Brooke Katerkamp, M.D. | top

I was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. I attended UC Santa Cruz, where I earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Molecular Biology and fell in love with Northern California. After college, I moved to San Francisco where I worked in non-profit development at The Ronald McDonald House. I moved back to Arizona in 2006 to start my medical training at the University of Arizona, where I participated in educational programs for at-risk youth, served as Treasurer of the Pediatrics Club, and volunteered at Planned Parenthood. My primary areas of interest are women’s health, pediatrics, preventative medicine and palliative care. Family Medicine offers me the opportunity to work with diverse patient populations and allow me to follow patients of all ages throughout their lives. I am thrilled to be back in California, and couldn’t be happier about joining the wonderful team at Sutter. In my free time, I enjoy running, cooking, watching NBA and college basketball, traveling and spending time with my husband, our dog, family, and friends.

Janice Kim, M.D. | top

Yelena Lapan, D.O. | top

Irene Lee-Klass, M.D. | top

I am proud to become a family physician and to be part of the Sutter program.  I am looking forward to building experience with caring for a diverse patient population, from womb to end-of-life, and to do so in a lively, inspiring and supportive team environment.  I am excited to be in the Davis track and to be part of a small close-knit rural and college community.  My hope is to become a well-rounded physician with comprehensive skills in urgent, preventive and chronic healthcare, patient and primary care advocacy, and clinical teaching.  Upon graduation, I envision having developed a focus area within family medicine and become active in medical education within the academic health professional and patient communities.  Healthcare extends beyond the clinic and beyond the hospital, and as a primary care physician I will work to improve and adapt to the changing needs of our patients and communities.  I studied Human Biology and Visual Arts at UCSD as an undergraduate and finished medical school at UC Irvine.  Whenever possible I enjoy traveling, music and visual arts – not to mention spending time with my husband and our new daughter.

Bianca Roberts, M.D. | top

Christie A. Romo, M.D. | top

Joy Shen, M.D. | top

Maureen Cahill, M.D. | top

Alisha Dyer, D.O. | top

I was raised in Santa Rosa, California. After earning my undergraduate degree in Human Biology at Michigan State University, I returned to California and worked for the California Army National Guard Medical Detachment and volunteered at a local hospital. After witnessing some of the inequalities in patient care, I entered medical school with the goal of providing quality healthcare to the underserved. I received my medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. My interest in family medicine developed during my first year of medical school after I participated in a Preceptorship Program, where I found family medicine to be challenging, fun, and rewarding. I am a committed advocate for family medicine and I have been honored to serve as the Intern Liaison for the California Academy of Family Physicians. Sutter is the perfect residency for me because it has supportive residents and faculty, excellent training, a diverse patient population, and room for me to develop my medical interests. In my spare time I enjoy volunteering in the community, attending to my temperamental Bougainvillea and exploring Sacramento/Northern California Region with my husband and friends.

Mikaela Holly, M.D. | top

I was born and raised in Davis, and after being away for many years, it is good to be home in Northern California. After graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Exercise Biology, I spent two years doing research at the NIH in Washington, DC. I returned to California for medical school to attend UC San Diego. My interests in medicine include sports and wilderness medicine, pediatrics and preventive medicine. Outside of medicine I enjoy skiing, camping, running, rock climbing, cooking and cheering for the Kings, Giants and 49ers.

Cecilia Romo, M.D. | top

From the capital of the nation to the capital of the state and my hometown, I hope to continue to work in health policy and health advocacy. I also hope to help decrease disparities in our healthcare system by serving primarily those who do not have access to healthcare. I will make good use of my fluency in Spanish as well. In my spare time I like to spend time with my family (especially my nine nieces and nephews), run, travel cook, bake, hot yoga, spinning, boating, snowboarding, wakeboarding and sleeping.

Lisa Sprowl, M.D. | top

I grew up in Sunnyvale, CA, which is near San Jose, and earned my BS in Biological Sciences from UC Davis. I left California to go to medical school at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin). During medical school, I was actively involved in the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and organizations where I spent time in classrooms teaching children about drugs or HIV/AIDS. It is the continuity of care, variety, and focus on prevention that drew me to Family Medicine. I was looking for a program that was unopposed, strong in OB and pediatrics, and I felt like I fit in well with the residents and faculty; I found all of those things at Sutter. I am ecstatic to be back in California (no more freezing cold Chicago winters) and especially back in the Sacramento area. In my free time, I enjoy doing kickboxing and step classes, trying new restaurants, and traveling.

Erin Nagy Tomlinson, M.D. | top

I grew up and attended school in Cleveland Ohio where I studied biomedical engineering. I found I was more interested in technology's application to patient care, so I found my way to medical school at Case Western Reserve University. In addition to learning how to apply medical technology (like the electronic medical record), I was exposed to family medicine and the power of communication with patients. I am proud to have been awarded the Betty Jean Frattianne award for compassionate care of patients, volunteer service, and sensitivity to the needs of the poor, the elderly and the handicapped. I married my classmate and together we moved to California to be closer to thrilling outdoor activities. We enjoy playing with our cats, cooking with fresh ingredients from the farmers' markets, and playing getting out into the wilderness. I am happy to be at Sutter because my co-residents are very supportive, understanding, and fun.

Eryn Xavier, M.D. | top

I grew up in Reno, NV and received my bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego in biology with minors in chemistry and Spanish. I attended medical school at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, spending my first two years in Reno and the second two in Las Vegas. My husband and I love being in Sacramento close to all of our family in Northern California and Northern Nevada. We enjoy traveling, boating, skiing, hiking and spending time with our family and friends. My interests in family medicine include women's health, pediatrics and public health. I feel very fortunate to be in a residency program that offers exposure to such wide variety of conditions in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The administration, faculty and other residents have been wonderful to work with and I am very excited to see what the next few years will bring.

Ninad Athale, M.D. | top

Even though I claim to be a native Californian – born in San Diego – I grew up and spent most of my life in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. I graduated from the University of Virginia and majored in English Literature and Chemistry. I moved back to San Diego and worked for two years at the VA Medical Center before completing medical school at UC San Diego. My interests in medicine include addiction medicine and working with underserved populations. After learning American Sign Language at UC San Diego, I am excited to work with the Deaf community in Sacramento as well. Outside of medicine, I enjoy rafting on the river, cooking, playing the piano, and watching my hometown football team, the Washington Redskins, during Sundays in the fall.

Nicole Calvillo, M.D. | top

Michael Molina, M.D. | top

Mike Molina considers himself a native of Northern California with Vacaville as his hometown. He received a B.A. and Master of Public Health from the University of California, Davis. He received an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. He values the patient physician relationship as the core to delivering primary to increasingly diverse communities. In his free time, he mentors young people pursuing careers in medicine and volunteers at Clinica Tepati, a student-run free clinic serving uninsured residents of Sacramento.

Mollie Sands, M.D. | top

I grew up in San Diego, and I received my undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Tulane University, and my MD at UC Davis, where I also received my MPH.  Now I am honored and excited to be a part of the Sutter community as a family medicine resident, because I feel like I am challenged academically every day, but in an atmosphere where I feel truly supported.  I eventually would like to somehow tie in my public health background with my career in medicine.  I am also interested in international medicine and hope to do at least some short-term medical missions trips again in the future.  Outside of medicine, I absolutely love traveling around the world, which is how I use up most of my vacation time.  I also enjoy snowboarding, biking, shopping, reading, dancing, playing piano, hanging out with family and friends, and playing whiffle ball with my roommates.