Staff
Whittier’s experienced staff is committed to our mission providing comprehensive health care to our patients.
Doctors
Infectious Disease and Special Populations
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J. Morgan Freiman, MD
Clinical Interests: Infectious Diseases, Viral Hepatitis, HIV
School: University of Nevada School of Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center
Languages Spoken: English, Some Spanish
Special Interests: Skiing, Hiking, Cooking, Painting
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Adult and Family Medicine
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Juliana Igbinosun, NP
Clinical Interest: Family Practice, Health Promotion and disease prevention
School: Umass Boston BSN, Regis College 2017 MSNFNI
Residency: Internal Medicine Cardiologist Brookline, MA
Languages Spoken: English and Benin Language
Special Interests: Spend time in the presence of God, Travelling and Singing
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Nikhil A. Sangave, PharmMD
Clinical Interests: Diabetes, Anticoagualtion
School: MCPHS
Residency: University of Southern California
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on: 5/7/2018
Languages Spoken: English, Marathi
Special Interests: Tennis, Volleyball
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Alexander Ocampo, MD
Clinical Interests: Fall Spectrum Family Practice, Community Health
School: UConn School of Medicine
Residency: Boston Medical Center
Joined Whittier: November 2017
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Special Interests: Running, Biking, Trivia, Spending time with my dog
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Sameer Chinoy, MD
Clinical Interests: Men’s Health, Preventive Medicine
School: Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India
Residency: Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Joined Whittier Street Health Center in: 2017
Languages Spoken: Hindi, Gujerati, Marathi, Urdu
Special Interests: Yoga, Meditation, Reading, Painting, Music
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Robert Scardina, DPM
Clinical Interests: General Foot Care, Diabetic Foot Conditions, Podiatric Sports Medicine, Foot Biomechanics & Foot Orthotics, Foot Surgery
School: California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA (1975)
Residency: Beth Israel – Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on January, 2016
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Walking, gardening, boating, learning at least one new thing each day
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Meltem Yalcin, MD
- Clinical Interests: Internal Medicine
- School: Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey, 2009
- Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Medical Center, Bronx, NY
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in October 2014
- Languages Spoken: English, Turkish
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Michelle Johnson, MD
- Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular disease, women’s health
- School: Boston University, School of Medicine, 1994
- Residency: Boston Medical Center – Internal Medicine
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 8/2003
- Languages Spoken: English / French and Haitian Creole
- Special Interests: Music and reading
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Phillip F. Smith, DPM
- Clinical Interests: Diabetic and P.V.D. patients
- School: Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine, 1965 • Joined Whittier Street Health Center (1973)
- Languages Spoken: English
- Special Interests: Fishing and walking
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Stephen Wright, MD
- Clinical Interests: Urgent care, adult medicine
- School: Tufts University School of Medicine, 1996
- Residency: University of Illinois – Peoria
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in December 2013
- Languages Spoken: English
- Special Interests: Clinical research, music
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
Optometry
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Hanieh Yaghoobi, OD
Clinical Interests: Ocular Disease
School: MCPHS University
Residency: VA Bedford Ocular Disease
Languages Spoken: English, Farsi
Special Interests: Biking, Hiking
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Jennifer Le, OD
Clinical Interests: Primary Eye Care, Contact Lenses, Glaucoma, Diabetes, Ocular Disease
School: New England College of Optometry, 2013
Joined Whittier Street Health Center: October 2016
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Special Interests: Travelling, running, photography, cooking
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Dan Phuong Nguyen, OD
Clinical Interests: Optometry
School: Western University of Health Sciences – College of Optometry
Joined Whittier Street Health Center: September 6th, 2016
Languages spoken: English, Vietnamese
Special Interests: Diabetic exam, contact lenses, comprehensive exam
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Jean-Bernard Charles, MD
- Clinical Interests: Diabetic eye disease, cataracts and glaucoma
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1985
- Residency: Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA, 1986
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 7/2003
- Languages Spoken: English / French / Haitian Creole
- Special Interests: Traveling and reading
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Sampson Nosike, OD
- Clinical Interests: Comprehensive eye care, refractive surgery
- School: New England College of Optometry, Boston, 1995
- Residency: Eye Associates PC
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 2/2001
- Languages Spoken: English / Ibo / Hausa
- Special Interests: Special lenses and care, reading
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
OB/GYN
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Jill Doyle – CNM
Clinical Interests: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, Contraception
School: Columbia University School of Nursing
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on January, 2016
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Special Interests: Travelling, cooking, spending time with family
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Courtney Massaro, CNM
- Clinical Interests: Adolescent health, birth control education, centering pregnancy program
- School: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, TN, 2012
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in September 2014
