Doctors

Adult and Family Medicine

• 
  James Rice- Nurse Practitioner View Bio
  

  James Rice- Nurse Practitioner

  Clinical Interest: Family Medicine

  School: The George Washington University

  Residency: N/A

  Languages Spoken: English

  Special Interests:

  Accepting New Patients: Yes

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  Nikhil A. Sangave, PharmMD View Bio
  

  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 – Lead Physician View Bio
  

  Alexander Ocampo, MD – Lead Physician

  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

• 
  Sameer Chinoy, MD View Bio
  

  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 View Bio
  

  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

• 
  Meltem Yalcin, MD View Bio
  

  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
• 
  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
• 
  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
• 
  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

• 
  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

• 
  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

• 
  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
• 
  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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  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

• 
  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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  Somphit Chinkham, CNM, MPH View Bio
  

  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
• 
  Lorna Wilkerson, MD View Bio
  

  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

• 
  Sigride Jean Sicard- Nurse Practitioner View Bio
  

  Sigride Jean Sicard- Nurse Practitioner

  Clinical Interest: Newborn
  School: Quinnipiac University ( Undergrad) North Eastern ( Grad )
  Residency: n\b
  Languages Spoken: English , Conversational French , advanced understanding (French and Haitian Creole )
  Special Interests: Yoga
  Accepting New Patients: Yes

Behavioral Health

• 
  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

• 
  Sandra Felder, MD View Bio
  

  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

Adult Medicine

• 
  Patrick Giguere- Acupuncturist View Bio
  

  Patrick Giguere- Acupuncturist

  Clinical Interest: Acupuncture
  School: Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CSTCM)
  Residency:
  Languages Spoken: English and French
  Special Interests:
  Accepting New Patients: Yes