Doctors

Acupuncture

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  Frankye Riley View Bio
  

  Frankye Riley

  • Clinical Interests: Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Fertility
  • School: New England School of Acupuncture, Tufts
  • Joined Whittier Street Health Center in October 2019
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Accepting new Patients: Yes

Infectious Disease and Special Populations

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  Brian Wong, MD – Lead IDSP Physician View Bio
  

  Brian Wong, MD – Lead IDSP Physician

  • Clinical Interests: Infectious Diseases
  • Education: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Joined Whittier in Sept 2019
  • Accepting New Patients: yes

Adult and Family Medicine

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  Joseph Marcel-Saint-Louis DeMertine, MD View Bio
  

  Joseph Marcel-Saint-Louis DeMertine, MD

  • Clinical Interests: Infectious Diseases, Heath & Development
  • School: University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Languages Spoken: Haitian, French, Spanish
  • Accepting new Patients: Yes

   

   

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  Catherine Taglieri BSP, PharmD, RPh View Bio
  

  Catherine Taglieri BSP, PharmD, RPh

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  Michelle Johnson, MD View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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 – Lead Physician View Bio
  

  Stephen Wright, MD – Lead Physician

  • 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 View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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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  Noreen Post, NP View Bio
  

  Noreen Post, NP

  • Clinical Interests: OB/GYN, women’s health, contraception, pregnancy education
  • Education: Frontier Nursing University
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Joined Whittier in September 2019
  • Accepting New Patients: yes
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  Kimberly Phipps, CNM View Bio
  

  Kimberly Phipps, CNM

  • Clinical Interests: contraception, gynecological care, pregnancy and post-partum care
  • Education: Frontier Nursing University
  • Languages Spoken:English
  • Joined Whittier in May 2019
  • Accepting New Patients: yes
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  Tarcia Edmonds-Jehu, CNM View Bio
  

  Tarcia Edmonds-Jehu, CNM

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  Anissa Dickerson, CNM View Bio
  

  Anissa Dickerson, CNM

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  Jill Doyle – CNM View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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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  Lorna Wilkerson, MD, Associate Medical Director View Bio
  

  Lorna Wilkerson, MD, Associate Medical Director

  • 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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  Adetokunbo Olotu, MD View Bio
  

  Adetokunbo Olotu, MD

  • Clinical Interests: Pediatrics
  • School: Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Languages Spoken: English, Yoruba
  • Accepting new Patients: Yes
• 
  Omar Alani View Bio
  

  Omar Alani

  • Clinical Interests: Asthma, ADHD, Pedicatrics
  • Education: Damascus Univ.
  • Languages Spoken: English, Arabic
  • Joined Whittier in Feb. 2020
  • Accepting New Patients: yes

Mental Health/ Substance Abuse

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  Cynthia Carter, MD View Bio
  

  Cynthia Carter, MD

  Dr. Carter is a dedicated and experienced psychiatrist with a deep commitment to addressing the mental health of diverse populations including women, minorities and marginalized populations.

  Her Clinical Interests include: Interface of Law and Psychiatry, Addictions, Dual Diagnosis, Anxiety, Depression, African-American Issues, Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Women’s Issues.

  She received her medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine, did her residency at Yale University and a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. She has been in practice for more than 20 years, speaks multiple languages, including Creole.

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  Matthew Ellam, NP View Bio
  

  Matthew Ellam, NP

  Clinical Interests: Culturally Competent Care and Substance Use Disorders

  Education: MGH Institute of Health Professions

  Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese

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  Helenita Hamer, MD View Bio
  

  Helenita Hamer, MD

  • Clinical Interests: General Adult Psychiatry
  • School: Federal University, Rio Grande Brazil
  • Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish
  • Accepting new patients: yes
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  Oluranti Adepoju, MD View Bio
  

  Oluranti Adepoju, MD

  • Education: Univ. of St Eustatius
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Accepting New Patients: yes
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  Hesham Hamoda, MD View Bio
  

  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