Family/Internal Medicine & Behavioral Health Clinic – Ventura

Faculty

• Simon Akl, DO »
  Family Medicine
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  Simon Akl, DO

  Dr. Simon Akl was raised in Los Angeles, California where he attended a full immersion French American school through High School. He was accepted to California State University Fullerton as a President’s Scholar graduating with a B.S. in Health Sciences and a double minor in Kinesiology and French. He then went on to attend medical school at Western University of Health Sciences where he quickly discovered his passion for teaching resulting in his selection as a pre-doctoral teaching fellow in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Simon developed an interest for family medicine with his focus on continuity care while emphasizing the importance of lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise. He feels blessed to continue his training and participate in an exciting growth process at CMHS. Outside of his medical profession, Simon comes from a Lebanese family which influenced him to learn French and Arabic. During his free time he enjoys traveling, playing basketball and volleyball, outdoor activities at the beach, hiking and camping. He looks forward to serving the Ventura community!

• Khozema Campwala, MD »
  Family Medicine
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  Khozema Campwala, MD

  Khozema Campwala completed his medical training at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada and residency at Akron General Medical Center, OH and Wheeling Hospital, WV. Following graduation, he moved to Ventura, CA and has been practicing Family Practice, Obstetrics and Urgent Care at Community Memorial Hospital. He is Board Certified in Family Practice and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is Clinical Assistant Professor and serves as Faculty and Associate Program Director for Family Residency Program at CMH.

• Michelle Daucett, DO »
  Family Medicine
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  Michelle Daucett, DO

  Dr. Michelle Daucett is the Family Medicine Program Director.  She received her BS degree from the University of Oregon and her DO degree from Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.  She completed a rotating internship at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, OKlahoma before going on active duty in the US Air Force.  After completing Emergency Medicine and Flight Medicine training, she served at the USAF Hospital at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City and completed board certification by ACOFP.

  She returned home to Ventura County in 1995 and spent the next 20 years practicing family and emergency medicine, serving as the Medical Director for the Santa Paula Hospital Emergency Department from 2006-2015 before joining the CMHS GME team in the inaugural year. In her role as Program Director, she also precepts residents and students at the Midtown Medical Clinic.

• Desiree Domingo-Foraste, MD »
  Family Medicine
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  Desiree Domingo-Foraste, MD

  Upon completion of her medical training, Dr. Foraste moved to beautiful Ventura. She started her private practice in East Ventura, and practiced in the same location for over 30 years. After obtaining her 100 Ton Master Captain’s license, she took a four year sabbatical on her sailboat with her twin sons and husband, traveling Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Central America, Mexico and up the Pacific Coast to Ventura.

  She has now joined Midtown Medical since October, 2017 and many of her patients followed her here to Midtown. Dr. Foraste emphasizes preventive care and a healthy lifestyle. She enjoys training the residents, sharing her experience and pearls of wisdom with the doctors of tomorrow. In addition to sailing, she is an avid skier, scuba diver, and bicyclist and she encourages her patients to be active and responsible for their own health.

• Anna Mikhailovsky, MD »
  Family Medicine
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  Anna Mikhailovsky, MD
• Kristin Pena, MD »
  Family Medicine
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  Kristin Pena, MD
• Ronald Pollack, MD »
  Psychiatry
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  Ronald Pollack, MD

  Ronald D. Pollack, M.D. is Site Director for the Psychiatry Residency and Lead Psychiatrist for the Outpatient Clinics at Community Memorial Health System.  He teaches psychiatry to primary care residents at both the Community Memorial Health System and the Ventura County Medical Center.  His previous responsibilities included Medical Director of Prototypes Women’s Recovery Program, Psychiatric Advisor to Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association, and Lead Psychiatrist for the Ventura County Jail.  His prior appointments include Chair, Department of Psychiatry in Family Medicine, Northridge Medical Center–UCLA School of Medicine, 1981-1991.  Dr. Pollack received his MD degree from Chicago Medical School in 1977, interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, 1977-1978, and completed his residency in Psychiatry in 1981, with an emphasis on psychiatry in family care.  He is board-certified in General Psychiatry.

• Kayvahn Steck-Bayat, MD »
  Obstetrics/Gynecology
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  Kayvahn Steck-Bayat, MD

  Dr. Kayvahn Steck-Bayat was born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Washington, received his medical degree at Albany Medical College, then completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He then completed a two-year accredited fellowship in Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix while simultaneously completing a second fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona’s Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. He enjoys serving the community, loves taking excellent care of his patients, and is continually inspired by those around him. Outside of healthcare, he enjoys spending time with his growing family, edible gardening at home, and playing music as a DJ.