MomDoc Women For Women
Comprehensive OB/GYN care from an all-female team of providers who understand your health from lived experience.
Our Promise
The MomDoc Experience
The Comfort of Shared Experience
We believe that healthcare shouldn't just be clinical; it should be comfortable. At MomDoc Women For Women, we've built a practice around the simple truth that some conversations are easier when you don't have to explain the context.
Every provider you see for your appointment is a woman. This isn't just a staffing policy; it's a commitment to creating a space where you feel safe, understood, and heard. From your first period to menopause, we bring not just medical expertise, but the empathy that comes from lived experience.
What if you could actually look forward to your next OB/GYN appointment?
"At MomDoc, all women are seen." No one will be denied access to services due to inability to pay. A sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income.
The Women For Women Difference
Same-Day Appointments
Call or text to be seen the same day. You'll be seen the following day.
Hours That Fit Your Life
Appointments from 7 AM to 8 PM Monday through Thursday, 7 AM to 6 PM Friday, and 8 AM to 5 PM Saturday. Because your health shouldn't have to wait for a day off.
Advanced Technology
As part of MomDoc, the first OB/GYN in Arizona to offer 3D and 4D Live Motion Ultrasound, we also offer the latest in robotic surgery.
The Living Room
Our lobbies feel like a friend's living room, not a waiting room. Personalized, one-on-one concierge assistance from the moment you walk in.
Your Provider, Your Visit
When you have an appointment, your provider is at the office to see you as planned. When you're in labor, your provider is with you.
In-House Everything
Lab work, ultrasound, procedures: all under one roof. No running across town between appointments.
Insurance Information
Commercial Insurance
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- Ambetter (but not Arizona Priority Care)
- Tricare
- Medicare
Contracted Insurance Networks
- PHCS
- Health EOS and EOS Plan Networks
- Beech Street Network
- AMN/HMN/RAN Networks
- IHP Network
- Value Point by Multiplan
This is not a comprehensive list. Please text or call us at 480-821-3601.
What if you could look forward to your next OB/GYN appointment?
Yes, it's possible.
Comprehensive OB/GYN care delivered exclusively by an all-female team, with same-day access and the signature Living Room experience.
No one will be denied access to services due to inability to pay. At MomDoc, all women are seen.
*A discount sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income*
Same-day, early morning, late evening, and Saturday appointments available.
Virtual Visits
Available for your convenience
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Patient Stories
"Dr. Carlton went above and beyond to make sure my pregnancy went extremely well. I was considered a high risk pregnancy. She double checked every single situation to make sure that my baby and I were safe."
"I am an RN by profession and by far, MomDoc has the whole visit from the time you walk thru the door, to the time you walk out, to a perfect science. They greet you in person immediately."
The Living Room Experience
At MomDoc, our commitment to the highest level of patient care is evident right when you walk in the door. Our Living Room model is designed to give you the most personal and efficient experience right at check-in.
A MomDoc Concierge greets you the moment you arrive. She will verify your contact information and insurance, collect your copay, and often take you straight back to the exam room.
Our Living Room model was developed for each patient to receive the highest level of personal care, with a limited number of human interactions.
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Meet Our WFW Providers
Dr. Diana Andres
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Andres knew early on that she wanted medicine to be about more than a single exam room. At the University of Arizona, she double-majored in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Physiology while picking up a minor in Spanish, already thinking about the communities she hoped to serve. Medical school at the University of Nevada deepened that commitment through a scholarly concentration in Global Health, and international volunteer work in Nicaragua showed her what healthcare looks like when resources are scarce and creativity matters. She completed her OB/GYN residency at St. Francis Hospital in Connecticut, where she stepped into leadership roles with ACOG and continued mentoring students and peers. Dr. Andres is also a Clinical Skills Instructor, a chapter leader for the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, and someone who writes and develops a podcast on the history of OB/GYN. She brings all of that energy to MomDoc, where she practices with a global perspective and a belief that every patient deserves a provider who sees the full picture.
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Theresa Bess
FNP-C | Family Nurse Practitioner
Theresa's nursing career began at BYU, where teaching human anatomy to fellow students revealed an early instinct she still carries: the drive to help people understand their own bodies. After earning her Family Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Arizona, she built a clinical range that few practitioners can match, oncology, emergency medicine, neurology, surgery, and wilderness-based therapeutic care with the ANASAZI Foundation. What ties it all together is a thread of service. Whether providing in-home care for elderly patients in Arizona or delivering primary care and nutrition education to women and children in Haiti and Guatemala, Theresa gravitates toward the people most often overlooked. That same ethos shapes her work in women's health today, where she brings both breadth of experience and a quiet determination to make every patient feel seen.
