Faculty

Deborah Carlson, MD, FACP

Program Director

Dr. Debby Carlson is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Community Memorial Healthcare. She attended Tufts University in Massachusetts before returning home to Los Angeles to attend medical school at the University of Southern California. She completed her residency and Chief residency in Internal Medicine at LA County-USC Medical Center. She is certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Carlson started her career in Ventura as a traditional internist, following her patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Carlson transitioned to Hospital Medicine when her children were young to improve her work-life balance. She continues to work as a Hospitalist for Pacific Inpatient Physicians at Community Memorial Healthcare. Her passion for quality and safety has guided her involvement in the hospital, including participating on the Patient Engagement Team, starting the Inpatient Division, and serving as Chief of Staff.

She currently works part-time as Chief Medical Officer to continue this work. In her free time, Dr. Carlson enjoys anything USC, especially their football games, fantasy football, family dinners with her husband and grown children, and walks on the beach with her Rhodesian Ridgeback, Niki.

Dr. Steven Barr, MD

Associate Program Director

Dr. Steven Barr is the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Community Memorial Healthcare and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine for Western University of Health Sciences. He is a lifelong Californian, having graduated from University of California, Davis, attended medical school at University of Southern California, and completed residency in the Internal Medicine Primary Care Track at University of California Irvine Medical Center.

After serving in the National Health Service Corps in a community clinic in East Los Angeles, he practiced in two multi-specialty groups in Modesto before moving to Ventura in 2005. He is currently located at the Academic Medicine Clinic on Main Street. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Before joining the faculty at Community Memorial Healthcare, he taught at USC and at Ventura County Medical Center Family Practice Residency Program.

He has an interest in wilderness medicine and was a long-time member of the Wilderness Medical Society and the National Ski Patrol.

Starleen Frousiakis, MD

Associate Program Director

Dr. Starleen Frousiakis is the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Community Memorial Healthcare. She completed her undergraduate studies at University of Southern California. After completing a post-baccalaureate premedical program, Dr. Frousiakis pursued her medical education at USC Keck School of Medicine, where she participated in the Dean’s Research Scholars Program.

She completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Huntington Memorial Hospital prior to entering her hospitalist practice with Pacific Inpatient Physicians in Ventura. Dr. Frousiakis has a special interest in graduate medical education, evidence-based teaching models, and mentorship in medicine.

Dr. Frousiakis and her husband, Dr. Petros Frousiakis, have three children, George, Vernon, and Stella Rae; together they enjoy cooking at home, paddle boarding, and spending time at the beach.

Hannah Robinson, DO, MPH

Associate Program Director

Dr. Hannah Robinson is the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Community Memorial Healthcare. Shegrew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and attended college at Virginia Tech, where she earned a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with emphases in gender studies and religious studies.

Looking for a change of scenery, she moved to the Bay Area to attend Touro University – California, where she earned a Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine as well as a Master of Public Health, with an emphasis in global health. During this time, she fell in love with West Coast weather and culture.

She completed her residency at Community Memorial Healthcare, including a year as Chief Resident. She works as a Hospitalist for Pacific Inpatient Physicians. Outside of work, she enjoys cycling, golf, live music, and good food.

Amir Arfaei, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Pulmonology

Pardis Dana, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Nephrology

Mostafa Hammoudi, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Neurology

Lukasz Iwanczyk, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Geriatrics

Chris Kerrigan, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Addiction Medicine

Lynn Kong, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Hematology-Oncology

Lyche Kip, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Gastroenterology

Colin Scibetta, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Palliative Care

Angelica Shepard, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Rheumatology

Tricia Westhoff-Pankratz, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Endocrinology

Brungwoo Choi, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Infectious Diseases

Fatemi Omid, MD

Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Cardiology

Christina Desai, MD

Core Faculty

Robert Bernstein, MD

Core Faculty

Amanda Frugoli, DO

Core Faculty

Alexandra Morath, DO

Core Faculty

Vera Valdez, DO

Core Faculty