Chief Medical Officer

Ching Wang, MD

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset August 1996.
Specialty - Internal Medicine.
Med School - Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, graduated December 1989.
Residency - New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, completed training June 1995.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996, Re-certified in 2006.

Associate Medical Director

Saika Somjee, MD

Somerton Pediatric Clinic, Joined Sunset July 2007.
Specialty - Pediatrics / Pediatric Hematology - Oncology.
Med School - Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai, India, Graduated June 1993.
Residency - Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Metaire, LA completed training June 2007.
Fellowship - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science, Metaire, LA, completed training June 2005.
Board Certified with the American Board of Pediatrics, 2007
Board Certified with the American Sub-Board of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2009.

Certified Nurse Midwife

Linda Bentley, CNM

Sunset Women's Medical Group-Yuma, joined Sunset November 2007.
Specialty - Certified Nurse Midwife.
School - State University of New York Health Science Center, completed training August 1990.
Certified with the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1990.

Rhonda Hepworth, CNM

Sunset Women's Medical Group-Yuma and San Luis, joined Sunset July 2001.
Specialty - Certified Nurse Midwife.
School - Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, completed training December 2000.
Certified with the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2001.

Delia Montopoli, CNM, NP

Sunset Women's Medical Group-Yuma and San Luis, joined Sunset March 1996.
Specialty - Board Certified Nurse Practitioner. 
School - University of Chile Obstetrics School University of Wyoming School of Nursing, Laramie, WY, completed training 1994.
Certified with the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1995.

Family Medicine

Richard Fortney, PA-C

Somerton Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset February 2007.
Specialty - Physician Assistant, Family Medicine.
Med School - Northern Illinois University, MS & BS, graduated May 1987.
Residency - University of Wisconsin, completed training May 1992.
Board Certified with the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, 1992, Re-certified in 2007.

Sathya Vemuri, MD

Wellton Clinic, joined Sunset August 2002.
Specialty - Family Medicine.
Med School - Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India, graduated January 1996.
Residency - St Joseph Hospital And Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, completed training June 2002.
Board Certified with the American Board of Family Medicine, 2002.

Wilbur Don Duque, MD

Wellton Clinic, Joined Sunset August, 2009.
Specialty - Family Medicine.
Med School - University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, graduated 2003.
Residency - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, completed training June 2009.
Board Certified with the American Board of Family Medicine, 2010.

Angelia Vonceil Cooper, MSN, FNP-BC

Yuma Clinic, joined Sunset August 2009.
Specialty - Family Nurse Practitioner.
Med School - Alcorn State University, Natchez, MS, graduated June 2009.
Board Certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2009.

General Dentistry

Satish Kumar, DDS

Somerton Dental Clinic, joined Sunset March 1993.
Specialty - General Dentistry.
Dental School - Government Dental College and Hospital, Amristar, India, graduated April 1979.

Martin Sobieraj, DMD

San Luis and Wellton Dental, Joined Sunset February 2009.
Specialty - General Dentistry.
Dental School - Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Meza, AZ, Graduated May 2007.
Member of the American Dental Association Academy of General Dentistry and American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Aaron B. Salmon, DDS

San Luis Dental, Joined Sunset August 2009.
Specialty - General Dentistry.
Dental School - Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI, Graduated May 2009.

Praveena Aluri, DMD

San Luis Dental, Joined Sunset January 2011.
Specialty - General Dentistry.
Dental School - Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston Massachusetts, Graduated May 2010.

Internal Medicine

Prabodh Rathi, MD

San Luis Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset August 2009.
Specialty - Internal Medicine.
Med School - Dr. P D M Medical College, Amravati, India, graduated July 1991.
Residency - Temple University School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, completed training June 2009.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009. 

 Syed Hussain, MD

Somerton Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset July 2009.
Specialty - Internal Medicine.
Med School - Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital Karachi (Affiliated with University of Karachi), Karachi Pakistan, graduated October 2000.
Residency - Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, completed training June 2008.
Fellowship - Geriatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, completed training June 2009.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008.
Board Certified with the American Board Geriatric Medicine, 2009.

Moe Aung, MD

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, Joined Sunset November 2010.
Specialty- Internal Medicine.
Med School- Institute of Medicine, Myanmar, graduated June 2001.
Residency- St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY, completed training June 2010.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2010.

 Renu Magu, MD

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset July 2009.
Specialty - Internal Medicine.
Med School - Mualana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, graduated April 1997.
Residency - Mount Vernon Hospital, New York Medical College, Mount Vernon, NY, completed training June 2007
Fellowship - Palliative Care and Pain Managment, Connecticut Hospice, University of Connecticut, Branford, CT, completed training June 2008.
Fellowship - Geriatrics, Monroe Community Hospital, University of Rochester, NY, completed training June 2009.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008.
Board Certified in Geriatrics, 2009. 

Inez Young, RN, FNP-C

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, Joined Sunset October 2008.
Specialty - Family Nurse Practitioner
School - Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, graduated May 2008.
Certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2008.

Oliver Severino, MD

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, joined Sunset August 2005.
Specialty - Internal Medicine.
Med School - University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, graduated May 2000.
Residency - The Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH completed training June 2005.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005.

Kyi Moe, MD

Yuma Internal Medicine Clinic, Joined Sunset November 2011.
Specialty - Internal Medicine
Med School - Institute of Medicine (I), Yangon, Myanmar, graduated June 2001.
Recidency - St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY, completed training June 2011.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Raja Mittapalli, MD

Sunset Women's Medical Group-Yuma and San Luis, joined Sunset March 2007.
Specialty - Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Med School - Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India, graduated December 1998.
Residency - Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH, completed training March 2007.
Board Certified with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Nader Haddad, MD

Sunset Women's Medical Group-San Luis, joined Sunset August 2009.
Specialty - Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Med School - Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, graduated June 2003.
Residency - University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, completed training June 2009.
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eligible.

Dania Sweidan, MD

Sunset Women's Medical Group-San Luis, joined Sunset August 2009.
Specialty - Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Med School - Jordan University, Amman, Jordan, graduated June 2004.
Residency - University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, completed training June 2009.
Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Rakesh Arora, MD

San Luis Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset August 2008.
Specialty - Pediatrics.
Med School - Seth G. S. Medical College, India, graduated June 1998.
Residency - Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, completed training June 2008.
American Board of Pediatrics, Eligible.

Kristine E. Isip, MD

San Luis Pediatric Clinic Joined Sunset October 2010.
Specialty- Pediatrics.
Med School- University of Santo Tomas, Philippines, graduated April 2004.
Residency- University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago Illinois, completed training June 2010.
American Board of Pediatrics Elegible.

Raymond Hatton, MD

Yuma Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset August 1998.
Specialty - Pediatrics.
Med School - University of Louisville Medical School, Louisville, KY, graduated June 1970.
Residency - Medical College of Ohio, Akron OH, completed training December 1975.
Board Certified with the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1977.

Robert Cannell, MD

Yuma Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset July 2010.
Specialty - Pediatrics.
Med School - University of Colorado School of Medicine, Boulder, Colorado, graduated June 1967.
Residency -University of Washington and University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, completed training in 1972.
Board Certified with the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1974 and re-certified in 1990.

Kanka Karmakar, MD

Yuma Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset March 2003.
Specialty - Pediatrics.
Med School - Akademia Medyczna Lodz, Lodz, Poland, graduated June 1992.
Residency - St Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, completed training June 2002.

Board Certified with the American Board of Pediatrics, 2003.