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Dr. Christine Brass-Jones
DO | OB/GYN Physician
For more than 25 years, Dr. Christine Brass-Jones has been the kind of physician other doctors look to for guidance. She built and led a thriving practice over two decades, earning the trust of patients and colleagues alike, which is how she ended up serving as Chief of Staff at Banner Ocotillo. But the leadership roles are just one part of the story. What keeps Dr. Brass-Jones in this field is the relationship side of medicine: being there for a patient's first pregnancy, then welcoming them back years later for a different chapter. She brings that long-view philosophy to MomDoc's Tempe office, where she cares for women through every stage of life with the steady confidence that comes from having seen just about everything.
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Dr. Lucianna Cordeiro
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Cordeiro grew up in Catalao, a small town in the Brazilian state of Goias, before her family moved to Atlanta when she was twelve. Navigating a new country and a new language at that age shaped something that still defines her practice today: an instinct for meeting patients where they are, no matter the barrier. She studied biology at Kennesaw State University, then traded Georgia for the Caribbean, attending medical school at St. George's University in Grenada, where the island setting belied the rigor of the program. After earning her degree with high honors, Dr. Cordeiro returned stateside for residency at Staten Island University Hospital in New York, where she trained in robotic, laparoscopic, and vNOTES surgical techniques and conducted research on induction of labor outcomes. Dr. Cordeiro is drawn to the full continuum of women's health, from contraception and fertility counseling to menopause management, and she brings particular skill in minimally invasive approaches to gynecologic surgery. She cares for patients in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French, a reflection of the multicultural journey that brought her to medicine in the first place.
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Dr. Stephanie DeRusso
DO | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. DeRusso did not take the most direct path to OB/GYN, and that is exactly what makes her the provider she is. After earning dual degrees in biology and psychology at Gonzaga University, she moved to Bozeman, Montana, where she spent years as an Associate Director of Clinical Studies at BioScience Laboratories. Leading antimicrobial research teams and presenting to institutional review boards taught her something medical school alone cannot: how to think like a scientist and communicate like a collaborator. When she decided to pursue medicine, Dr. DeRusso was selected as one of the top two osteopathic candidates from Montana for the competitive WICHE exchange program, bringing her to Midwestern University in Arizona. Residency at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island followed, where she served as Chief of Quality and sought out advanced training in gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. That combination, research rigor, quality leadership, and subspecialty exposure at one of the country's leading cancer centers, gives Dr. DeRusso a clinical perspective that is both thorough and grounded. She is the kind of physician who wants to understand the whole picture before making a recommendation, and her patients can feel the difference.
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Dr. Tiffany DiGiacomo
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. DiGiacomo grew up in Gallup, New Mexico, where the landscape was big but the town was small, the kind of place where you know your neighbors and your doctors by name. She studied Spanish at Trinity University in San Antonio before finding her way to medicine through a post-baccalaureate program at the University of New Mexico. That bilingual foundation would prove just as important as any clinical rotation; today she cares for patients in both English and Spanish, bridging a gap that too many women in the Valley still face. During residency in Tulsa, Dr. DiGiacomo discovered her love for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and earned recognition for both her surgical skill and her dedication to teaching. She describes herself as a true generalist at heart, equally at home in the delivery room and the operating suite. When it came time to choose where to build a career, Arizona called her back, this time to the East Valley, closer to the family roots that have always grounded her.
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Dr. Connie Faro
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Faro is the kind of physician who has done research on a remote Antarctic station and still calls the delivery room her favorite place to be. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, she studied biomedical sciences at Auburn University, then headed to Creighton in Omaha for both her master's thesis, studying parasitology, and her medical degree. Residency at the University of Texas at Houston confirmed her love for OB/GYN, and her colleagues took notice early, recognizing her with teaching and resident awards across multiple years. After training, Dr. Faro built a practice in Houston and spent over 16 years at The Woman's Hospital of Texas, where she rose through the ranks from Secretary to Vice President to President of Medical Staff, ultimately chairing the Department of Obstetrics. Along the way, she contributed to peer-reviewed research and took part in a National Science Foundation project with the United States Antarctic Program, two months on the ice, a long way from the labor ward. When it was time for a new chapter, Dr. Faro brought that breadth of experience to MomDoc's Scottsdale office. Whether she is managing a high-volume delivery day or walking a patient through a complex diagnosis, she draws on a career defined by curiosity, leadership, and an unwillingness to stay in one lane.