- Languages Spoken: English, French
- Special Interests: International health
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Somphit Chinkham, CNM, MPH
- School: Boston University School of Public Health, 1997
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in December 2007
- Languages Spoken: English
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Lorna Wilkerson, MD
- Clinical Interests: OB/GYN, women’s health issues, HIV, perimenopause/menopause, contraception, lesbian/transgender healthcare
- School: Cornell University Medical College, NY, 1990
- Residency: Magee-Women’s Hospital, PA
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in November 2014
- Languages Spoken: English
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
Pediatric Medicine
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Hernan Delgado, MD
Clinical Interest: Adolescent Care, Overweight prevention
School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. / Fellowship Children’s Hospital Boston
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on: 5/18/13
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish (native)
Special Interests: Environmental Protection, Cooking, Music
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Behavioral Health
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Hesham Hamoda, MD
Clinical Interests: Research and practice, child psychiatry
School: Kuwait University, faculty of medicine, 2003
Joined Whittier Street Health Center August 2011
Languages spoken: English
Special Interests: Exercise, fitness, traveling, music
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Sandra Felder, MD
- Clinical Interests: Substance abuse, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Psychotic disorders.
- School: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1984
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 9/2010
- Languages Spoken: English
- Special Interests: Jogging, cycling, cooking
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
Staff
Management
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Sameer Chinoy, MD
Clinical Interests: Men’s Health, Preventive Medicine
School: Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India
Residency: Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Joined Whittier Street Health Center in: 2017
Languages Spoken: Hindi, Gujerati, Marathi, Urdu
Special Interests: Yoga, Meditation, Reading, Painting, Music
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Lorna Wilkerson, MD
- Clinical Interests: OB/GYN, women’s health issues, HIV, perimenopause/menopause, contraception, lesbian/transgender healthcare
- School: Cornell University Medical College, NY, 1990
- Residency: Magee-Women’s Hospital, PA
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in November 2014
- Languages Spoken: English
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
Quincy Commons
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Susana P. Castillo – NP
Clinical Interests: I enjoy working with people with a variety of challenging health issues. I also enjoy working in disease prevention and health promotion within the community.
School: Barry University – Miami Shores FL
Residency: Clinical rotations in various outpatient settings in South Florida
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Special Interests: Reading, photography and travelling
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Chigoziri Ojuka, NP
Clinical Interests: Family primary care, preventative care
School: Regis College
Joined Whittier Street Health Center in November 2014
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Reading, exercise, spending time with family
Accepting New Patients: Yes
Nurse Practitioners
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Evin J. Howard, NP
Clinical Interests: Family Medicine
School: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Language Spoken: English, Spanish
Special Interests: Asthma
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Melanie West, NP
Clinical Interests: Adolescent health, General Pediatrics
School: MGH Institute of Health Professions
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on: June 2018
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Travelling, Cooking
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Susana P. Castillo – NP
Clinical Interests: I enjoy working with people with a variety of challenging health issues. I also enjoy working in disease prevention and health promotion within the community.
School: Barry University – Miami Shores FL
Residency: Clinical rotations in various outpatient settings in South Florida
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Special Interests: Reading, photography and travelling
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Sibyl Salisbury, NP
Clinical Interests: Depression, Anxiety, Dimentia, End of Life care and LGBTQ issues
School: MGH Institute of Health Professions 2010
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Playing guitar, History, Social Justice
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Jessica Dacius, NP
Clinical Interests: Primary Care, Women’s Health, Autoimmune diseases
School: MGH Institute of Health Professions
Joined Whittier Street Health Center: November 2016
Languages spoken: English, Haitian Creole
Special Interests: Travelling, reading, interior design
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Zoe Paschkis, CNP
Clinical Interests: Adult Medicine
School: Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (MGHIP)
Joined Whittier Street Health Center: January 3, 2016
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Chigoziri Ojuka, NP
Clinical Interests: Family primary care, preventative care
School: Regis College
Joined Whittier Street Health Center in November 2014
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Reading, exercise, spending time with family
Accepting New Patients: Yes -
Madeline Spinosa, RNP, CNS
- Clinical Interests: Substance abuse, integrated care
- School: Simmons College
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in October 2012
- Languages Spoken: English
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Julianne Ahern, NP
Pediatrics Clinical Manager
- Clinical Interests: Adolescent Medicine, Asthma, and Childhood Obesity
- MGH Institute of Health Professionals, Boston, MA, 2006
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 2/2005
- Languages Spoken: English
- Special Interests: Community volunteer work, baking, and spending time with family.
