Meet the Sermo Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Alcaraz Rubio is a specialist in Hematology and Hemotherapy in Murcia, Spain with more than 16 years of experience. He is an authority in the management of regenerative therapy with plasma growth factors and has had a multitude of published scientific articles, as well as international book chapters. Dr. Alcaraz Rubio also belongs to the American Society of Hematology, European Society of Hematology, American College of Regenerative Medicine, and numerous other organizations.

Dr. Arellano is a Board Certified Emergency Physician who recently transitioned to telemedicine. He has 10+ years’ experience working in one of the busiest Emergency Departments in San Diego County and has mentored PA and medical students and residents.

Dr. Arellano is the former supervising physician for Curology treating acne and anti-aging concerns. He currently provides Occupational Medicine and Urgent Care services via telemedicine for Concentra. He is credentialed at Hawaii Pacific Health – Straub Medical Center in Honolulu, HI.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Arellano has a passion for cars, food, and cooking.

Wade Cooper is the Medical Director of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Clinic. He is an assistant professor with the departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine.  

Dr. Cooper also serves as the fellowship director for the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program. He completed the Integrative Medicine Faculty Scholar Program at the University of Michigan. His areas of interest include interventional treatments for chronic headache and inflammation syndromes related to headache and centralized pain. 

Dr. Ekundayo is a Family Medicine physician working in Essex. She is passionate about women’s health and promoting health education as a way of reducing health inequality. She is also interested in using technology not only to improve patient care but also to improve the experience of healthcare professionals.

Dr. Sara Farag has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, and has earned several awards for her work as a gynecologist. She graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in 2012, and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. There, she served as administrative chief resident from 2015-2016 and completed a fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida in 2018. Currently, she treats patients in a gynecology private practice in New York.

Dr. Patrick Fleming is a board-certified dermatologist with clinical interests in inflammatory skin disease including psoriasis and eczema. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in nutritional biochemistry, a master’s degree in community health, a graduate certificate in medical education, and was the gold medalist in medical school.

During his residency at the University of Toronto, Dr. Fleming was appointed Chief Dermatology Resident. Concurrently, he completed the Global Clinical Scholars program in Advanced Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School.

He actively contributes as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Fleming’s research expertise extends to meta-analysis, and he also engages as an investigator in phase II-IV clinical trials.

Dr. Fondell is a board-certified family medicine and addiction medicine physician currently serving as the medical director for La Clinica’s Birch Grove Health Center, a substance use and mental health-focused Federally Qualified Health Center in Southern Oregon. He also focuses on providing Gender Affirming Care and removing barriers to care for these and other marginalized patients through extended visit times and alternative access models.

Dr. Fondell is a member of the community faculty for Oregon Health And Science University’s Medical School and PA School, and teaches with La Clinica’s Advanced Practice Provider Residency Program. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, and completed his family medicine residency in North Minneapolis with the UMN’s North Memorial Family Medicine Residency.

Dr. Horne is a radiation oncologist with the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, a women’s hospital where he specializes in the treatment of breast and gynecologic malignancies. He is the director of radiation services at West Penn Hospital and of gynecologic brachytherapy for AHNCI. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and presents his research work at national and international conferences regularly.

Dr. Jain is experienced in providing individual and community based care. He holds board certifications in Internal Medicine, general Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. After completing his Cardiology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University, he joined the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia as a clinical cardiologist and a clinical associate with University of Pennsylvania. He has also trained in Interventional and Structural Cardiology at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Prior to pursuing cardiology, he worked in internal medicine and helped execute various public health projects for the WHO. Dr. Jain currently resides in Phoenix, AZ.

Dr. Jones serves as Medical Director for Oncology Nevada in Reno which cares for patients throughout Northern Nevada and California. He was a Research Scholar for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and completed his training in Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD with additional training in brachytherapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. He has a long history of publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts and is active in local, state and national medical societies. Dr. Jones specializes in treating cancers of the bladder, prostate, breast, lung, head & neck, and CNS as well as radiotherapy for benign conditions such as Trigeminal Neuralgia, Plantar Fasciitis, Arthritis, and others. His personal interests include running, rock-climbing, hiking, and fishing.