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Dr. Arelys Flores
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Flores is the first physician in her family, a fact that still carries weight for her every time she walks into an exam room. Growing up in Puerto Rico, she was drawn to science early and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, where she also conducted research at the NIH Laboratory of Molecular Biology. She went on to medical school at Ponce Health Sciences University and completed her OB/GYN residency at Hospital Episcopal San Lucas, where she developed a particular focus on high-risk pregnancy and preterm labor management. Her research comparing antibiotic regimens for pregnant women with PPROM earned first place at the program's annual research symposium. But what sets Dr. Flores apart is the thread of service that runs through everything she does. In Puerto Rico, she founded LUAF, a community service group that partnered with the American Red Cross, and she was on the ground during hurricane relief efforts across the island. Her recent move to Arizona is the beginning of a new chapter, but the mission hasn't changed: bring the same determination and community-first mindset to the women she cares for at MomDoc.
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Leslye Fregoso
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Long before Leslye Fregoso wrote her first clinical note, she was learning what it meant to advocate for people who are easy to overlook. After earning her medical assisting certificate from West MEC in 2017, Leslye spent nearly four years as an ILS instructor at SAAVI Services for the Blind in Phoenix, teaching independence skills to clients navigating vision loss. It's the kind of work that teaches you how to explain complicated things clearly, how to listen past a patient's first words, and how to stay patient when the person in front of you is not. That same attentiveness showed up in her ophthalmology scribe role at Retina Associates in Tucson, and in her undergraduate years at the University of Arizona, where she earned a BS in Health Sciences with a minor in Gender and Women's Studies and led fundraising for the Arizona Global Health Project's medical mission trips to Mexico. Leslye graduated with her Master in Physician Assistant Studies from Franklin Pierce University in Goodyear, Arizona in 2025 and joined MomDoc soon after. She sees patients in Spanish and English and brings the specific calm of someone who has already spent years making medicine feel less intimidating. She is especially at home with patients who have been told "you just have to live with this," the ones who need a clinician willing to keep asking questions until something actually works.
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Dr. Alison Gambou
DO | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Gambou was born in Bordeaux, France and moved to the United States at fifteen, attending a French high school in the LA area. That early experience of navigating two cultures instilled an adaptability that has shaped her ever since, she speaks French and Spanish alongside English, and she has practiced medicine across three continents. As an undergraduate at Cal State Northridge, she completed an international internship at University Hospital of Brazzaville in Congo, an experience that deepened her commitment to serving women regardless of background or circumstance. She went on to earn her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine before completing her OB/GYN residency at Rutgers Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey. There, she managed high-risk pregnancies and trained in minimally invasive techniques including DaVinci robotic surgery, while also serving on the Resident Wellness Committee, a role that reflects her belief that good medicine starts with taking care of the people who provide it. Dr. Gambou brings that same philosophy to her patients at MomDoc: meet people where they are, listen first, and never underestimate the power of feeling understood.
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Aya Harb
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Aya grew up right here in Gilbert, Arizona, and built her entire educational path close to home, from Chandler Gilbert Community College to Arizona State University and then A.T. Still University for her PA training. Her capstone project on smoking cessation was notable enough to be featured in the NCCPA's weekly newsletter, an early sign of her instinct for community-focused care. That instinct runs deep: Aya has volunteered with Phoenix Allies for Community Health locally and traveled to Tyre, Lebanon to serve alongside the Red Crescent on a medical mission. With clinical training that spanned OB/GYN, primary care, emergency medicine, and surgery, she brings a well-rounded perspective to women's health. For Aya, medicine has always been about serving the community she grew up in, and now she gets to do exactly that.
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Diondria Ingram
CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife
Diondria's road to midwifery started in the Navy, where she learned the kind of discipline and adaptability that would define her career. After her service, she earned her nursing degree in Richmond, Virginia, and quickly discovered that maternity care was where she belonged. She went on to complete her Master of Science in Nursing Midwifery at Shenandoah University, then spent years practicing in settings most providers never experience: Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, and a community OB/GYN practice in rural Georgia. That range of experience, from a military hospital in Hawaii to the Navajo Nation, gave her a rare ability to meet patients wherever they are, both literally and figuratively. Diondria is a certified Centering Pregnancy facilitator who believes in the power of group prenatal care to build community among expectant mothers. She brings full-scope midwifery skills and a calm, steady presence to the Show Low community.
