts of experts from multiple specialties, including vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, interventional radiology, cardiovascular anesthesia, and vascular medicine. We have access to numerous, innovative clinical trials, creating opportunities to introduce new and improved options for our local communities.
Matthew Mell helped the UC Davis center become our region’s first Center of Excellence for a new carotid artery disease treatment known as Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) that can reduce stroke risk. The Vascular Center achieved this award as recognition for the quality of its team and outcomes.
Help for every vascular condition, from aortic disease to varicose veins
Dr. Matthew Mell
We provide state-of-the-art vascular care offering both minimally invasive and traditional approaches to individualize care. Our highly personalized vein program helps to solve aesthetic issues and our aorta program tackles potentially life-threatening conditions with both minimally invasive “endovascular” procedures and complex surgical reconstructions.
UC Davis Vascular Center Clinic: 916-734-3800 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/vascular
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From the Olympics and professional leagues to local collegiate favorites, UC Davis Sports Medicine experts have offered care or consultation for a variety of athletes and teams over the years. Our physicians have served as team doctors for U.S.A. Track and Field, U.S.A. Gymnastics, Sacramento’s professional basketball and soccer teams, the city’s ballet, and regional college teams — plus directed the California International Marathon and international ultramarathon events, just to name a few.
The physiatrists, primary care physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and sports performance experts in our one-stop Sports Medicine center provide the same high-level service for active people of all ages and goals — from aspiring pros to weekend warriors to fitness buffs. Our team can help enhance sports fitness, prevent injuries, extend athletic careers, or reach daily activity goals. And when injuries do occur, we offer expert management of joint, muscle and bone problems.
Fellowship-trained sports medicine physicians Brandee Waite, Kevin Burnham, Brian Davis, Marcia Faustin, Julie Ingwerson, Kevin Mullins, Jeremiah Ray, and Alyssa Speciale offer a wide range of treatment options — from ultrasound-guided high-tech and regenerative procedures, to complementary, alternative and lifestylemanagement approaches.
Our Sports Medicine Program is also home to UC Davis Health’s Sports Performance and Wellness Suite. The performance program offers patients and our shared community a variety of a-la-carte state-of-the-art assessments, including body composition testing, bike fitting, running gait analysis and fitness testing.
The sports orthopaedic surgeons on our team provide expert consultation and intervention when surgery is the right choice for treatment. Our orthopaedics service regularly ranks among the nation’s best and is a key player in UC Davis Medical Center’s level I trauma program, a major source of new knowledge about injury treatment.
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UC Davis Sports Medicine Major-league services for active people of all stripes UC Davis Sports Medicine Program Appointments: 916-734-6805 Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/sportsmedicine
Drs. Julie Ingwerson, Kevin Burnham, Brandee Waite, Alyssa Speciale, Kevin Mullins, Marcia Faustin, Brian Davis and Jeremiah Ray
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UC Davis Maternal-Fetal Medicine
UC Davis Health Birth Center Birth center: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284) health.ucdavis.edu/birth-center Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Appointments: 916-734-8068 health.ucdavis.edu/obgyn/ specialties/mfm.html
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Experts in high-risk pregnancies and unique situations
In addition to skilled partnership for routine pregnancies, UC Davis Health’s Birth Center is proud to provide growing families with the highest standard of management of high-risk pregnancies, unique health concerns, complications and unexpected situations. This expertise — available on-site around the clock — is a special hallmark of our care as the region’s only academic medical center, and as one of Newsweek’s Best Maternity Care Hospitals for 2020.
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine service, led by Herman Hedriana, includes specialists ranked among the region’s top doctors. They offer expertise across all areas of high-risk obstetrical care, from medical complications like diabetes in pregnancy, to pregnancy-related complications related to multiples (twins, triplets, quads), preventing early deliveries, detecting inherited conditions, postpartum depression and early-onset preeclampsia.
The team works to quickly coordinate care across multiple specialties, leveraging UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital advantages such as: » our region’s only nationally ranked level IV neonatal intensive care unit (the highest level of care); » our region’s first and only center for on-site fetal surgery, which can intervene in utero or in real time during the birthing process; » the West Coast’s first level I Children’s Surgery Center; and » the area’s only hospital with the nation’s highest recognition for nursing excellence.
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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC Davis Medical Center routinely ranks among the nation’s top hospitals for cancer care, and is home to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — inland Northern California’s only center to earn “comprehensive” designation from the nation’s top cancer organization, the National Cancer Institute. Held by just 50 other U.S. centers, the designation is a mark of the highest standards and achievements in research, outreach and education — which are then reflected in patient care.
“Comprehensive” designation means patients get access to leading-edge treatments — such as development of personalized therapies based on the unique molecular characteristics of individual tumors — and access to clinical trials in early phases of drug development. The physicians who see patients in clinic collaborate with researchers to develop new approaches to beating cancer.