Dr. Shivang Joshi is Director of Headache Medicine at Community Neuroscience Services in Westborough, MA.  

He is an active member of several professional medical societies including the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society (AHS), engaging around membership and education.  He serves as Chair of the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Section of AHS and is a recipient of the organization’s 2012 “Frontiers in Headache Research” Scholarship Award for Cluster Headache Research.  

Dr. Joshi is board-certified in both Neurology and Headache Medicine. 

Dr. Kapoor obtained her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Creighton University and her medical degree from Ross University. She completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She has been involved in medical education, serving as the assistant residency director and assistant professor at New York Medical College. She served as associate residency director at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York with an active clinical and surgical practice for 8 years; she is currently affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals, operator of New York City’s public hospitals and clinics.

Dr. Knox is a board-certified preventive medicine physician with a keen interest in health literacy and access. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University before going on to earn her medical and business degrees from Tufts University. Dr. Knox is a co-founder and CEO of the American Cannabinoid Clinics, and cofounder of PIVITAL EDU. She is also a co-founder and executive board member of the Association for Cannabis Health Equity and Medicine (ACHEM).

Dr. Knox is a cannabinoid medicine specialist. She has founded organizations such as Doctors Knox Inc., American Cannabinoid Clinics, and PIVITAL EDU to advance education in cannabinoid medicine. She is also the co-founder and president of the Cannabis Health Equity Movement™ (CHEM), and holds many other board positions under the state of Oregon.

Dr. Lee is an academic family physician and Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his family medicine training at St. Michaelʼs Hospital, University of Toronto. He also holds a Master of Public Health from Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He has an interest in immigrant health, primary care mental health (ADHD) and skin disease. He is fluent in English, Cantonese, and conversational Mandarin.

Dr. Martorell is the Director of The Research Institute in Springfield MA, a site that offers both Infectious Diseases Medical Care and Clinical Trial Services. She has served as a Principal Investigator in HIV and HCV among other Clinical Trials. Dr. Martorell was the recipient of the 2007 Severo Ochoa Award for outstanding contribution to eradicating HIV/AIDS in the minority community, and the recipient of the 2004 American Medical Association Foundation Excellence in Medicine Award. She has also contributed as an author or co-author in HIV and other topics in major journal publications. She obtained her medical degree from The University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, and holds a Masters of Public Health in Health Care Management from Harvard University School of Public Health; and a Fellowship in Health Policy and Minority Health Policy from Harvard University School of Medicine.

Dr. Moawad is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her neurology residency at the University of Chicago Hospital. Dr. Moawad is a clinical assistant professor at CWRU school of Medicine, editor of the Humanities section of Neurology, and writes and edits medical content for several consumer websites and has served as a consultant in the area of health insurance utilization. Dr. Moawad is also the author of Careers Beyond Clinical Medicine, the book and online resource about non-clinical careers for physicians.

Dr. Rana is the Internal Medicine Program Director and Associate Chair of Academic Medicine at Crozer Health in Upland, PA as well as Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. He attended medical school at SUNY, Stony Brook and trained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Working in academics has enabled him to teach hundreds of medical students and residents. Dr. Rana has also developed a unique system of scholarly activity which has produced hundreds of projects that were invited for poster and podium presentations to different national organizations. 

Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky is a board-certified medical oncologist and the Head of Breast and Gynecologic Medical Oncology at Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care in Paramus, NJ. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. Teplinsky specializes in breast and gynecologic medical oncology.

Her clinical and research interests focus on young women with breast cancer, survivorship, exercise oncology and the use of social media in oncology. She is passionate about oncology education and advocacy on social media and is the host of the INTERLUDE Podcast where she shares the stories and experiences of those who have been affected by cancer.

Dr. Yozawitz is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics. Her clinical and research interest focuses on children and neonates with epilepsy. Dr. Yozawitz received her medical degree from Upstate Medical University in 2005. She completed residency training in pediatrics at Long Island Jewish Medical Center as well in pediatric neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center where she additionally trained with a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology-EEG track. She previously joined Montefiore Medical Center as Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics, and serves as a pediatric epileptologist as well as a director of neonatal neurology.