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New doctors help hospital turn-around

Sonoma Valley Hospital CEO Carl Gerlach said at a recent meeting of the hospital board of directors that part of the success of the turnaround process can be attributed to having attracted 11 new doctors. Here is a list of the new doctors:

Laura Pak, Vascular SurgeryCurrent Practice: Cardiovascular Associates of Marin, Larkspur, Calif. (has Sonoma office hours)
University of Pennsylvania, trained at UCSF

Melinda Aquino, Vascular Surgery
Current Practice: Cardiovascular Associates of Marin, Larkspur, Calif. (has Sonoma office hours)
Indiana University School of Medicine, trained at Boston Medical Center

 Michael Bozuk, General and Laparoscopic Surgery
Current Practice: Bozuk Surgical Associates, Petaluma (has Sonoma office hours)
UC Davis, trained at Cottage Hospital and University of Texas

 Aimee Chagnon, Neurology, with subspecialty in Pain Management
Current Practice: Sonoma,
UCSF, trained at UCSF and Harvard

 Lee Newman, Occupational Medicine
Current Practice: Sonoma Valley Hospital Occupational Health
Loma Linda University, trained at Highland General Hospital

 Mark Northfield, Orthopedic Surgery
Current Practice: Petaluma, (has Sonoma office hours)
Brown University, trained at UCLA Medical Center

 Peter Redko, Podiatry and Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery
North Bay Foot and Ankle Center, Petaluma (has Sonoma office hours)
Temple University, trained at Saint Clare’s Hospital, New York
 
Mark Schulter, Ophthalmology, with subspecialty in Retina and Glaucoma
Current Practice: Eye Associates of Northern California, Sonoma
University of New Mexico, trained at University of New Mexico and University of Virginia

 Sonja Schluter, Ophthalmology, with subspecialty in Glaucoma
Current Practice: Eye Associates of Northern California, Sonoma
Jefferson Medical College, trained at St. Mary’s Medical Center, University of Wisconsin and Wills Eye Hospital

Eiler Sommerhaug, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Current Practice: Petaluma
Albany Medical College, trained at UC Davis

David Streeter, Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
Current Practice: Hospitalist at Sonoma Valley Hospital
University of Southern California, trained at USC Medical Center.