We leverage the cancer-fighting expertise of the entire University of California system through the UC Cancer Consortium, a partnership between cancer centers to boost early detection and develop innovative treatments. Experts like our center’s physician-in-chief Richard Bold collaborate on problems like pancreatic cancer, one of the few for which survival has not improved substantially.
We provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for nearly every cancer as well as all stages of cancer. Patients can often receive all care in one location from a team of physicians covering the spectrum of treatment specialties, and have access to numerous, innovative clinical trials from a large network — creating opportunities for the latest advances.
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Dr. Richard Bold
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Drs. Hui “Amy” Chen, Rebecca Ann Brooks, Vanessa A. Kennedy, Rachel Ruskin and Gary Leiserowitz
UC Davis Gynecologic Oncology A focus on minimally invasive approaches
Located at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, our gynecologic oncology team is part of the largest cancer program in inland Northern California. Our board-certified oncologists focus on the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological cancers, including cancers of the uterus, ovary, cervix and vulva.
Our surgeons are highly skilled in minimally invasive techniques such as traditional and robotic-assisted laparoscopy, which may offer patients faster recovery times and less pain, scarring and blood loss than traditional “open” surgery.
Another area of expertise is fertility-preserving surgeries for women with gynecologic cancers, traditionally available only at a handful of institutions nationwide.
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Photo taken prior to COVID-19 social distancing and masking guidelines.
For patients with more advanced disease, our surgeons also have mastery of radical procedures, chemotherapy, and gynecologic cancer specific radiation protocols.
Rebecca Ann Brooks, Vanessa A. Kennedy, Gary Leiserowitz, Rachel Ruskin and Hui “Amy” Chen are all physician-researchers who are active in research, such as clinical outcomes research, sexual health for female oncology patients, and integrative medicine. We publish on best practices in cancer care, and are actively engaged in clinical trial protocols that provide access to leading-edge novel therapies early. UC Davis Division of Gynecologic Oncology Appointments and referral coordinator: 916-736-6958 health.ucdavis.edu/obgyn/specialties/gynonc.html
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Granite Bay Cosmetic Surgery Dr. Christa Clark,
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon To be nominated by your peer group four years in a row: 2017, 2018, 2019 and now 2020 is an exceptional achievement that Dr. Clark does not take casually. “I want to thank you for this recognition. I believe the key to providing exceptional results is to get to know my patients on a personal level. My ultimate goal is to make sure my patients are confident and happy.” As a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon since 2006, Dr. Clark has helped thousands of men and women from Sacramento and beyond feel more beautiful and confident in their bodies through skillfully performed breast and body cosmetic surgery. Granite Bay Cosmetic also offers the latest in non-surgical cosmetic procedures and medicalgrade skincare. All surgeries and procedures are performed at Granite Bay Cosmetic Surgery, a state-of-the-art facility Dr. Clark lovingly built from the ground up to create a comfortable, safe, and private experience for every patient. Anyone hoping to make a change is welcome to come say hi! The GBC family always has room for new faces—and they look forward to helping you look naturally beautiful and feel seriously confident. CONTACT INFORMATION: Granite Bay Cosmetic Surgery 5220 Douglas Blvd, Granite Bay CA 95746 Phone: 916-242-2662 Web: www.granitebaycosmetic.com Insta:@granitebaycosmetic
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Northern California Fertility Medical Center Physicians and IVF Lab
FOCUS: Our vision is your future family. If you are experiencing difficulty becoming pregnant, we offer a full range of infertility services including in vitro fertilization, family balancing, egg donation, egg freezing, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, gestational surrogacy and vasectomy reversal. EXPERIENCE: Since 1992, our physicians, Dr. Laurie Lovely, Dr. John Gould, Dr. Michael Murray, Dr. Manuel Doblado, Dr. Sahar Stephens have helped create thousands of families. WHY NCFMC? We are the largest fertility center in the region. We are proud of our high success rates and commitment to the highest quality care in our state-of-the-art facility. Our exceptional team of nurses, embryology, laboratory, clinical, and administrative staff are here to help you reach your family goals. LITTLE MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY AT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FERTILITY MEDICAL CENTER
CONTACT INFORMATION: 4320 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95841 • (916) 773-BABY • www.NCFMC.com