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Jessica Johnson
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Jessica grew up in the small town of Clover, South Carolina, and will proudly tell you she is a lifelong Gamecock fan. She attended the University of South Carolina Honors College before earning her PA degree from the university's School of Medicine. Between undergrad and PA school, she worked as an Emergency Room Technician at Lexington Medical Center and as an EMT-Basic, experiences that taught her to think quickly, stay composed, and connect with patients during their most vulnerable moments. She also mentored fellow students as a Graduate Physiology Academic Support Leader. It was during her women's health rotation that Jessica found her calling. The combination of building lasting patient relationships and the hands-on clinical work spoke to something she had been looking for throughout her training. Now in the Phoenix area, she brings that South Carolina warmth and ER-sharpened composure to MomDoc, where she is excited to care for women across every stage of life.
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Alicia Kimura
FNP-C | Family Nurse Practitioner
Alicia's road to women's health started in a surprising place, pediatric care for medically complex children. That early experience taught her the value of listening carefully, thinking holistically, and never rushing a patient through an appointment. She earned her nursing degree from Chamberlain College of Nursing and later completed her family nurse practitioner training at Grand Canyon University, building expertise across women's health, family practice, and pediatric care. At MomDoc's Mercy Gilbert office, Alicia combines that broad clinical foundation with a warm, approachable style that puts patients at ease. She is the kind of provider who makes time for the extra question and who remembers the details that matter.
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Megan Kwan
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Megan grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied nutritional sciences at the University of Missouri before heading west to Midwestern University in Glendale for PA school, trading Midwest winters for Arizona sunshine was an easy decision. It was during her clinical rotations that everything clicked. Working with women in an OB/GYN setting, Megan discovered the kind of provider she wanted to be: one who empowers patients with knowledge and walks alongside them through every stage. That background in nutrition gives her a distinctive lens on women's health, connecting the dots between lifestyle, wellness, and medical care in a way her patients find refreshing.
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Terri Larkin
WHCNP | Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Terri's career spans more than three decades, and the breadth of it tells you something about how she practices: she has never stopped learning. Before women's health, there was pediatric nursing in Dallas, where she earned Pediatric Nurse of the Year honors and climbed to expert-level clinical status. Before that, there was neonatal intensive care, radiation oncology, and surgical nursing, each chapter adding another layer to her understanding of the female body across every stage of life. When Terri completed her graduate nurse practitioner program at Arizona State University, she brought all of that accumulated knowledge with her, logging clinical hours across high-risk obstetric offices and gynecologic practices. Today, she has built a particular expertise in hormone replacement therapies, including bio-identical, compounded, and pellet approaches, a niche that demands both precision and the patience to listen carefully to what each patient is experiencing. What patients notice first about Terri is her directness. She is warm, often funny, and refreshingly honest. After 30-plus years at the bedside, she has little use for vague reassurances; she would rather give you the real picture and help you decide what comes next.
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Marta Liang
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Marta took the long way to women's health, and that winding path is exactly what makes her standout. She started as a biology major at Hope College in Michigan, then earned a master's in environmental science at the University of Illinois and spent a decade at Booz Allen Hamilton leading federal environmental projects. Somewhere along the way, she realized the work she found most meaningful was the kind that happened face-to-face, not behind a desk. Marta headed to Chatham University in Pittsburgh for her Physician Assistant Studies, and it was during her clinical rotations at Zubritzky and Christy OB/GYN Associates, assisting with cesarean sections, vaginal births, and gynecologic surgeries, that everything clicked. She brings a rare combination of scientific rigor, real-world problem-solving, and the steady calm of someone who once navigated federal bureaucracy for a living. Now she channels all of that into the care of her patients.
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Anushriya Mangal
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Anushriya was born in India and grew up in Arizona, where she developed a fascination with the science behind human development. At Arizona State University, she dove deep into genetics, cell biology, and developmental biology before heading east to New York for her physician assistant training at Hofstra University. That cross-country move expanded her clinical world, rotations in OB/GYN, internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgery gave her a panoramic view of patient care. But it was women's health that pulled her in and held on. Anushriya returned to Arizona and joined MomDoc's Estrella office, where she brings that multidisciplinary training to every patient encounter. She is fluent in Hindi, which allows her to connect with patients and families in their preferred language.
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Dr. Alexandra McDaniel
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. McDaniel grew up in Indiana and knew early on that she wanted a career where she could build real, lasting relationships with patients. After earning her biology degree from the University of Southern Indiana, she headed to Indiana University School of Medicine, then began residency at Case Western Reserve MetroHealth Medical Center in Ohio. She ultimately completed her OB/GYN training at the Sunrise Health GME Consortium in Las Vegas, where she was named Chief Resident and received the Award for Patient Care, an honor voted on by faculty and staff who saw her day in and day out. Throughout her training, Dr. McDaniel was drawn to leadership roles, serving on multiple committees that shaped how her residency program operated and how residents were supported. Her clinical interests center on robotic and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, an area where she has published research on expanding resident participation. She is also deeply invested in colposcopy and cervical pathology, the kind of meticulous, detail-oriented work that can catch problems early and change outcomes. Dr. McDaniel brings that same precision and care to every patient encounter at MomDoc.
