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Kaiser Permanente San Jose, Gilroy welcome new physicians

New physicians welcome KP members in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry

Six new physicians have joined the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, which includes the Gilroy Medical Office. The physicians will be accepting patients in the departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics.
One physician will be splitting her time between psychiatry and family medicine. She is Dr. Andrea Gallardo, a graduate of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of South California. Dr. Gallardo trained in a unique Family Medicine/Psychiatry program at the University of California San Diego. She will work at the Kaiser Permanente Gilroy Medical Offices.
Also now working at Gilroy is Dr. Ekaterina Stepina, who will be in the Family Medicine Department. Dr. Stepina graduated from the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy in Russia, and got her Family Medicine training here in California at the Kern Medical Center.
The Gilroy Medical Office also welcomed Dr. Adrian Goldman, a pediatrician who graduated from Touro College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Goldman is a certified lactation counselor, with special interests in international child health.
Three new physicians joined the Department of Adult and Family Medicine in San Jose. They are Dr. Farhana Rob, who graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Family Medicine residency in Houston.
Joining her in Family Medicine is Dr. Divya Reouk, who graduated from Christian Medical School in Vellore, India, and completed her Family Medicine training at the Loma Linda Inland Empire Consortium for Health Care Education.
Dr. Ami Rughani also joins the Adult and Family Medicine department: she graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School and took her training at the UC Davis Family Health Network in Merced.
“These are all excellent physicians who will continue our San Jose tradition of providing expert compassionate care for our Kaiser Permanente members,” said Dr. Raj Bhandari, Physician in Chief of the KP San Jose Medical Center.

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