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
Dana-Farber Community Cancer Center
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Huma Rana – MD
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Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH
- Clinical interests: treating thoracic (chest) cancers, providing access to cancer care and education to Boston communities
- School: Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency: Boston Medical Center
- Joined Whittier: 1/2012
- Languages spoken: English
- Accepting new patients: Yes
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Laura Waldman, PhD
- Research interests: health disparities and health care access
- School: University of Arizona Tucson
- Joined Whittier: 1/2012
- Languages spoken: English
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Ludmila Svoboda RN, BSN, MA, OCN
- Clinical interests: promoting cancer education, screening, and prevention
- School: St. Peter’s College and Columbia University
- Joined Whittier: 1/2012
- Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, German and Czech
- Accepting new patients: Yes
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Aymen Elfiky, MD, MA, MPH
- Clinical interests: treating prostate, kidney, bladder, adrenal, and testicular cancers
- School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- Residency: NYU Medical Center
- Joined Whittier: 1/2012
- Languages spoken: English
- Accepting new patients: Yes
Dental
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Fadi Farah, RDH
Clinical Interests: Dentistry
School: Syrian Private University
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on: 05/17/2018
Languages Spoken: English, Arabic
Special Interests: Reading, Gardening, Travelling
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Rafael Carmona, DMD
Clinical Interest: Endodontics
School: Central Del Este University
Residency: Iberoamericana University
Languages Spoken: English
Special Interests: Reading, Hiking, Spending time with the family, Travelling
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Debashree Saxena, DMD
Clinical Interests: To provide good care to my patients
School: BU Henry Goldman School Dental Medicine (Currently Clinical Assistant Professor)
Residency: BU Henry Goldman School Dental Medicine
Languages Spoken: English + Hindi
Special Interests: Love to spend time with my son
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Auhilda Lizardo, RDH
Clinical Interests: Dental Hygienist
School: MCPHS/Forsyth
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Thalita C. Andenmatten, DMD
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Dentistry
School: Faculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco
Residency: Danvers, MA
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Special Interests: Photography, Hiking, Traveling
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Bassel Boulos, DDS
Clinical Interests:
School: Aleppo University (Syria)
Residency: Marseille – Paris (France)
Joined Whittier Street Health Center
Languages spoken: Arabic, French, English
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Dalba Naveo – DDM
Clinical Interests: General Dentistry
School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
Residency: PUCMM Dominican Republic
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Special Interests: Reading, Travelling, Spending time with family
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Simran Grover – BDS, MSD, CAGS
Clinical Interests: General Dentistry
School: Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Residency: DDS, MSD, CAGS
Joined Whittier Street Health Center on May 16, 2016
Languages Spoken: English, Punjabi
Special Interests: Cooking, Watching TV
Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Thomas Zelinski, DDS
- Clinical Interests: Oral Surgery, Endodontics
- School: Marquette University
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center August 2015
- Languages spoken: English
- Special Interests: Cooking, Sports
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Francisca Tan, RDH
- Clinical Interests: Preventative treatment
- School: Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene at MCPHS, 2012
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in July 2014
- Languages Spoken: English, Cantonese
- Special Interests: Working with children
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Gregory Galasyn, DMD
- Clinical Interests: Endodontics, restorative therapy
- School: Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, 2013
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center in October 2014
- Languages Spoken: English
- Special Interests: Sports (especially basketball), computers, technology
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
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Ashley Paige, RDH
- Clinical Interests: Public Health
- School: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2010
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 1/2011
- Languages Spoken: English
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Mireille Charles Alexis, DMD
- Clinical Interests: Prosthodontics
- School: Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 1997
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 12/2012
- Languages Spoken: English / French / Haitian-Creole / Conversational Spanish
- Special Interests: Painting and sewing
- Accepting new Patients: Yes
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Nurulla Diyanat, DMD
- Clinical Interests: General Dentistry / Oral Surgery
- School: N. Narimanov Medical University, School of Dental Medicine, Baku Azerbaijan, 2000
- Joined Whittier Street Health Center on 8/2007
- Languages Spoken: English / Farsi / Urdu /Conversational Russian
- Special Interests: Traveling, working outside (yard work)
- Accepting new Patients: Yes