Patient Navigator

Alejandra Gonzalez Fisher

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2012

Specialty: Patient Engagement

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Los Angeles Valley College, North Hollywood, CA

Registered Nurse

Alejandra Rivas, BSN, RN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Registered Nurse

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: West Coast University, North Hollywood, CA

Behavioral Health Director

Alejandro Pioli, LMFT

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Behavioral Health
Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents, Pediatrics
Languages: English, Spanish
Education: University of California, Los Angeles, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles,CA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Allison I. Lopez, LCSW

Specialty: Behavioral Health Services

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Azusa Pacific University, CA and University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Analicia Ybarra LCSW

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Behavioral Health Services

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Kaplan University, CA

Care Team Patient Navigator

Arlene Peña

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Patient Engagement

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Carolina Sosa, RN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2018

Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Teens

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: California State University, Los Angeles, CA, and California State University, Northridge, CA

Behavioral Health Case Manager

Cristina Sierra

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Behavioral Health
Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents, Pediatrics
Languages: English, Spanish
Education: California State University,Northridge, CA

Registered Nurse Practitioner

CZE-JA TAM, MS, CPNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood

Patients Served: Pediatrics

Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Education: Columbia university School of Nursing, New York, NY; Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA

David Elimelech, DDS

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2014

Specialty: Dentistry & Oral Health

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English; Hebrew

Education: Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Denise Marron, AGPCNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2018

Specialty: Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults

Languages: Spanish, English

Education: Yale University School of Nursing, OrangeCT, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Dominic Koh, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 1998

Specialty: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Pediatrics and Adolescents

Languages: English

Education: California State University, Los Angeles, CA, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Elham Zarabian, OD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2002

Specialty: Optometry

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English, Spanish, Farsi

Education: Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, CA and University of California, Los Angeles

Physician Assistant

Emil F. Vasquez, PA-C

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Family Medicine

Location: LAVC, Student Health Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, CA; University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Patient/Community Outreach Worker

Erika Robertson

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Multiple Morbidity Counselor
Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents
Languages: English
Education: Valley Community College, Newport International University

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Eva Bedford-Oppong, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2011

Specialty: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

Patients Served: General Medicine & Women’s Health

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English

Education: Family Nurse Practitioner, California State University, Los Angeles and Worcester State College, Worcester, MA

Clinical Care Coordinator

Iliza Lara

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2012

Specialty: Women’s Health

Location: North Hollywood, North Hills

Patients Served: Adults, Teens

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Los Angeles Valley College, CA

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Ivania Gonzalez, LVN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Licensed Vocational Nurse

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Concorde College, North Hollywood, CA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Janetta E. Yanez, FNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2002

Specialty: Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults

Languages: English

Education: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT and University of California, CA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Janette L. Rentino, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2013

Specialty: General Medicine

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adolescents

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Jean S. Sugimoto, OD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Optometry

Location: North Hills Center

Patients Served: Children, Adults

Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese

Education: Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA & University of British Columbia, Canada

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Jeannette R. Hernandez, LMFT

Specialty: Marriage and Family Counseling

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, and Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA

Jill Halper, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2004

Specialty: Board Certified Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Pediatrics, Adolescents

Languages: English

Education: Board Certified, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles

Family Medicine

Joelle S. Birnberg, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2018

Specialty: Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

Patients Served: General Medicine, Women’s Health, Teens, Pediatrics

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: University of California, Berkeley, CA; University of California, San Francisco, CA

Karen Cheung, OD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2008

Specialty: Optometry

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English; Chinese; Spanish

Education: Southern California College of Optometry University of California, Irvine

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Katherine, S. Deguzman, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2013

Specialty: Certified Nurse Practitioner

Patients Served: General Medicine

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English

Education: University of California, Los Angeles and Howard University, Washington, DC

Lawrence Lee, DDS

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2016

Specialty: General Dentistry

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English

Education: Loma Linda University, CA, University of California, Irvine, CA

RN Registered Nurse

Leonardo Lopez

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Registered Nurse

Location: North Hollywood

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: University of California, Santa Cruz, CA Santa Monica College, Los Angeles CA

Leyla A. Leeds, DDS

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2012

Specialty: General Dentistry

Location: North Hollywood Center & North Hills Wellness Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry

