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Cantu Michelle Aliotta,
M.D.

- Medical School: Drexel University
- Favorite Movie: "Thomas Crown Affair"
- Favorite Verse: Ecclesiastes 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.
Lazzopina Peter A.
Lazzopina, M.D.

- Family: Stacey and Ben-Ben
- Area of Interest: Infectious Disease
- Favorite Movie: Gladiator
- Favorite Verse: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Chen David Hao
Chen, M.D.

- Family: Jenny & Joshua
- Area of Interest: Family Practice & Geriatrics
- Favorite Movie: Passion of the Christ
- Favorite Verse: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
Moslener - Mary Chandy, M.D.
- Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, India
- Area of Interest: Geriatrics, Cardiovascular Medicine, Pediatrics
- Favorite Movie: "Home Alone"
- Favorite Verse: Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar like eagles, run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.
Martinez Randy
Martinez, D.O.

- Family: Jessi, Josiah, & Alayna
- Area of Interest: Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Favorite Movie: We Were Soldiers
- Favorite Verse: 1 Chronicles 28:20
Espinoza Erica R.
Espinoza, M.D.

- Family: Manny & Derek
- Area of Interest: Women's Health
- Favorite Movie: Coming to America
- Favorite Verse: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phillipians 4:13
Ruiz Philip Midgley, D.O.
- Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Family: Alegra
- Hobbies: Basketball, Golf, Football, Tennis
- Favorite Movie: "Fireproof"
- Favorite verse: Lamentations 3:22 - 24 - Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him."
Mashburn Jeremy
Mashburn, D.O.

- Area of Interest: International Health
- Favorite Movie: Braveheart
- Favorite Verse: "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Phil 1:21
Lomotey Chaylah J.
Lomotey, M.D.
- Family: Reuben
- Area of Interest: Family Medicine, Public Health
- Favorite Verse: "In his heart a man plans his own way but it is the Lord who directs his paths." Proverbs 16:9
Saenz Prasad Pilli, M.D.
- Medical School: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal
- Family: Suja
- Area of Interest: Emergency Medicine
- Favorite Movie: "Pursuit of Happiness"
- Favorite Verse: John 14:6..."I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Philli Suja
Pilli, M.D.

- Family: Prasad
- Area of Interest: Geriatrics
- Favorite Movie: Finding Nemo
- Favorite Verse: "For I know the plans I have for you." declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Martinez Dora A.
Martinez, M.D.

- Family: Justin & various pets
- Area of Interest: Women's Health, OB-GYN, Nutrition
- Favorite Movie: Empire Strikes Back
- Favorite Verse: "There is a time when success lies in the hands of physicians, for they too will pray to the Lord that He should grant them success in diagnosis and in healing for the sake of preserving life." Sirach 38:13-14
Torkelson Marc Pimsleur, M.D. - Medical School: Texas Tech
- Area of Interest: International Health
- Favorite Movie: "Ostrov"
- Favorite Verse: Philippians 1:6 - being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Rummel James R. Rummel, D.O.
- Family: Cassandra & James
- Area of Interest: Procedural Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
- Favorite Movie: Luther, Amazing Grace
- Favorite Verse: Romans 8:28 & Job 38
Matta Stephen S.
Matta, D.O.
- Family: Mary Anne
- Favorite Movie: Fireproof, Facing the Giants
- Favorite Verse: "To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore. Amen." Jude 24-25
 
 
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email: familypractice@valleybaptist.net       an affiliate of Valley Baptist Health System