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Bella Menzel-Smith
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Bella grew up in Houghton, Michigan, a place where it can snow for six months straight, so when she says she was excited to move to Arizona, she means it. At Michigan Technological University, she didn't just study human biology; she built community around it, founding the MTU Pre-Health Mentoring Program and leading the Student Well-Being Advocates as president. That impulse to lift up the people around her followed her to Marquette University, where she completed her PA training with clinical rotations in OB/GYN, surgery, and an international rotation in Belize that broadened her perspective on healthcare delivery in under-resourced settings. Bella is also a published researcher, with first-author work on arterial stiffness responses. What drew her to women's health was the relationship-based nature of the work, the chance to walk alongside patients through major life moments rather than treating a single episode. She is also a certified lactation consultant, a credential that reflects her belief that comprehensive care means showing up for patients beyond the exam room. Bella brings that same energy to MomDoc: curious, thorough, and ready to build something meaningful with every patient.
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Hannah Millard
WHNP | Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Hannah grew up in a household where women's health was just part of everyday conversation, her mother was a nurse, and those kitchen-table discussions planted a seed early. At Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that seed took root when Hannah joined AQ Believes, an organization advocating for women who are survivors of sexual violence. The experience clarified everything: she wanted to spend her career caring for women. Hannah headed to Vanderbilt University for her Master of Science in Nursing, training in obstetrics, cardiac stepdown, and psychiatric nursing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has also volunteered internationally, serving at a maternity hospital in Peru and on medical missions in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, experiences that deepened her understanding of how profoundly access to care shapes outcomes. At MomDoc, Hannah brings that global perspective and that same early conviction to every patient she sees.
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Emily Montague
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Emily grew up in Mesa watching her mother work as a labor and delivery nurse, and the pull toward women's health was there long before she had a name for it. She started her own path at Arizona State University with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, then worked as a medical scribe in a Scottsdale emergency department and as a newborn hearing screener at Banner Gateway, each role bringing her closer to the clinical career she wanted. PA school took her to Hofstra University in New York, where she earned a National Health Service Corps Scholarship and rotated through OB/GYN at Mount Sinai South Nassau, emergency medicine at NYU Langone, and surgery at Northwell Health. Those experiences confirmed what growing up around her mom's work had already taught her: that the moments surrounding birth and women's health are some of the most meaningful in medicine. Now back home in Arizona, Emily brings East Coast training and a hometown connection to her patients at MomDoc.
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Angie O'Donnell
CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife
Before Angie ever set foot in a delivery room, she spent six years as a State Senator in South Dakota, advocating for underserved communities and learning, in a very different arena, what it means to show up for people during vulnerable moments. That chapter earned her the Harvey Milk Award from the White House in 2012, but it also planted a seed. After a decade in politics and nonprofit work, Angie pivoted to healthcare, starting with a psychology degree and then earning her nursing degree from Augustana University. She spent three years as a postpartum RN at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she served as charge nurse and preceptor, and another three years working with children and adolescents in an acute psychiatric facility in Sioux Falls. Each role deepened her conviction that the most meaningful care happens at the intersection of physical and emotional health. Angie completed her midwifery degree at Frontier Nursing University in 2022 and relocated to Arizona with her family. At MomDoc's Power office, she brings an uncommon combination of legislative advocacy, psychiatric insight, and clinical skill to her midwifery practice, the kind of background that makes her especially attuned to what her patients need, even when they are not sure how to ask for it.
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Rochelle Orr
OGNP | OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner
Rochelle's nursing career began in 1971 in Dayton, Ohio, and in the decades since, she has built one of the most distinctive resumes in the Valley. She was a student in only the second OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner class ever offered in Arizona, becoming the 202nd OB/GYN NP in the state at a time when the role was still being defined. She spent over sixteen years in reproductive medicine at Arizona Reproductive Medical Specialists, where she coordinated clinical drug trials, performed ultrasounds and endometrial biopsies, and walked alongside couples navigating infertility. That work earned her the Award of Excellence in the Field of Assisted Production and led to published research in reproductive medicine. Along the way, Rochelle also taught the next generation, serving as an Adjunct Associate Professor and PA Program Lecturer at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine's Southwestern Center in Phoenix. Earlier in her career, she cared for patients across obstetrics, antepartum, postpartum, gynecology, and the nursery at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, the kind of full-spectrum experience that gives her an intuitive sense of continuity most providers have to learn from textbooks. Rochelle joined MomDoc in 2013, bringing with her a career's worth of clinical wisdom and a deep understanding of what women need at every stage.