Family Medicine

Linda R. Arous, MD

 Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2018

Specialty: Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

Patients Served: General Medicine, Women’s Health, Teens, Pediatrics

Location: North Hills Center

Languages: English, Arabic, Armenian

Education: Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute, NY; University of Baghdad-College of Medicine

Lisa M. Zeelander, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2000

Specialty: Board Certified Family Medicine

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents

Languages: English

Education: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, and University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, PA

Charge Nurse

Manuel Martinez, RN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Public Health Nurse

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: West Coast University, North Hollywood, CA

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Maria E Ramirez, LVN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Licensed Vocational Nurse

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Marian College, Van Nuys, CA

Associate Clinical Social Worker

Maria T. Aguilar, ACSW

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Behavioral Health Services

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: University of Southern California, CA; University of California Los Angeles, CA

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Marisol Flores, LVN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Licensed Vocational Nurse

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Concorde College, North Hollywood, CA

Mia Harlan, DDS

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: General Dentistry

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Tufts University of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA

Michael P. Soles, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2016

Specialty: Board Certified Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults

Languages: English

Education: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Clinical Care Coordinator

Mike Bolan

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Location: North Hollywood, North Hills

Patients Served: Pediatrics/Adolescents

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Concorde Career College, Los Angeles CA

Registered Dietician

MONICA LARA, MPH, RDN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Registered Dietician

Location: North Hollywood

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Loma Linda University, CA; California State University, Long Beach, CA

Naeemah H. Ghafur, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Location: North Hills Wellness Center

Patients Served: General Medicine, Women’s Health, Adolescents, Children

Education: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

Family Nurse Practitioner

Nancy Avendano, NP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2014

Patients Served: Women’s Health

Location: North Hollywood Center

Specialty: Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Languages: English; Spanish

Education: Advanced Practice Nursing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Nancy Ekeke, MD,MPH

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Allergy/Immunology

Location: North Hills Wellness Center

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Education: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, Chicago, IL; Boston University, Boston, MA; Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Behavioral Health Case Manager

Noemy Perez

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2021

Specialty: Behavioral Health

Location: North Hollywood/North Hills Centers Center

Patients Served: Adults, Adolescents, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: California State University, Northridge, CA

Behavioral Health Case Manager

Ricardo Lopez, BA

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Registered Nurse Practitioner

Ruth Valenzuela, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2013

Specialty: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Columbia University School of Nursing, NY, Wellesley College, MA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Sabrina Moiseyev, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Russian, Spanish

Education: West Coast University, North Hollywood, CA

Family Nurse Practitioner

Sandra Alfon, FNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish, Tagalog

Education: California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA, Cebu City Hospital School of Nursing, Phillipines

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Shadi Rezai, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Women’s Health

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens

Languages: English, Farsi

Education: Saint George University,School of Medicine, Grenada

Shawn Summers, DDS

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2005

Specialty: General Dentistry

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Children

Languages: English

Education: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Shawntel Payton, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2017

Specialty: Registered Nurse

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Adolescents

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT and University of California, San Diego

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Stephanie Romero, LVN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Licensed Vocational Nurse
Patients Served: Adults, Teens
Languages: English, Spanish
Education: Glendale Career College, Glendale, CA

Pediatrician

Steven J. Marcus, MD

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2018

Specialty: Pediatrics

Location: North Hollywood Center

Patients Served: Infants, Children

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

OB/GYN

Tara Nowakhtar, DO

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Patients Served: Adults, Teens
Location: North Hollywood Center
Languages: English, Farsi, Spanish
Education: Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist

Tatiana Serrano, AMFT

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Behavioral Health Services

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: California State University, Fullerton, CA; University of California Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Tiffany Rose L. Ynoquio, RNP

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2013

Patients Served: General Medicine, Women’s Health, Teens

Location: North Hills Wellness Center

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Board Certified American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, California State University, Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkeley

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Trinidad Flores, LVN

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2019

Specialty: Vocational Nurse Practitioner

Location: North Hills Wellness Center

Patients Served: Adults, Teens, Pediatrics

Languages: English, Spanish

Education: Concorde Career College, North Hollywood, CA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Yvette y. Quevedo, LCSW

Joined Valley Community Healthcare in 2020

Specialty: Behavioral Health Services

Patients Served: Adults, Teens and Children

Location: North Hollywood Center

Languages: English, Spanish Education: California State University, Northridge, CA