Meet Our Providers

Dr. Meena M. Rijhwani, M.D. - Medical Director

Education: Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Bombay, India in 1988.
Residency:  San Joaquin General Hospital, CA (1992-1995)
Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Area of Practice at Axis: Internal Medicine
Working at Axis Since: 1999
Languages: English and Hindi

Dr. Divya Raj, M.D. - Associate Medical Director

Education: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India in 1999
Residency: Wesley Family Practice, Wichita (2000-2003)
Board Certification: Family Medicine
Area of Practice at Axis: Family Practice
Working at Axis Since: 2011
Languages: English

Dr. Barbara Julier, M.D.

Education: Loma Linda University, CA in 1956.
Residency: Highland Alameda County Hospital, CA (1957-1958)
Area of Practice at Axis: Family Practice
Working at Axis Since: 1997
Languages: English

Dr. Nurjehan Kurwa, M.D.

Education: University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa in 1973.
Residency: Barberton Citizens Hospital, OH (1977-1978); Mount Sinai Medical Center, OH (1978-1980)
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Area of Practice at Axis: Pediatrics
Working at Axis Since: 2007
Languages: English

Dr. Rei Masui, M.D., M.P.H.

Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY in 1996.
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, NY (1997-1999); San Diego Medical Center, CA (1999-2001)
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Area of Practice at Axis: Pediatrics
Working at Axis Since: 2006
Languages: English

Dr. Sepideh Tafreshian, M.D.

Education: Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran in 1994.
Residency: San Joaquin General Hospital, CA (2006-2009)
Board Certification:  Family Medicine
Area of Practice at Axis:  Family Practice
Working at Axis Since: 2009
Languages: English and Farsi

Dr. Charles White, M.D.

Education: Louisiana State University, LA in 1973.
Residency: Highland Alameda County Hospital, CA (1973-1974)
Area of Practice at Axis:  Adult Medicine
Working at Axis Since: 1983
Languages: English

Jennifer Beeckman, RN, MSN, FNP

Education: Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA in 2002.
Board Certification:  Family Nurse Practitioner
Area of Practice at Axis:  Women's Health
Working at Axis Since: 2007
Languages: English

Corey Cutler, RN, MSN, FNP-BC

Education: Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA in 2003.
Board Certification:  Family Nurse Practitioner
Area of Practice at Axis:  Women's Health
Working at Axis Since: 2005
Languages: English

Kathy Santiago, MS, RDE

Education: San Francisco State University, CA in 1998.
Board Certification:  Registered Dietician
Area of Practice at Axis:  Clinical Nutrition
Working at Axis Since: 2008
Languages: English, Farsi, German, French and Spanish

Christine Shiosaki Tsang, RN, MSN, FNP-BC

Education: University of San Francisco, SF in 2003.
Board Certification: ANCC-BC Family Nurse Practitioner in 2004
Area of Practice at Axis: Family Practice, Women's Health
Working at Axis Since: 2010
Languages: English

Education: University of California, San Francisco, 2008
Board Certification: AANP Board Certified, General Medicine
Area of Practice at Axis: General Medicine
Working at Axis Since: 2010
Languages: English, Spanish