Providers

At Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center our combined staff of 350 people speaks 29 languages and comes from 35 countries.  Seventy-two percent of our staff are bilingual, of which 13% are trilingual.  We employ staff whose backgrounds reflect the diversity of our client community.  Increasingly, we recruit trilingual staff (primarily fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese).  All staff members receive ongoing cultural competency training.

All of our physicians are residency trained and board certified.  Our Medical Team includes family practice physicians, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, registered nurses, chronic disease nurse case managers, medical assistants, nursing assistants, licensed dieticians, certified diabetes educators, HIV counselors and case managers, childbirth educators, certified lactation counselors and consultants, and patient navigators.  We have specialists on site including: obstetricians, gynecologists, podiatrists, cardiologists, dermatologists, infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists, and ophthalmologists.

Our Dental Team includes dentists, oral surgeons, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental educators, and dental lab technicians, along with support staff who provide services at two dental sites in Worcester, one in Clinton, and one in Framingham.

Our Behavioral Health and Social Service team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed social workers, psychotherapists, caseworkers, and home visitors.

Our staff also includes health educators, youth educators, patient advocates, community health workers, and interpreters for Spanish, Portuguese, Albanian, Nepali and Arabic.  These positions are critical to effective service delivery, outreach to hard-to-reach underserved communities, providing health education, helping clients navigate the health care system, and advocating for clients.

CURRENT LIST OF PROVIDERS

Medical Providers – Worcester

• Ama Ahenkorah, FNP
• Sailaja Allaparthi, MD
• Jaclyn Bilello, PA-C
• Nancy Callan, PNP (Pediatrics)
• Gina D’Ottavio, MD
• Elizabeth Dobles, MD
• Cailin Duram, FNP
• Robynn Eisley, FNP
• Ines M. Hertz, MD (Pediatrics)
• Willa Kahn, MD
• Anita Kostecki, MD
• Daniel Lasser, MD
• Daniel O’Donnell, MD
• Julianne Oberle, FNP
• Tamara Pascoe, MD
• Michele Pici, DO (Medical Director)
• Donna Raymond, FNP
• Manoranjan Singh, MD
• Amaryllis Teixeira (Pina), FNP
• Holly Willett, PA-C
• Iryna Yeuchyk, MD

Medical Providers – Framingham

• Laura Abrantes FNP-C, MSN,BS, RN
• Bree Dallinga, PA
• Margaret Gentile, FNP B-C
• Allian Iffih, MD
• Usha Rallapalli, MD
• Mary Josephine Seibel, MD
• Deval Shah-Canning, MD (Pediatrics) (Medical Director)
• Sandhya Ventrapragada, MD

Specialists – Worcester

Dermatology

• Mary Maloney, MD

Infectious Disease

• David Bebinger, MD

OBGYN

• Debra Papa, MD, OB/GYN

Ophthalmology

• Jean Keamy, MD

Optometry

• Scott Wheeler, OD

Podiatry

• Anthony Babigian, DPM
• Mark Schechter, DPM

Pulmonology

• Steve Davis, MD

Dental Providers – Worcester

• Sung-Kiang Chuang, DMD; MD (Oral Surgeon)
• Brian Genna, DMD (VP, Dental)
• Ani Janbazian, DMD
• Parvathi Nadimpalli, DMD
• Aruna Pappu, DMD
• Simon Rajan, DDS
• Kelly Soares, DMD

Dental Providers – Clinton

• Carl. J. Gimbrone Jr., DMD

Dental Providers – Framingham

• Carla I. Kontax, DMD
• Nader Vakili, DMD

Behavioral Health and Social Service Providers

• Theodor Ene, MD
• Choudhary B.S. Patel, MD
• Angela Camacho-Duran, MD
• Adriana Vandroux, LMHC
• Alfonso Ortega Calderon, Psy.D
• Sarah Katz, Psy.D
• Alfride Prevost-Ricardo, RN
• Gledistoney J. De Oliveira, CNS
• Daniel De Lima, MA
• Jose Drasich, LMHC
• Laurie Costigan, PsyD
• Lucia Maneri, LMHC
• Mary Fierro, PhD, LICSW
• Michael McGrenra, LICSW
• Phyllis Oropallo, LMHC, LMFT
• Randy Marles, MA