Best Intestinal Diverticulitis Doctors in Escondido, CA

Dr. Richard Putnam, MD is a Family Practitioner who practices in Poway, CA. He is 74 years old. Dr. Richard Putnam, MD is affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Poway, Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido and Palomar Health.

Dr. Richard Snyder, MD is a Gastroenterology Specialist who practices in Poway, CA. He is 72 years old. Dr. Richard Snyder, MD is affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Poway, Palomar Health and Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido.

Providing care to patients from birth to adulthood is very rewarding for me.

Dr. Belinda Dure-Smith, MB CHB is an Internist who practices in Poway, CA. She is 68 years old and has been practicing for 40 years. Dr. Belinda Dure-Smith, MB CHB is affiliated with Palomar Health, Palomar Medical Center Poway and Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido.

Ludmilla Ionescu, M.D., is a board-certified family medicine physician. She grew up in Moscow, Russia where she attended Moscow Medical Academy. Dr. Ionescu completed her internship at the State Scientific Center of Dermatovenerology (Dermatology) in Moscow, Russia before moving to the U.S. to start her Family Practice residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Since she was a child, Dr. Ionescu wanted to become a doctor because of her idol, her father, a surgeon and Honored Physician of the Russian Federation. She grew up watching him work in the hospital and wanted to be just like him. Dr. Ionescu approaches her practice with the philosophy that you ``treat the root of the tree and not its leaves, and therefore listen to the patient so you can get to the root of the tree.`` She uses an individual approach to the diagnosis and treatment of each patient in order to get to the root of the problem. Dr. Ionescu treats her patients as if they are family and she enjoys seeing her patients go back to their normal lives, happy and healthy. In her spare time, Dr. Ionescu enjoys spending time with her daughter, traveling, sports, competitive ballroom dancing and Pilates. She is fluent in Russian and English.

I chose to specialize in Internal Medicine because it offers an opportunity to make a difference in my patients' lives.

Dr. Daniel Lee, MD is a Gastroenterology Specialist who practices in Poway, CA. He is 58 years old. Dr. Daniel Lee, MD is affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido, Palomar Medical Center Poway and Palomar Health.

Dr. Elizabeth Salada, MD is an Internist who practices in Poway, CA. She is 60 years old. Dr. Elizabeth Salada, MD is affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido, Palomar Medical Center Poway and Palomar Health.

Dr. Naveen Gara earned his Medical degree from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. He then did 2 fellowships, one in Hepatology (liver diseases) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD and another in Gastroenterology at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. During his work at Mayo Clinic Health System in Minnesota, Dr Gara performed thousands of endoscopy procedures and cared for patients with complex diseases in the community. He was on faculty as an Assistant Professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and University of California-San Diego prior to starting his own practice here. Dr Gara has published several articles in reputed medical journals, authored book chapters and continues to serve as a peer reviewer and editor for top-tier journals.