PHYSICIAN

The physician is Sunita Shailam, M.D.  She grew up in upstate New York, where she studied at Union College and then Albany Medical College (1996 graduate).  She completed her Family Medicine specialty training in Atlanta at Emory University (1999 graduate).  She is a Board-Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr, Sunita Shailam won a prestigious honor in 2007 as having had the highest patient satisfaction score amongst all the primary care physicians in Mercy Physicians Medical Group (MPMG) in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers (CAHPS) survey.  MPMG is an Independent Practice Association comprised of ~60 primary care + ~120 specialist physicians in private practice.  MPMG consistently ranks amongst the leading medical groups in all of San Diego.  The CAHPS survey is the most renown and largest patient satisfaction survey which assesses physicians all over California.  Dr. Sunita Shailam would like to acknowledge her patients, clinic manager, specialists, MPMG, and family for helping her win this honor.

Sunita has a special interest in preventive healthcare, patient education, and optimism.  She works exclusively at Sun Health Medical Clinic, Inc.

Sunita enjoys spirituality, nature photography, biking, international food (especially Indian), and tennis.

MEDICAL ASSISTANT + MANAGER

The Medical Assistant + Manager is Jorge Perez.  He trained at United Education Institute (UEI) (2003 graduate), where he learned about medicine and the techniques of obtaining vital signs, administering immunizations, performing certain tests, and venipuncture (blood draw).  Jorge scored a perfect 40 out of 40 successful blood draws during his training at UEI and currently uses the smallest "butterfly" needles to draw blood to minimize any discomfort.

Jorge is the Employee of the Month + has won a free monthly pass on the Metropolitan Transit System.  Congratulations!

Jorge has a special interest and talent in fitness.  He is also a personal trainer and has recently undergone a fitness program that he tailored for himself.  In the course of a year he was able to bring his resting heart rate from 87 down to 43 (making his heart that much more efficient so it has to pump less times per minute to circulate his blood).  Jorge eats a variety of healthy, fresh mostly vegetarian food with plenty of grains, fruits, vegetables, beans/seeds/nuts, and water.  He routinely goes to the gym and stretches, runs, and lifts weights.  In his free time, Jorge is an independent personal trainer to those who want to maintain or improve their confidence, shape, strength, fitness, energy, and vitality.  Jorge is also a boxing and soccer fan and young, proud father.