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Becky Ortiz
WHNP-BC | Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Becky's career in women's health spans over four decades, a timeline that says less about longevity and more about a provider who has never stopped finding meaning in the work. She started in nursing in the early 1980s, earned her Women's Health Nurse Practitioner certification in 1994, and has since practiced across a wide range of clinical settings in Arizona, from large OB/GYN groups to community-focused practices. Along the way, she became a dedicated educator, precepting nurse practitioner students from universities across the country and serving as an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University. Her teaching was recognized with ASU's Preceptor of the Year Award in 2008. Becky is also a sought-after speaker on menopause management, HRT, HPV vaccination, and contraceptive care, and she works as a legal consultant in women's health. What drives her, after all these years, is the privilege of caring for women across every phase of life. She and her family recently moved to the White Mountains, and she is thrilled to bring her experience to the Show Low community.
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Denise Parel
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Denise was born in the Philippines and moved to Phoenix as a child, growing up in the Valley for more than fifteen years before setting out on her own path through medicine. After earning her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University, she moved across the country to Worcester, Massachusetts, where she completed both her PA training and an MBA in Healthcare Management at MCPHS University. It was during her women's health rotation at St. Vincent Hospital that everything came together: assisting in deliveries, working through complex obstetric cases, and seeing firsthand how the right provider can change the trajectory of a patient's pregnancy. That experience made her certain she wanted to focus on women's health. Now back in the Valley, Denise brings a perspective shaped by both clinical depth and a business-minded approach to healthcare. She is especially drawn to labor and delivery and contraception counseling, and she values the kind of unhurried, honest conversations that help women feel confident in their care decisions.
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Melissa Peterson
CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife
Melissa grew up in La Verne, California, a small town tucked into Los Angeles County, and headed to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to study biology. It was a Women's Studies minor that changed her trajectory, those classes opened her eyes to the gaps in how women's health was delivered and sparked her curiosity about midwifery. She detoured first into medical research, working on an endometrial cancer project at Washington University in St. Louis, but the pull toward hands-on patient care was too strong. Melissa earned her nursing and midwifery degrees at Vanderbilt, where clinical rotations at the university medical center confirmed what she already knew: she belonged in the birth room. Her training at military hospitals including Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg gave her experience across the full spectrum of obstetric care. At MomDoc's Gilbert office, Melissa also offers IUI treatment for patients navigating fertility, drawing on her research-minded background to guide families through one of the most hopeful, and sometimes daunting, journeys of their lives.
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Dr. Fatima Raffoul
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Raffoul brings a worldly perspective to her practice, someone who appreciates different cultures, different flavors, and the different ways women experience their health. She earned her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua and has spent the last 22 years refining her clinical expertise. Her approach to OB/GYN care centers on honest, straightforward communication and the belief that every patient deserves a provider who truly listens. Whether guiding someone through a high-risk pregnancy or navigating a complex gynecologic concern, Dr. Raffoul treats each visit as a chance to build real trust. She joined MomDoc's Indian School office to do exactly the kind of medicine she set out to practice: thorough, personal, and always focused on the whole woman.
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Stephanie Ranum
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Stephanie's road to women's health started in a place most PAs never begin: the kitchen. She studied dietetics at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and went on to complete her dietetic internship at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, becoming a Registered Dietitian and working in clinical nutrition at Mercy St. Charles Hospital. But nutrition was only one piece of the puzzle she wanted to solve. Stephanie moved to Toledo, Ohio, to pursue her PA degree at the University of Toledo, where she led the Student Academy of AAPA as president. After earning her master's in biomedical sciences, she traded Midwest winters for Arizona sunshine and brought with her a rare clinical combination: the ability to talk about hormone health, prenatal nutrition, and wellness management with the authority of both a registered dietitian and a certified physician assistant. That dual lens shapes every patient encounter. Stephanie sees women's health as inseparable from the daily choices we make about how we eat, move, and care for ourselves, and she has the training to back that philosophy with real, actionable guidance.
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Abbey Raynor
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Abbey grew up in the snow country of Wyoming, and her journey into healthcare began with occupational therapy at Northwest College before she shifted toward health sciences at the University of Wyoming. That foundation led her to A.T. Still University, where she completed her Physician Assistant Studies. What draws Abbey to women's health is the breadth of it, she thrives on the variety of seeing patients through every stage of life, from contraception counseling and fertility questions to navigating menopause. She especially loves living and working in the San Tan Valley community, where she feels she can make a real difference in a growing area. Abbey is committed to continued learning and practicing a high standard of medicine for every patient who walks through her door.
