Waleed Abdelhafez, MD is a Texas Native who loves his BBQ.  He completed his bachelor’s degree in his hometown at the University of Texas at El Paso and received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Abdelhafez completed his residency program at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Pediatric Residency Program. He is fluent in Spanish and has a particular interest in asthma. During his time off he enjoys board games with friends and family, soccer, swimming, going on jogs with his dog Max and traveling with his wife Arlene. Dr. Abdelhafez’s passion to serve the community and advocacy resembles People’s Community Clinic’s mission to improve the lives of children in Central Texas.

Louis Appel, MD, MPH, serves as Director of Pediatrics at People’s Community Clinic in Austin, Texas, and as President of the Texas Pediatric Society. A graduate of Princeton University, Dr. Appel received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and obtained his Masters of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, with a concentration in public management and community health. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Sarah Buttrey is the Director of the Integrated Pain Management Program and has been practicing in community clinics in Austin for over 20 years: she loves to do this work. She went to Medical School in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico and Family Medicine Residency at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. She is unexpectedly fluent in Spanish and loves to speak it as often as possible. She enjoys long walks, gardening, writing, traveling, being with family and friends, and watching soccer.

Cynthia Coyne, MD

Dr. Cynthia Coyne is excited to be serve patients at the Center for Women’s Health in Austin. She is originally from Miami, FL where she was born, raised, and earned her undergraduate degree. She did her OBGYN training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston where she met her husband. They moved to Austin in 2017. She has experience working in private practice and at CommUnityCare where she most recently practiced. She loves seeing patients in clinic from adolescence to menopause and performing GYN surgeries. She is fluent in Spanish. She enjoys traveling, being outdoors, swimming, reading, spending time with family and friends, and dancing with her husband and daughter.

Dr. Dasgupta is Chief Medical Officer at People’s. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and has over twenty years of practice experience, the last eleven of which have been with Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC), where she served as Associate Medical Director for Family & Adult Care and established LSCC’s first Senior Clinic. Dr. Dasgupta earned an MBBS/MD from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in India and completed medical residency at Wright State University.

Teshira Davis serves as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and has over 7 years of experience in Women’s Health. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and then obtained her Master’s degree at Kent State University. She has a passion for providing patient-centered care by empowering and educating women about their health and health care choices. Teshira strives to provide essential care to women across the lifespan. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with her family.

People’s Director of Dental Services Dr. Carlos Diaz, DDS, RGDT, began his career in San Salvador, El Salvador, where he spent a year volunteering his services to underserved populations. Afterwards, he moved to the U.S. to complete his schooling at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s International Dentist Program. Diaz has worked in Buffalo, NY; Brownsville, Laredo, and Cypress, TX. Now at People’s Community Clinic, he’s looking forward to applying his 15+ years of experience to the treatment of high-risk patients. Dr. Diaz said, “I am excited to build a five-star dental program at People’s where patients will receive the best quality of care, regardless of their ability to pay.” Outside of the People’s Dental Van (where he treats patients), Dr. Diaz enjoys cheering for his favorite soccer and football teams, running, and discovering all the great vegan food that Austin has to offer.

Sherry Fishman Carroll has been with People’s since 2009 as a Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric Department. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities with a teaching certificate at the University of Texas, her BSN, MSN in Nursing Administration, and Family Nurse Practitioner from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Sherry has been working as an FNP since 1996 in a variety of settings, including a family practice in Midland, Texas; a small-town family practice in Depoe Bay, Oregon; with the Community Health Aide Program; and in developing an outpatient Diabetes Clinic in Bethel, Alaska. From there, Sherry worked to develop the Diabetic Hospitalist role at Tucson Medical Center, Arizona. Her pediatric work has been in the NICU, with the Texas and County Health Departments, and as Unit manager of an Adolescent Psychiatric Unit. She will occasionally work with pregnant couples doing Lamaze refreshers. In the time she has been at People’s, she has been privileged to be a part of many changes.

Sherry’s passion is in traveling, and has done volunteer medical work in Dominican Republic and Ecuador, and has also lived in Israel and Zambia, Africa. Additionally, she loves to be outdoors, to jog, practice yoga and meditation, read, do photography, and spend time with her children and grandkids. Serving children and their families brings both professional and personal fulfillment, and living in Austin is the best!

Dr. Salina Mostajabian is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent health at People’s Community Clinic’s North location. She is deeply passionate about caring for teens in Central Texas and advocating for their physical, emotional, and social well-being.

Saloni Naik, MD

Dr. Naik joined the adult apartment in 2024.  She graduated from the first class of Dell medical school and then from the UT family medical residency.  She is a Dallas native who has made Austin her home.  In her free time she enjoys playing squash, going for long bike rides, indoor rock climbing, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends.

Celia Neavel, MD, FSAHM, FAAFP

Director of the Center for Adolescent Health
Director, GOALS (Generating Outcomes and Liaisons for Students)
512-684-1825
celian@austinpcc.org 
Twitter: @CNeavelMD

With the support of People’s Community Clinic, Dr. Neavel established the Center for Adolescent Health and the GOALS programs over 20 years ago. The Center for Adolescent Health serves youth ages 10-24 yo who often have complex medical and psychosocial conditions. CAH uses an interdisciplinary team-based approach to provide comprehensive, best practices care, incorporating reproductive and mental health into overall wellness. The GOALS program, which involves Pediatric, Adolescent, and Integrated Behavioral Health Departments at PCC, provides evaluation, ongoing treatment, and referral as necessary for youth ages 4-19 with learning, developmental, and behavioral problems that interfere with school success within the context of a medical home. Dr. Neavel is Medical Director of People’s Community Clinic’s at SAFE Children’s Shelter and the Manor Mustang Clinic.