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Mercy Medical Group Occupational Medicine FOCUS: Worker’s Compensation Injury Treatment, Employee Health Services including Pre-employment, Surveillance, Fitness for Duty, and DOT evaluations. WHAT SETS US APART: Our practice has been providing evidence-based medicine for workplace injuries for over 30 years in the Sacramento region. Our providers are routinely recognized for achieving quality patient outcomes, improved return-to-work, and lower overall claims costs. We have remained open and available to employers and injured workers during covid-19 pandemic via in-clinic appointments as well as telehealth visits and have provided safe return to work guidance for re-opening of businesses. We have three clinic locations to choose from: Midtown–Dr. Franklin Chinn, Dr. David Caretto, and Dr. Edward Lee; Elk Grove - Dr. Enass Arahman, Patricia Wallrich Physician Assistant Certified; Folsom - Dr. Evelyn Fainsztein Physician Manager. CONTACT INFORMATION: 3000 Q. St., Sacramento, CA 95816; (916) 733-3390 9394 Big Horn Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95758; (916) 691-8505 1730 Prairie City Rd., Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 351-4801 www.mymercymedicalgroup.org
UC Davis General Thoracic Surgery Our general thoracic surgery program helped UC Davis Medical Center earn U.S. News top-50 rankings for pulmonology & lung surgery for 2020-21, as well as the highest score of “high performing” for lung cancer surgery. Our team treats people with lung and other chest problems often using highly precise robotic-assisted surgery, and is Sacramento’s highest-volume robotic general thoracic surgery program. Shown: Program surgeons David Cooke, Lisa Brown and Luis Godoy with one of UC Davis Health’s surgical robots. CONTACT INFORMATION: 2221 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817 • General information: 916-734-5994 • Appointments/Referrals: 916-734-5959 • thoracic@ucdavis.edu • health.ucdavis.edu/surgery/specialties/cardio/thoracic.html
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Capital Pediatric Cardiology Associates SPECIALTY: Full-spectrum Pediatric Cardiology from the fetus to the adult. PHILOSOPHY: We care for each child as if they were our own! UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS: We are the only group in the area with fellowship-trained pediatric specialists in Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Advanced Imaging. We also have the most experienced Fetal Cardiology program in the area in addition to an Adult Congenital Heart program, a dedicated Single Ventricle program, and a Cardiothoracic Surgery team that performs the most complex neonatal cardiac surgeries, minimally-invasive surgeries, bloodless surgeries, and chest wall malformation repairs. This makes us the most advanced and comprehensive congenital heart team in the region! And with 10 convenient locations! CONTACT INFORMATION 2929 K Street, Suite 200, Sacramento (916) 750-BEAT (2328) kidsheartMD.com
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Retinal Consultants Medical Group FOCUS: Our specialized eye surgeons provide the highest level of care for all retinal conditions including diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular hole, and macular degeneration. WHAT SETS US APART: The Retinal Consultants are honored to again be named top doctors in the Sacramento Area. Serving Northern California for 40+ years, all our surgeons are board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and have additional years of fellowship training to be members of the American Society of Retina Specialists. Our group has special expertise in the management of intraocular tumors, uveitis, and retinal dystrophies. We also conduct research to develop the next generation of therapies in our field. Margaret Chang, MD, MS • David Cupp, MD • Robert A. Equi, MD • Carlos Medina, MD • Sarju Patel, MD, MPH, MSc • Joel A. Pearlman, MD, PhD • J. Brian Reed, MD • David Telander, MD, PhD • Tony Tsai, MD • Robert T. Wendel, MD
Our J Street clinic has relocated to 3 Parkcenter Drive in Sacramento. CONTACT INFORMATION: 3 Parkcenter: 916-454-4861 • Greenback: 916-339-3655 Visit www.retinalmd.com for contact information for our Chico, Elk Grove, Fairfield, Folsom, Grass Valley, Modesto, Roseville, Stockton, and Yuba City offices.
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UC Davis Pain Medicine As an award-winning national Center of Excellence, the UC Davis Center for Pain Medicine provides state-of-the-art care that allows patients to recoup function and reengage in healthy and active lives. With over 100 years of combined experience across a variety of specialties, our faculty has received international, national, and local recognition and includes multiple recipients of Sacramento Magazine’s Top Docs award. Our center offers leading-edge treatments including specialized injections, implantable devices, and behavioral based interventions. We take a whole-person approach to care by creating individualized treatment plans that address both physical and emotional well-being. Our Center for Advancing Pain Relief draws on the expertise of individuals across different fields to develop pain therapies for the future. We are honored to serve our greater Sacramento community. Shown (listed in alphabetical order): David Copenhaver, Charlie De Mesa, Scott Fishman, Michael Jung, Ian Koebner, Paul Kreis, Gagan Mahajan, Ravi Prasad, Scott Pritzlaff, and Naileshni Singh. CONTACT INFORMATION: 2315 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817 • Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284 • health.ucdavis.edu/pain
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Biljinder Chima, M.D.