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Lindsey Roberts
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Before Lindsey ever set foot in a clinical rotation, she spent her days as a habilitation therapist working one-on-one with a young child with autism. That experience, learning to meet a patient exactly where they are, with patience and creativity, shaped the kind of provider she would become. Lindsey studied kinesiology at Arizona State University, drawn to the science of how bodies move and heal. She carried that foundation to Loma Linda University in California, where her PA training took her through a wide sweep of specialties: emergency medicine, surgery, pediatric oncology, psychiatry, and the OB/GYN rotation that would chart her course. She found herself most at home in women's health, where the relationship between provider and patient is ongoing and deeply personal. Today, Lindsey is skilled in both the clinical and procedural sides of the practice, from well-woman care to first-assisting in laparoscopic and open surgeries. She brings a calm, thorough approach to every patient encounter, the kind of presence that makes even a routine appointment feel unhurried.
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Dr. Deborah Rowan
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Rowan is a Phoenix native who took the long way home. She grew up near Arcadia, then headed east to Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where the small, rigorous academic environment shaped her love of science. Medical school brought her back to the University of Arizona, and residency took her to San Jose, California, for OB/GYN training at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. After finishing, she spent eight years in a group practice in Fairfield, California, honing the full breadth of obstetric and gynecologic care. But Arizona kept calling. Dr. Rowan returned to the Valley to be closer to family and has been practicing here ever since, bringing decades of experience and the kind of steady, grounded perspective that comes from a career built across multiple practice settings. She values long-term patient relationships and believes that great care starts with truly knowing the person sitting across from you.
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Dr. Deidre Russell
MD | OB/GYN Physician (In-office only, no deliveries)
Dr. Russell's career in OB/GYN stretches back more than three decades, and the thread connecting all of it is a drive to lead, teach, and raise the bar for patient care. She started at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern, and trained at Vanderbilt, one of the country's premier academic medical centers. During residency, she was selected as a Galloway Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, an experience that deepened her understanding of gynecologic oncology and complex patient care. After finishing at Vanderbilt, she stayed on to direct intern education before heading into practice. Over the years, Dr. Russell has led OB/GYN departments at hospitals in Alabama and maintained a private practice for nearly three decades. She brings that depth of clinical and administrative experience to MomDoc, where she continues to do what she has always done: deliver thorough, experienced care while mentoring the next generation of providers around her.
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Dr. Alexander Sabre
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Sabre's path to women's health started on the East Coast and wound through some unexpected places. After studying biology at Drexel University, he headed to Guadalajara, Mexico for medical school, and it was during clinical rotations that brought him to Phoenix where he first realized OB/GYN was where he belonged. He returned east to complete his residency at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, one of New York City's busiest safety-net hospitals, where managing a high volume of both routine and high-risk pregnancies became second nature. The experience sharpened his skills across the full spectrum of obstetrics and gynecologic surgery, with a particular focus on minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Sabre is also a dedicated researcher, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national conferences. His research earned him the SOGH Inaugural Future Leaders Award and a CIR Patient Care Trust Fund Research Grant, recognition of the kind of curiosity that keeps him pushing for better outcomes. Now at MomDoc, he's excited to bring that blend of surgical skill, academic rigor, and hands-on clinical instinct to the women of the Valley.
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Dr. Jennifer Shaw
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Before Dr. Shaw ever set foot in a medical school, she was running calls as a volunteer paramedic with the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad and teaching math and science to middle schoolers. Both roles shaped the physician she would become: someone who stays calm under pressure and knows how to explain complicated things in plain language. She studied mathematics and biology at Mary Washington College, earned her MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School, and completed her OB/GYN residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident. Her research on thrombophilia-related pregnancy loss and paternal ethnicity as a preeclampsia risk factor has been published in two of the field's leading journals. In Arizona, Dr. Shaw has become a physician leader, steadily taking on roles that let her improve care not just for her own patients but across entire hospital systems. In January 2026, she began a two-year term as Chief of Staff at Banner Ironwood Medical Center, and she chairs MomDoc's Quality Assurance Committee. Through it all, she remains a clinician first, still energized by the daily work of guiding women through pregnancy and gynecologic care.