Dr. Neavel earned her Bachelor of Arts in Plan II Honors at the University of Texas at Austin and her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Subsequently, she pursued Psychiatry Internship, Family Medicine Residency, and Adolescent and Developmental Disorders Fellowships at the University of Cincinnati. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Adolescent Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine. She was faculty and supervised the Adolescent Medicine rotation for Austin’s Pediatric Residency Program for many years. Dr. Neavel is on the Executive Committee of the Texas Youth Friendly Initiative in collaboration with the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Cardea, and the Adolescent Health Initiative. She is on the Texas Health Steps Advisory Panel, and a Travis County Medical Society Delegate to the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Neavel most recently was recognized as a Top Doctor in Adolescent Medicine by Austin Monthly and a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly.

Mentoring and teaching other health care providers have been part of the Center for Adolescent Health and the GOALS program since their founding. Because of this, Dr. Neavel frequently has students and observers with her in clinic. She appreciates families and patients sharing their stories and participating in the teaching.

Niki Patel, MMS, PA-C

Reema Patel D.O.

Reema Patel D.O. Serves as Director of Adult Health at People’s Community Clinic. She is an Austin native but completed medical school at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth and Residency at West Suburban Hospital in Chicago IL and stayed on as a core faculty member for West Suburban Family Medicine Residency as well as worked at a local FQHC while her husband completed his fellowship training in Chicago. She is passionate about relationships with patients, preventative care and women’s health.

Outside of work she enjoys spending time outdoors, reading, crafts, traveling with her husband and spending time with friends, family and her two cats.

Nurse Practitioner, Reproductive Health
elida.ramos@austinpcc.org

Amy Reyes has been practicing as a Physician Assistant in pediatrics since 2008. She received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Biology and Humanities/Plan I from the University of Texas at Austin. She studied abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico, and is fluent in Spanish. She completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Pediatrics has always been her passion, and she considers it an honor to work with families and provide care for their children. In her free time, Amy hangs out with her husband and energetic kids, visits with friends and family, and trains for/competes in triathlons.

Judy Sanders is a family nurse practitioner at the Center for Women’s Health. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing at The University of Texas in Austin, and spent three years at Brackenridge Hospital as a labor and delivery nurse. She received a Master’s in Public Health and a Master’s in Nursing at Columbia University in New York City.

Judy has been working at People’s Community Clinic since 2014. She is the medical coordinator and clinician for the Tandem Teen and Parenting Program. Additionally, she provides family planning, women’s health and primary care services. During her free time, Judy enjoys spending time with her family and teaching Pilates.

Dr. Ashley Sareen is new to Austin coming from her hometown of San Antonio, where she worked at an FQHC after residency. She was chief resident during her Family Medicine training at UTRGV. She also received annual pharmacology award and intern of the year in residency. Her passions within medicine include geriatrics, diabetes, and preventative care. She loves building relationships with patients, and also enjoys teaching medical students and residents. Outside of work she likes trivia, traveling, TV, concerts, festivals, and yoga. She also enjoys puns and alliterations.

I was born and raised and did all of my undergraduate training in Brooklyn, NY. I am a graduate of the Universidad de Monterrey Medical School in Monterrey, Mexico and did my residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in New Jersey.

I moved to Austin in the summer of 1984 and have been here ever since.

I have been continuously board certified in OB/Gyn since 1986.

I have served as the Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of Austin for 10 years.

I have been associated with People’s since 2006 and I have served as the Chair of OB/Gyn at Peoples from 2000-2016.

In addition to my work at People’s I am also the Team Lead Physician for the OB Hospitalist Group at St. David’s Medical Center where I lead a Team of 6 physicians and 6 midwives.

I am fluent in Spanish.

I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 43 years and we have four adult children. I am an unabashed dog lover and they have shared my home and enriched my life for 43 years.

I have delivered more than 9,500 babies and have no intention of stopping anytime soon!

My personal mission statement is, “the worst form of failure is the failure to try”.

Dr. Thadareddy provides care for adult patients. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and has a wealth of experience. He practiced internal medicine in Hearne, Texas, for over twenty years. He earned a medical degree from Gandhi Medical College in India and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Coney Island Hospital in New York.

I am a board certified adult psychiatrist with additional certification in addiction medicine. I was the Chief Medical Officer for Austin Travis Integral Care for 20 years then followed that with careers #2 and #3 with several managed care companies in New York City and then with the US Department of State.

Dr. Christine Villarreal-Levy attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.  She completed her internship and residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital, respectively.  She is married to Gerald Levy, an adult cardiologist, and has 3 children, Sebastian (23), Alexander (21) and Sophia (15).  Her experience as a mother has enriched her practice as a pediatrician and given her a greater appreciation of parenting and the many challenges of child-rearing. She views pediatrics as an opportunity to positively impact the present and future health of children and their families.   She enjoys spending time with her family, watching movies, swimming, traveling, and taking daily walks with her three dogs. 

Dr. Winterroth attended medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Dell Medical School Pediatric Residency. She speaks Spanish and has particular interests in allergies, asthma, and breastfeeding medicine. She enjoys reading, running, cooking, and spending time with her husband and two children. Dr. Winterroth grew up in Austin and is excited to work for an organization that is dedicated to serving the Austin community.

Solana Wooldridge is a Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.  Has lived abroad for many years in Spain, Venezuela, and France and is fluent in Spanish and French. She is passionate about women’s rights with a focus on reproductive rights and family planning. She started working with People’s Community Clinic in August 2016. During her free time, she likes to spend time with her family, visit used bookstores, and go for long walks.