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Sabrina Villalba, MD

Physician

Dr Sabrina Villalba received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences from UC Irvine and completed a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health before obtaining her medical degree from UCLA. She is a family medicine physician who has worked in a variety of settings including urgent care clinics, telemedicine, rural and urban hospitals, international mission trips. Her goal is to provide comprehensive care that focuses on allowing seniors to age with dignity and comfort.

Sophia Guel-Valenzuela

Executive Director

Sophia is a passionate health care leader with an expertise in senior care operations. She was at the helm of AltaMed’s ADHC and PACE growth and expansion for over 18 years. She believes in loving PACE participants and developing future leaders.

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Esther Wachira, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Esther is a nurse practitioner based in Pasadena. She specializes in acute care, adult care, geriatrics, and primary care.

Brenda Huicochea

Center Director

Brenda has dedicated her career to delivering exceptional care to frail seniors. She previously served for over a decade at AltaMed as a PACE Social Worker, Member Services Supervisor, and Center Manager.

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Yvonne Battiste, RN

Director of Outreach and Enrollment

Yvonne is a registered nurse and is passionate about the delivery of service excellence in healthcare, process improvement and mentoring tomorrows leaders. Most recently, she led the Client Services Department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she strategically developed and expanded sales and referral authorization strategies to enable easy access for consumers to tertiary and quaternary care. Yvonne is Certified as a Professional Sales Skills coach and a Crucial Conversations trainer.

Magda Lenartowicz, MD

Medical Director

Dr. Magda Lenartowicz is a passionate physician specializing in the care of older adults. She is a trained internist with a fellowship in geriatric medicine and social scientist with a specialization in gerontology. Prior to joining WelbeHealth, she founded a home health company and taught gerontology at McMaster University in Canada. Most recently, she served as medical director at a comprehensive geriatric inpatient service in Southern California and continues her clinical work as a hospice and palliative care physician with Rozeroom Hospice. Dr. Lenartowicz received her geriatric fellowship training from University of California Los Angeles and completed her undergraduate medical training and residency at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She completed her undergraduate training in gerontology at McMaster University.

Germin Soliman, DO

Physician

Dr. Germin Soliman, DO is an internal medicine specialist from Newport Beach. She graduated from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2001 and has been passionately serving seniors ever since.

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