Ali Al-Saleh, MDYan Zhong, MDCody Jackson, MDBarbara Denysiak, MDJacqueline Denysiak, MDSina Rahimi, DOKevin Chu, L.ACSiavosh Vakilian, MDValerie Drivick, RDNStephen Unterberg, MD

Ali Al-Saleh, MD

Dr. Ali Al-Saleh is an award-winning Internal Medicine physician who recently relocated to San Diego from Orange County, California to join Perlman Clinic. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine before completing his internship in Pathology at the University of Southern California, followed by his Internal Medicine residency at St.…
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Yan Zhong, MD

Dr. Yan Zhong joined Balboa Nephrology in May 2022 and practices in the Hillcrest area. She provides care in both hospital inpatient and outpatient clinics. She offers consultations on acute renal failure, chronic kidney diseases, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndromes, polyuria, acid-base imbalance, electrolytes abnormalities, and kidney-related metabolic bone diseases. She specializes in hypertension management.
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Cody Jackson, MD

Cody Jackson, MD, MOH, MBA: Following his graduation from Rice University, Dr. Jackson entered the US Navy as an officer and attended the Uniformed Services University for medical school. Upon earning his medical degree, he became a flight surgeon and served his country with assignments across the world. Dr. Jackson’s naval service included two deployments,…
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Sina Rahimi, DO

Dr. Rahimi joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2021. He practices in the San Diego area specializing in kidney disease.
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Siavosh Vakilian, MD

Dr. Siavosh Vakilian completed his medical studies, internship in internal medicine and residency in radiation oncology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as chief resident there in 2012. He then served as attending radiation oncologist at the Jewish General Hospital and faculty lecturer at the Department of Oncology at McGill University. He specialized…
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Valerie Drivick, RDN

Valerie Drivick, RDN, CPT was born and raised in San Diego, CA. She graduated from the Didactic Program in Dietetics with a Bachelor’s degree in Foods and Nutrition from San Diego State University. She completed her Accredited Dietetic Internship at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior to that, Valerie earned her Certified Personal Trainer credential…
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Stephen Unterberg, MD

Dr. Stephen Unterberg is a general Urologist who specializes in complex voiding dysfunction, male and female urinary incontinence, reconstruction, and neuro-urology. He finished his residency training at the University of California San Diego, and completed his fellowship in Female Urology at the University College Hospital in London, U.K. in association with the Royal College of Surgeons…
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