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Rocklin Family Practice and Sports Medicine
SPECIALTY: Sports medicine and concussion care and management. EDUCATION: Family Practice residency at San Joaquin General Hospital; Sports Medicine fellowship at Arizona State University; Credentialed ImPACT Consultant. MEMBERSHIPS: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, Sacramento Valley Concussion Consortium PERSONAL: I am a husband and father of two children. I coach soccer and basketball. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Being double board certified in family practice and sports medicine by the age of 29. INNOVATIONS: I am a certified ImPACT provider (a neurocognitive test that assists in the assessment and management of concussions and patients’ return to play). BEDSIDE MANNER: I am approachable and like to laugh and engage with my patients. ADVICE: Stretch and stay flexible. CONTACT INFORMATION: 3104 Sunset Blvd., Suite 2B, Rocklin, CA 95677 (916) 624-0300; (916) 624-0631 FAX
Dr. Raja Sivamani, Dr. Chambers, and Dr. Yen Pacific Skin Institute Dr. Cindy Chambers, Dr. Raja Sivamani, and Dr. An Yen are board-certified dermatologists with expertise in integrative skin health and wellness, medical education and cutting-edge clinical research. Collectively, they have lectured globally and published hundreds of research articles and are considered national experts in a variety of skin conditions and natural treatment modalities by integrating the latest prescription protocols with a holistic approach. Their comprehensive approach and desire to make a personal connection with every patient allows them to provide the best dermatologic skin care in Northern California. CONTACT INFORMATION: Sacramento, CA • Folsom, CA • Vacaville, CA • 916-925-7020 www.psiderm.com • www.integrativeskinresearch.com • www.dermveda.com
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Top Doctors: A Special Advertising Section
Ideal Plastic Surgery FOCUS: With over 40 years of combined surgical experience and thousands of satisfied patients, Dr. Deb and Dr. Pirko have joined forces to create IDEAL PLASTIC SURGERY. Our new State-of-the-art surgery center in Sacramento is your destination for experience and safety when you’re ready to invest in yourself! Con mas the 40 años combinados de experiencia en cirugía plástica, la Dra Deb y el Dr Pirko se han unido para crear IDEAL PLASTIC SURGERY. Nuestro centro quirúrgico certificado es su casa para cuando usted busque los servicios de cirujanos plásticos certificados y de un equipo completo que le hable en su idioma! CONTACT INFORMATION 77 Cadillac Drive, Suite 170, Sacramento, CA 95825 WWW.IdealPlasticSurgery.COM Facebook: IdealPlasticSurgerySacramento (916) 664-3391
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Top Doctors: A Special Advertising Section
UC Davis Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Dr. Tollefson is a fellowship-trained, double board-certified Facial Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon who has been serving our region and beyond for 16 years. He specializes in pediatric and adult facial restorative and aesthetic surgery, such as rhinoplasty or reconstructive surgery of the face, ears, lip, and palate. CONTACT INFORMATION: 2521 Stockton Blvd., Ste. 6206, Sacramento, CA 916-734-2347 www.drtravistollefson.com
Health Care Professionals 2021 PROMOTIONAL SECTION
Sacramento Magazine consistently provides quality health care editorial coverage in every issue. With four large, stateof-the-art medical systems in the region, as well as thousands of independent physicians, dentists and allied providers, the Sacramento community benefits from the high-level health care expertise that’s right here in town. Our editors and writers draw from these available resources to produce stories every month that cover a variety of relevant medical topics. Be a part of this local monthly medical coverage by participating in our “Health Care Professionals” promotional section. This professionally designed promotional section allows patients to get to know their potential physicians first hand and on a more personal level. Each profile includes beautiful photography and thoughtful copywriting.
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Top Doctors: A Special Advertising Section
Sacramento Ear, Nose & Throat Facial Plastic Surgery FOCUS: Our experienced facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons, Dr. Donald Clutter and Dr. Annika Meyer, perform the complete spectrum of facial plastic, reconstructive surgery and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. At SacENT, we are exclusively dedicated and highly specialized in the rejuvenation and enhancements of the head and neck, using both conservative and surgical options to provide your desired results. Dr. Clutter and Dr. Meyer use their cosmetic surgical expertise and state-of-the-art techniques to achieve results that are natural and aesthetically pleasing—always with your utmost satisfaction. Dr. Clutter is a Fellow at the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Additionally, Dr. Meyer is a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, as well as the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She also mentors pre-medical students and shows young women that surgery can be a career for them. In their spare time, Dr. Clutter enjoys hiking and traveling to unusual destinations, and is an avid bareboat sailor. Dr. Meyer loves to read and run, and of course spend time with her family. One piece of free advice that Dr. Meyer would give: Apply sunscreen every morning, and a retinol every night! Schedule a consultation with either Dr. Meyer or Dr. Clutter today to discuss your cosmetic goals. CONTACT INFORMATION www.SacENT.com/facial-plastics • (916) 736-6698 Sacramento: 1111 Exposition Blvd, Bldg 700 • Folsom: 1561 Creekside Drive, Suite 180
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