Lori Brown, MD, FACP

Medical Degree: Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Internship: UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Residency: Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine

Clinical Expertise Areas: Diabetes, Gastrointestinal and Cardiac Disease, Musculoskeletal Disease,Wellness and Disease Prevention, Women’s Health

Lynette Cederquist, MD

Dr. Cederquist provides pain management and urgent care services at the Perlman Clinic. She is not available for selection as a primary care provider. She also provides pain and symptom management for cancer patients at San Diego Cancer Center in Encinitas.

Medical Degree: Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

Residency: UC San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine

Alan Shahtaji, DO

Dr. Shahtaji is from the Chicago area but completed his residency at UC San Diego in Family Medicine and was Chief Resident.
He subsequently completed a Sports Medicine fellowship at Wake Forest in North Carolina. During this time, he cared for the Division I sports teams and traveled to the College Cup with Women’s soccer and the Music City Bowl with Football. Before coming back to UC San Diego, Dr. Shahtaji served as the team physician for the US Soccer Under-17 Women’s team during their international camp in Croatia and Slovenia. He then had the honor of serving as their team doctor during their World Cup in Azerbaijan. Dr. Shahtaji is a team physician for the US Soccer Federation, UC San Diego and University of San Diego.

Medical Degree: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, IL (Valedictorian)

Clinical Expertise Areas: Concussion Assessment, Concussion Management, Exercise Prescriptions, Fracture management, Injury Prevention, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment.

Melanie R. Fiorella, MD

Dr. Fiorella is a Family Practitioner in San Diego, California. Dr. Fiorella attended Medical school at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2003.

Family Medicine (Primary Specialty) Primary Care

Medical Degree: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY

Residency: UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Board Certifications: Family Medicine

Patricia Brady, MD

Associate Clinical Professor III

Dr. Brady has been practicing medicine in this country since 1994. “I really enjoy the closeness I experience with the families I care for. I believe in offering the best care for my day-to-day patients in a cost-effective and evidence-based style.”

Medical Degree: Medical School of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil

Residency: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Fellowship: West Suburban Hospital, Medical Center, Oak Park, IL

Board Certifications: Family Practice

Suraj Arthur Achar, MD

Dr. Achar is a primary care physician with fellowship training and certificate of added qualification in sports medicine. He is medical director of La Jolla Family and Sports Medicine and, from 2009 to 2011, was named a “Top Doctor” in family medicine by San Diego County Magazine and the San Diego County Medical Society.

Dr. Achar is the team physician of San Diego’s professional indoor soccer franchise, the Sockers, UC San Diego intercollegiate athletes and Kearny High School. He is the medical director for the California State Games, an amateur youth competition involving 5,000 athletes in 20 sports.

Dr. Achar was inspired to become a physician after learning about the work of Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization. After completing medical school, he spent 6 months in Kenya as part of the program, providing medical care to children amid war and poverty.

Dr. Achar feels the most rewarding aspect of being a physician is “having the opportunity to really make a difference when it counts.” Dr. Achar also works with clinical trials related to sports medicine research and is especially interested in looking at anabolic steroid use in children, adolescents and professional athletes.

Medical Degree: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY

Residency: UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Fellowship: UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Board Certifications: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine

Chad Osborne, MD

Chad Osborne is a general practitioner licensed to practice medicine in California and Ohio with a specialty in family medicine.

Dr. Osborne is currently practicing in, San Diego at UCSD La Jolla Family/Sports Medicine.

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor Family Medicine (Primary Specialty) Primary Care

Medical Degree: UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Board Certifications: Family Medicine

Suriti Kundu, MD

Dr. Kundu enjoys the specialty of Family Medicine especially because of the age spectrum it incorporates; she also believes practicing medicine is a privilege and a calling. Dr. Kundu is Board Certified in Family Practice with over 19 years of experience and practices as a Family Doctor at El Cajon Family Health Center. She graduated from University of California Davis School of Medicine & Surgery and completed her residency in family medicine at UCSD.