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2017 9 FEATUR ED in this issue: Julie La Barba, M.D. FAAP NUTRITION 3 Kevin Blair, M.D. WOMEN'S HEALTH 6 Bryan Fisk, M.D. CRITICAL CARE 7 Visit christussantarosa.org/locations. We're near you. Winter 4 Be Well At Work 6 Teaming Up Post-Baby 9 Advances in Robotic Surgery 10 Windows to Your Health 9 10 Valentin Almendarez Jr., M.D. OB/GYN Shahid Aziz, M.D. ENDOCRINOLOGY 4 6 ON THE COVER: Becca Mechler and her daughter, Eleanor play in the leaves at Landa Park in New Braunfels Providers with a † are new to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Alamo Heights Providers with a * are new to The Children's Hospital of San Antonio All others are new to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System This list is current as of Nov. 30, 2016 and every effort has been made to eliminate unintentional oversight. ANESTHESIOLOGY Lindsey Bergman, M.D. Harold Bolnick, M.D. C huck Quoc-chinh Doan, M.D. Christine Liu Fleming, M.D.* Kerry Kreidel, M.D. Nina Mahnke, M.D. Joaquin Martinez III, M.D. Monica I Rivera, M.D. Joe Don Robinson, M.D. Brian Keith Seastrunk, M.D. Kimberly Traxinger, M.D. Internal Medicine Manelys Acosta Serrano, M.D. CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST Tamra N. Baker, CRNA Jennifer Esplana, CRNA J immie Cyrus Johnson II, CRNA R honda Cheryl Martone, CRNA* Elyse Parchmont, CRNA Jingjing C. Sparrow, CRNA* Saeed M Yacouby, CRNA EMERGENCY MEDICINE Robert Medell Gonzalez, M.D. David Gonzalez, M.D. Keith Randall Hurst, D.O. Martin Joseph Munroe, M.D. Joseph Okpe Onuh, M.D. Rolando Rios, M.D. Ivan Mark Santos, M.D. Bruce Scaff, M.D. ENDODONTICS Nikita Ruparel DDS FAMILY MEDICINE Edgardo Benavides, D.O. Kassie Soefje Johnson, M.D. Terri Kirn, M.D. Eduardo J Uribe, M.D. FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER Hank Hensley, FNP GASTROENTEROLOGY Emmanuel Gorospe, M.D. Sidhartha S Tulachan, M.D.* GENERAL SURGERY Bryan Hambric, M.D. Travis L. Holloway, M.D. Sangeetha Kolluri, D.O. Kathryn A Wagner, M.D. HOSPITALIST Luong Ngoc Vo, D.O. HYPERBARIC MEDICINE R icardo Cosme Aguilar Jr., M.D. Jacinto Zambrano, M.D. INFECTIOUS DISEASE Gemma A. Berlanga, M.D. N orys Alexandra Castro Pena, M.D. INTERNAL MEDICINE Manelys Acosta Serrano, M.D. Diana Aluyen, M.D. Adeniyi Olawale Igun, M.D. Uma Chandra Nair, M.D. MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE Richard Kent Wagner, M.D. NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER Angela Garza, NNP Tiffany Hatchett, NNP Nancy Salgado, NNP* NEPHROLOGY Bushra Yusuf, M.D. NEUROLOGY L akshmi Reddy Beeravolu, M.D. Eli Samuel Neiman, D.O. Joel Scott Wolinsky, M.D. NEUROSURGERY Thomas Allen Kingman, M.D. NURSE PRACTITIONER-ACUTE CARE Stephanie Whitenack, ACNP NURSE PRACTITIONER- GERONTOLOGY Trina Hawkins, APN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Peter Edward Nielsen, M.D. D iana Milagros Santiago-Chamorro, M.D.* C hristian Javier Santiago-Matos, M.D.* Vincenzo Sabella, M.D.† ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Thomas DeBerardino, M.D. Jesse C. DeLee, M.D. Matthew Michael Dwyer, M.D. John Allan Evans, M.D. Craig Russell Glauser, M.D. Joel Wayne Jenne, M.D. Bryan William Kaiser, M.D. Gregory Lane Naugher, M.D. Alec Christian Stall, M.D. Casey Dan Taber, M.D. Brad Steven Tolin, M.D. ORTHOPEDICS Siraj A. Sayeed, M.D. OTOLARYNGOLOGY Ian J Alexander, M.D. Cara Cockerill, M.D. PATHOLOGY Cliff Morgan Richmond, M.D. PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY D ean Bradley Andropoulos, M.D. Ken Brady, M.D. Lisa Ann Caplan, M.D.* Ronald Blaine Easley, M.D. Erin Arthur Gottlieb, M.D.* Stuart R. Hall, M.D. John V. Hirsch, M.D.* Emad Beniameem Mossad, M.D.* Pablo Motta, M.D. Zoel Augusto Quinonez, M.D. Ashraf M. Resheidat, M.D. S tephen Alexander Stayer, M.D. Tunga Suresh, M.D.* P remal Madhukar Trivedi, M.D. David Freed Vener, M.D.* PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Richard Owen Lorber, M.D.* Lakshmi Nagaraju, M.D. PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Diane Lee DMD PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST Lisa Katherine Beckner, M.D. PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY Carter Richards, M.D. PEDIATRIC SURGERY I an Crichton Slight Mitchell, M.D.* PEDIATRICS Cynthia Chi, M.D.* Amy Wallace Flores, M.D.* Ram Hari Sharma, M.D.* R yan David Van Ramshorst, M.D. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHAB Jeremiah Nathan West, M.D. PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT K ristopher Lee Richardson, PA-C PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT CERTIFIED Ann D. Johnson, PA-C Kaylen Lebens, PA-C Nicole McElaney, PA-C Steffany Mock, PA-C Donald Morris, PA-C Lisa Mozejko, PA-C Robert Schonhoff, PA-C Christopher Michael Soulas, PA-C Mollyrose Wannamaker, PA-C Laura Webb, PA-C Darcie M. Zarlingo, PA-C PLASTIC SURGERY Constance M. Barone, M.D. Julio Enrique Ortiz, M.D. PSYCHIATRY Michael Stephen Krug, APN PSYCHOLOGIST Tamara E. Armstrong, PsyD RHEUMATOLOGY Julio Beras-Matos, M.D. SURGERY H aisar Eduardo Dao Campi, M.D. Amita Shah, M.D. UROLOGY Edwin Edgard Morales, M.D. Welcome, New Providers For better overall health, walk, stretch or stand for five to 10 minutes each hour you sit CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. For more information, see link on our home page at christussantarosa.org ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. LiveWell is produced by the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Strategic Marketing and Communications Department. Publisher: Melissa C. 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