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Michelle Shepherd
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Most people know her as Shep. Born in Alabama and raised in Florida, she planted deep roots at Florida State University, earning both her undergraduate degree in exercise physiology and her PA master's there, Go Noles. Before PA school, Shep spent three years working in dermatology and served as a research assistant on a breast cancer survivorship study. The research pulled her closer to women's health, but it was her OB/GYN clinical rotation that sealed the decision. Watching the strength of the female body up close, and discovering the kind of provider-patient relationship that women's health makes possible, she knew she had found her specialty. As a National Health Service Corps Scholar, Shep has always felt the pull toward service. She has volunteered with the Ronald McDonald House, served on the FSU College of Medicine Council on Diversity and Inclusion, and joined a medical mission trip to Panama. That instinct carries into her daily practice, where she brings the same energy to a routine well-woman visit as she does to a complicated case. Shep believes women's health is as much about empowerment as it is about medicine, and she is here to deliver both.
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Jamie Sommerfeldt
PA-C | Physician Assistant
Jamie was born and raised in Las Vegas, and her motto, "what you do is less important than who you do it with," says a lot about the way she practices. Women's health runs in the family: her grandfather was an OB/GYN, and multiple family members work in the field. She earned her degree in Exercise Science from Brigham Young University and completed her PA training at Idaho State University, where her thesis focused on ectopic pregnancy. During her OB/GYN rotation, she dove in headfirst, performing dozens of gynecologic exams, attending more than seventy prenatal visits, and assisting in deliveries and laparoscopic surgeries. That rotation confirmed what she had felt since growing up around family conversations about women's health: this was her field. Jamie brings warmth, clinical confidence, and a family legacy of caring for women to MomDoc's Mercy Gilbert office.
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Dr. Thylma Sta. Maria
MD | OB/GYN Physician
Dr. Sta. Maria's path to medicine started in the research lab. As an undergraduate at SUNY Stony Brook, she fell in love with the precision of biochemistry, but it was the human side of science that ultimately called her to clinical work. She headed to New York University School of Medicine, then completed her OB/GYN training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was named Chief Resident. After more than two decades practicing in Arizona, Dr. Sta. Maria has built a reputation as a physician who takes time to listen, tailoring her approach to each patient rather than defaulting to a one-size-fits-all plan. She describes herself as someone who finds deep satisfaction in the full spectrum of women's health, from guiding a first-time mother through pregnancy to helping a patient navigate complex gynecologic care.
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Liz Stonehocker
PAC | Physician Assistant
Liz grew up in Boise, Idaho, and made her way to Utah for her undergraduate years at BYU, where she studied public health and discovered a love for the intersection of patient education and hands-on care. Before PA school, she worked as a Medical Assistant and eventually Lead Medical Assistant at a family medicine clinic, and she served as an Anatomy Lab Teaching Assistant at BYU. Those experiences confirmed what she already suspected: she wanted to be in the room with patients, not behind a desk. Liz completed her PA training at Midwestern University in Glendale, rotating through specialties ranging from emergency medicine to maternal-fetal medicine. It was her women's health rotations that sealed the deal. She was drawn to the way OB/GYN care lets her walk alongside women through every stage of life, from first prenatal visits to well-woman care and everything in between.
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Luba Terrell
CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife
Luba's career in women's health began an ocean away. She trained across some of England's most respected hospitals, orthopedic nursing at the Nuffield Centre in Oxford, her registered nurse qualification at the Royal Free in London, and her midwifery certification at Northwick Park in Middlesex. Each stop added a new dimension to her clinical skill, but it was midwifery that captured her fully. In the early 1980s, Luba made the leap to Arizona and earned her American certification through the College of Nurse-Midwives. More than three decades later, she has built a practice that spans the full arc of women's health, from prenatal care and family planning to hormone therapy and menopausal management. Perhaps the best measure of Luba's impact is the loyalty she inspires. Many of her patients have followed her from practice to practice over the years, some through multiple pregnancies and into the next chapter of their health. That kind of trust is not earned with credentials alone; it comes from showing up for people consistently, year after year, and treating each visit as if it matters. Because to Luba, it does.
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Angel Yang
CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife
Angel's journey into midwifery began on the other side of the world. She earned her nursing degree at the National University of Singapore and spent her early career as an OB/GYN nurse at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, one of Singapore's premier private hospitals. It was there, witnessing births and caring for women through some of the most transformative moments of their lives, that she knew she wanted to do more than assist, she wanted to lead that care. Angel moved to the United States and completed her Master of Science in Nursing with a Nurse Midwifery focus at the University of Colorado Denver, where she also earned a post-graduate certificate as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. That combination gives her an unusually broad clinical lens, spanning pregnancy and birth through family planning and well-woman care. Outside the exam room, Angel is a serious home cook and baker who experiments with cuisines from around the world. Her favorite undertaking? Preparing sea cucumber from scratch, a painstaking, multi-day process that she says is absolutely worth every hour. She brings that same patience and attention to detail to every patient she sees.
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