Staff

Steven Larson, MD

Co-founder, Executive Director

Steven Larson, MD, is a cofounder and the Executive Director of Puentes de Salud. He is assistant dean for Global Health Programs and an associate professor in ... more...

Matthew O’Brien, MD, MSc

Co-founder, Medical Director

Matthew O’Brien, MD, cofounded Puentes de Salud and serves as the clinic’s Medical Director. He is a general internist who completed medical school at Brown... more...

Jack Ludmir, MD

Co-founder, Director of Latina Community Health Services

Jack Ludmir, MD, cofounder of Puentes de Salud, is professor and chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospital, and vice chair of Obstetrics and G... more...

Annette Silva, LPN

Community Nurse Liaison

Annette Silva, LPN, has worked in community health and outreach as a clinical nurse since 1992. Her bilingual (English/Spanish) and bicultural background (Unite... more...

Joseph Metmowlee Garland, MD

Director of Medical Education

Joseph Garland, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Harvard College a... more...

Robin Canada, MD

Site Director for Medical Residents

Robin Canada, MD, completed her residency at the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 and joined the staff of Presbyterian Medical Center in September 2008. Durin... more...

Martin Camacho, ACNP-BC

Director of Nurse Practitioner Residency Program

Martin Camacho MSN, ACNP-BC, is an acute care nurse practitioner in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. As a... more...

D. Daphne Owen

Student Chair

Daphne is originally from the San Francisco bay area, and is currently pursuing an MD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Daphne graduat... more...

Carla Paredes, RN

Student Chair

Carla Paredes, RN, BSN became involved with Puentes de Salud as a clinical volunteer during her undergraduate years as a nursing student at the University of Pe... more...

Executive Staff

Steven Larson, MD

Matthew O’Brien, MD, MSc

Jack Ludmir, MD

Annette Silva, LPN

Joseph Metmowlee Garland, MD

Robin Canada, MD

Martin Camacho, ACNP-BC

D. Daphne Owen

Carla Paredes, RN

Ronald Andari, MD

Hugo Aparicio, MD

Lizamarie Bachier-Rodriguez, MD

Inbal Braunstein, MD

Carla Campbell, MD, MS

Molly Collins, MD

Michelle Doll

Alithea Gabrellas, MD

Beatriz Garces, DMD

Luxme Hariharan, MD

Lauren Hersh, MD

Abby May Khan, MD

Vishnu Kulasekaran, MD

Michael Latreille, MD

Elaina Lord Tully, MD

Jona Ludmir, MD

Dawn Mautner, MD

Sriranjani Padmanabhan, MD

Sural Shah, MD

Maziar Shirazi, MD

Olan Soremekun, MD

Leonel Toledo, MD

Adriane Tuttle, CRNP

Kari Wanat, MD

Gary Weissman, MD

Kate Yun, MD

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