New Physicians Join Staff at Phelps Medical Associates

The following announcement is from Phelps Memorial Hospital Center:

Three physicians have recently joined Phelps Medical Associates, the multi-specialty medical group of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center. They are internist Andres Espinoza, MD, rheumatologist Farrah Gutwein, DO, and neurologist Douglas D. Sankar, MD.

Dr. Andres Espinoza attended medical school at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. He completed a pre-internship at New York Medical College and his internal medicine residency at Danbury Hospital. Dr. Espinoza is fluent in Spanish and also speaks some Portuguese. A resident of Mohegan Lake, his office is located in Sleepy Hollow.

Dr. Farrah Gutwein, who specializes in the treatment of arthritis, lupus and osteoporosis, is board certified in internal medicine. A resident of White Plains, Dr. Gutwein attended medical school at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she was inducted into the National Honor Society. She completed her three-year internal medicine residency at Westchester Medical Center, followed by a two-year rheumatology fellowship, also at WMC. After her fellowship, she was in private practice in New Rochelle and served as assistant director of the rheumatology clinic at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital and as physician educator at the hospital. Dr. Gutwein is seeing patients at the Phelps Medical Associates offices in Sleepy Hollow and Croton-on-Hudson.

Douglas D. Sankar, MD, is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology. He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed an internship in internal medicine, a residency in neurology and a fellowship in neurophysiology, all at New York University Medical Center. He is a clinical assistant professor at New York Medical College. Prior to joining Phelps Medical Associates, Dr. Sankar was in private practice in Cortlandt Manor. His practice is now located on the Phelps campus in Sleepy Hollow. Dr. Sankar is a resident of Ossining.

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is a 238-bed acute care community hospital in Sleepy Hollow with more than 1,700 employees and 500 medical staff members representing 60 medical specialties. Phelps offers one of the broadest ranges of community hospital services in Westchester. Patients benefit from distinguished physicians, many of whom are pioneers in their field, offering the most advanced procedures using the latest technology. www.phelpshospital.org<http://www.phelpshospital.org>. Phelps’ multispecialty medical group, Phelps Medical Associates, has 14 practice locations on campus and in the surrounding communities.www.phelpsmedicalassociates.org<http://www.phelpsmedicalassociates.org>.

Photo: Clockwise from left, Dr. Farrah Gutwein, Dr. Andres Espinoza and Dr. Douglas D. Sankar.