Miranda Bassilios, M.S., P.A.-C.

Miranda received her B.S. in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and E.M.T. training at the Georgia Paramedic Training Center in Atlanta. After working for a year as an E.M.T., she completed her M.S. in Physician Assistant Practice from Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. She worked with Associated Internal Medicine and Sutter East Bay Medical Group in Orinda from 2001-2006, providing assessment and treatment of patients with multiple medical problems for all adult age groups and cultures. Miranda joined OB/GYN Partners for Health in March 2006. She is married, has a young son, and enjoys traveling the world with her family.

Ed Blumenstock, M.D.

Dr. Blumenstock graduated from U.C. Berkeley and completed medical school and residency at U.C. San Francisco. He has a Master's in Public Health at U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill which involved doing research in Czechoslovakia and Israel. His interests include operative laparoscopy, hysteroscopy (allowing major operations to be done in a minimally invasive way) and urogynecology, which deals with problems of pelvic support and incontinence. Beginning in 1999, he began taking off 3 to 4 months a year to travel and do volunteer work in developing countries.

Pat Flores, N.P.

Pat was born and raised in Oakland and has been a nurse and a nurse practitioner for more than thirty years. She acquired her obgyn nurse practitioner's degree at the University of Arizona and did her practical training on the Navaho Indian reservation in Northern Arizona. After leaving Arizona, she has worked in private obgyn practices in both the suburbs and the inner city. As a practitioner, one of her greatest sources of satisfaction has been the continuity of care with patients whom she has known from the time of their first pregnancy to the onset of menopause. As a major part of her practice, and having lived through menopause herself, she has found this to be another fascinating aspect of women's health. Pat lives in Alameda and has become involved with the practice of yoga and the Alameda Peace Network. She enjoys hiking and traveling with her husband and teenage son.

Hon Fong, M.D.

Dr. Fong received is B.S. in Chemistry from Purdue University, and his Medical Degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He did his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Bayfront Medical Center, affiliate of the University of South Florida. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and had a private practice in St. Petersburg, Florida for 15 years. He began practicing in Oakland in 1992, and is currently practicing gynecology in OB/GYN Partners for Health Oakland office. He is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.

Magdy Girgis, M.D.

Dr. Girgis received his undergraduate degree and Medical Degree from Ein Shams University in Cairo. He did an internship at Herrick Hospital in Berkeley, followed by a one- year surgical residency at Highland Hospital in Oakland. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, and is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been in private practice in Oakland since 1975. He is fluent in Arabic.

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Lynne Goldman, N.P.

Lynne received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a B.S. and a Master's Degree in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked as a Maternal-Child R.N. at Kaiser, Oakland, and a Labor and Delivery R.N. at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley. She has been working as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner at Kaiser in Pleasanton since 1989, and joined OB/GYN Partners for Health in February 2004.

Goldee Gross, M.D.

Dr. Gross began her career at Peralta Hospital in Oakland - by being born! She attended local schools in Oakland and Lafayette, and graduated with honors in Liberal Arts from Raymond College. She received an MS in counseling in San Diego, and her M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She completed her OB/GYN residency at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and is Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Gross has been the Chairman of the Department of OB/GYN at Summit Medical Center in Oakland, and has been in private practice in Oakland and Lafayette for 18 years. She is married with two sons and a spoiled dog.

T. Lee Hambrick, M.D.

Dr. Hambrick was born and reared in Newnan, Ga. and received his BS from Auburn University, his MD from Medical College of Georgia, and completed his residency at the University of South Florida School of Medicine. He has been Board Certified and a Fellow of the American College of OBGYN since 1984. He practiced in Houston, Texas for five years before moving to Oakland in 1987. He enjoys the full range of OBGYN from office visits with long time patients to gyn surgery and delivering babies. He is a long time resident of the Oakland hills and enjoys entertaining friends, fine dining, classic cars, and his two miniature schnauzers.

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William Isenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Isenberg received a Doctor of Philosophy and his Medical Degree from the University the California, San Francisco, where he then completed his residency in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. He has worked as an Attending Physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Summit Medical Center. He is currently part of the implementation team at Sutter Health to introduce Electronic Medical Records for hospital patients system wide. Dr. Isenberg is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He joined OB/GYN Partners for Health in 1999.

Nicole Jeffrey-Starr, M.D.

Dr. Jeffrey-Starr received her M.A. from Tufts University in Massachusetts, and her Masters of Public Health and her M.D. from Columbia University in New York. She did a four year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York prior to joining OB/GYN Partners for Health in September 2004. Dr. Jeffrey-Starr is married and has a young son. She is fluent in French.

Karen Kashkin, M.D.

Dr. Kashkin graduated from UCSF Medical School and is Board Certified. She recently completed 20 years of obstetrical practice in Lafayette and Oakland, and is currently doing gynecology part time in the Lafayette office. She has two grown daughters.

Christine K. Lee, M.D.

Dr. Lee graduated Magna cum laude with a B.A. from Harvard University. She received her Medical Degree from the New York University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Lee is interested in all aspects of women’s health, including obstetrics and advanced laparoscopy. She is fluent in Spanish and Korean. She is also a mother.

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Lonnie Lin, M.D.

Dr. Lin received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She received her M.D. from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. She completed a four year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carlina. She worked with Courtview OB/GYN in Gastonia, North Carolina for three years prior to joining OB/GYN Partners for Health in September 2007. Dr. Lin has been Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology since November 2005. She speaks conversational Mandarin.

Elisabeth Schleuning, M.D.

Dr. Schleuning is originally from the greater Boston area. She graduated from MIT and the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa. She is Board Certified in OB/GYN and is a Fellow of the American College of OB/GYN. She enjoys doing low and high-risk obstetrics as well as office gynecology and gynecologic surgery. When not working, she enjoys running, skiing, kayaking, and hiking.

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