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Susan Melvin, DO
President & CEO
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Jeffrey Luther, MD
Program Director
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Cynthia Herzog, MD
Associate Director
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Carrie Fields, DO
Director, Westside Neighborhood Clinic
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Abigail Fletcher, MD
Director, Maternity Care
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Jay Lee, MD, MPH
Director of Health Policy
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Brooke LaDuca, MD
Director, Inpatient Service
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Wendy Linderholm, PsyD
Director, Behavioral Medicine
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Nathan Newman, MD
Director of Geriatric Education
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Brooke LaDuca, MD
Director, Inpatient Service
I am a new addition to the Memorial Family Medicine Faculty; however, I am not new to the Long Beach Memorial family. I completed my residency training here at Long Beach Memorial, during which time I served as chief resident and received the resident teaching award. After graduating, I joined a small group practice with several other LBM graduates in Los Alamitos, California. We provided ambulatory and inpatient care to both adult and pediatric patients. During this time, I served on the Physician Well-Being and Credentialing Committees at Los Alamitos Medical Center. I was also very fortunate to be able to continue teaching students from USC, UCI and UCLA within the context of my busy practice. Although I enjoyed my private practice very much, when the opportunity to return to the program arose, I jumped at it without hesitation.
During the six years out in “the real world,” I was able to garner a better understanding of what knowledge and skills are truly necessary to be a successful practitioner. I plan to utilize this invaluable practical knowledge in my role as inpatient director.
Prior to my training at Memorial, I completed my undergraduate work at Chapman University and attended Medical school at University of Southern California (fight On Trojans!).
On a personal note, I have a 17-year-old son, Anthony, and wonderful husband, Mike.
I enjoy traveling, cooking, skiing, running, swimming and cycling. I also enjoy college football (you may have noticed Abi Fletcher and I have a friendly USC/UCLA rivalry going).
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