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. Board Certified Nurse Midwife.
School - University of Chile, School of Medicine, completed training 1976.
School University of Wyoming School of Nursing, Laramie, WY, completed training 1995.
Board Certified Nurse Midwife.
Board Certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.
Master Degree in Nursing Education.

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

Yuma Internal Medicine, 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.

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.

Raquel I. Baranov, DDS

Somerton Dental Clinic, joined Sunset July 2013
Specialty - General Dentistry
Dental School - Loma Linda University School of Dentistry School, Loma Linda California, Graduated December 1996.

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. 

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

San Luis Internal Medicine, 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

San Luis 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.
Residency - St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY, completed training June 2011.
Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011.

David J. Atondo, FNP-C

Somerton Clinic, joined Sunset August 2013
Specialty - Family Nurse Practitioner
School - Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, graduated May 2013
Certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2013

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.

Keith R. Lutter, MD

Sunset Women’s Medical Group, Yuma, joined August 2013.
Specialty - Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Med School - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, A T Still Univesity, Kirskville, Missouri May 2009.
Residency - Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix Az June 2013..
Obstetrics and Gynecology Board Eligible- 7/2013

Pediatrics

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 Re-certified with the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012.
Board Certified with the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1977.

Kishor M. Bhende, MD

San Luis Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset July 2013.
Specialty- Pediatrics / Pediatric Hematology - Oncology.
Med School - Grant Medical College, Mumbai University, India, graduated 1998.
Residency - Cohen’s Children’s Hospital, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, New York, completed training June 2013..
Fellowship – Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science, New Orleans, completed training June 2011.
American Board of Pediatrics Board Eligible
American Sub-Board of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Board Eligible

Ahmad Ashfaq, MD

San Luis Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset September 2013
Specialty - Pediatrics
Med School - King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, graduated April 2006
Residency – Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, completed training June 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Board Eligible

Arpita Shah, MD

Yuma Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset September 2013
Specialty - Pediatrics
Med School - Medical College Baroda, MS University, India, graduated October 2006
Residency – Nassau University Medical Center, New York / Children’s Hospital at University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, completed training June 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Board Eligible

Mwela N. Asombang, MD

Yuma Pediatric Clinic, joined Sunset September 2013
Specialty - Pediatrics
Med School - Kasturba Medical College, Karnataka, India, graduated March 2005
Residency – Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, completed training June 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Board Eligible

 Denise E. Marshall, CPNP-PC

Yuma Pediatrics Clinic, joined Sunset August 2013
Specialty - Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner
School - SUNY Health Science Center College of Nursing, Syracuse, New York, graduated 1996
Certified with the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 1996

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.