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The Newest Physicians at Auburn Regional

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Bilha Zomer, M.D., has joined ARMC as an OB/GYN. Dr. Zomer received her medical degree from Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. She is board certified in obstetrics/gynecology.

Valley Women's Health Care
201 N. Division Street, Suite A
Auburn, WA 98001
253-939-9654

Jaswant Virk, M.D., has joined ARMC as an Internal Medicine Physician. Dr. Virk received his medical degree from Patliputra Medical College Hospital in India. He completed residencies in internal medicine in Puerto Rico and family practice at St. Clare Hospital in Schenectady, New York. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Internal Medicine Clinic -- LLC
202 Auburn Avenue
Auburn, WA 98002
253-833-1735

Jeremy Katz, M.D., has joined ARMC as an Anesthesiologist. Dr. Katz received his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Indiana University. He also completed fellowships in neuroanesthesia at the University of Iowa and pain management at the University of Washington. He is board certified in anesthesiology and pain management.

Auburn Anesthesiology Associates
Plaza One, 202 North Division Street
Auburn, WA 98002
253-833-7711

Khalil Shasha, M.D., has joined ARMC as a Hospitalist. Dr. Shasha received his medical degree from Al-Mustansiriyah University, College of Medicine, in Baghdad, Iraq. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Legacy Portland Hospitals in Portland, Oregon. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Sound Inpatient Physicians
1123 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-682-1710

Robert Witham, M.D., has joined ARMC as an Oncologist. Dr. Witham received his medical degree from the University of Oregon Medical School. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Kern Medical and UCLA affiliates. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Capital Oncologists dba Argus Oncology
222 Second Street NE
Auburn, WA 98002
253-383-8342

Darren Schwartz, M.D., has joined ARMC as a Hospitalist. Dr. Schwartz received his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Sound Inpatient Physicians
1123 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-682-1710

Irfan Jawed, M.D., has joined ARMC as a Hospitalist. Dr. Jawed received his medical degree from Dow Medical College in Pakistan. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Spokane Medical Centers in Spokane, Washington. He also completed a fellowship in pain medicine, hospice and palliative care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Sound Inpatient Physicians
1123 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-682-1710

Poonam Bhagia, M.D., has joined ARMC as a Hospitalist. Dr. Bhagia received her medical degree from Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. She also completed a fellowship in geriatrics at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. She is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.

Sound Inpatient Physicians
1123 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-682-1710

Hanafy M. Hanafy, M.D., has joined ARMC as a General Surgeon. Dr. Hanafy completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has specialized in bariatric surgery since November 2003. Dr. Hanafy is board certified in surgery and a member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Barigens Clinic
24604 104th Avenue SE
Kent, WA 98030
206-353-8146

Omar K. Dorzi, M.D., has joined ARMC as a Vascular Surgeon. Dr. Dorzi completed his residency in general surgery at Illinois Masonic Medical Center and completed his fellowship in vascular surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. He is board certified in surgery.

Northwest Vascular Center -- Auburn
202 N. Division Street, Suite 402
Auburn, WA 98001
253-833-8032

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