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Biography: 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 Downtown Escondido, Palomar Health and Palomar Medical Center Poway.

Biography: Dr. Blando is a board-certified physician, specializing in family medicine. She was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. After earning her medical degree from Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine, Dr. Blando moved to the United States, where she completed an internship and residency in Family Medicine at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Blando enjoys the specialty of Family Medicine because it allows her to see patients of all ages with various needs. She gets great joy from seeing her patients get well and succeed in their goals. Dr. Blando believes that every patient has a story to tell and her role is to listen and learn as much from her patients as they learn from her. In her spare time, Dr. Blando enjoys swimming, reading, playing tennis and white water rafting. She is also fluent in Tagalog.

Biography: Farina Islam, MD, is a board-eligible obstetrician and gynecologist serving the San Diego area at Damon Cobb OB/GYN in Poway, California. She speaks fluent English and Bengali, offering patients of all backgrounds personalized, comprehensive care. Dr. Islam aims to build a strong, trusting relationship with each of her patients to act as an educator and advocate during diagnosis and treatment. Her specialties include robotic surgery, prenatal care, abnormal bleeding, and contraception. Dr. Islam completed her medical education at Ross University School of Medicine. After completing medical school, she moved to Michigan for her OB/GYN residency at Providence Hospital/Michigan State University, CHM. Upon completion of her residency, she joined Michigan State University College of Human Medicine as faculty educator and clinical instructor to residents and medical students. In that role, she also served as a supervising physician to midwifery services. She has now transitioned to San Diego where she joins the team at Damon Cobb OB/GYN. At Damon Cobb OB/GYN, Dr. Islam strives to make each patient feel comfortable and welcome no matter what. She is in constant pursuit of the latest knowledge in her field, bringing current treatments and techniques to the clinic for her patients to benefit from. She is currently accepting new and returning patients.

Biography: 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 Medical Center Downtown Escondido, Palomar Medical Center Poway and Palomar Health.

Biography: Damon Cobb, DO, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist at Damon Cobb OB/GYN, his private practice in Poway, California. He serves women from all over the San Diego area, listening intently to each of their needs and preferences throughout treatment. Dr. Cobb specializes in both medicated and non-medicated childbirth. Each new mother has unique expectations and goals for her birth plan, and he works tirelessly to meet or exceed all of them. Dr. Cobb received his doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating, he moved to St. Louis for his residency training at St. John's Mercy Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in cosmetic surgery through the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, where he attained extensive training in body cosmetics. Today, Dr. Cobb works hard to make sure that each of his patients is healthy and happy at each stage of life. He offers fertility treatment, IUD insertions, hysterectomies, and other services promoting women's reproductive health. Additionally, he wants to make sure that each woman is confident in her own skin. He uses his extensive training to also offer cosmetic procedures, such as SculpSure®, a noninvasive body contouring treatment that eliminates excess skin and fat. Dr. Cobb is currently accepting new and returning patients.

Biography: 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.