Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dr. Valerie Brickner has been an audiologist for over 11 years and has experience in several different audiology settings. She has worked with Ear, Nose, and Throat specialists in the past and also private practice, manufacturing, and the Veteran’s Administration.
She is a native to Michigan and grew up in a small town near Mt. Pleasant. She first became interested in hearing impairment because of her father. He has had a hearing loss for most of his life. Growing up around him and seeing his struggles with hearing loss has given Valerie a special love for her profession. She strives to treat every patient as she would want someone to treat her father.
She earned her degree at Central Michigan University. For her final year of graduate school, she did an internship in San Antonio, TX. Following graduation, she decided to stay in Texas in the Austin area for a few more years. Valerie then decided to move back to Michigan to be closer to her family again. She proudly served our nations veterans at the Veteran’s Administration for 4 years before decided to work back in the private sector.
Dr. Skye Gregory-Hatch is a licensed audiologist with a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association. Skye provides comprehensive audiological evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment options, including hearing aids, tinnitus management, and other assistive listening devices.
Skye has a passion for communication and repairing communication. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and communication studies from Grand Valley State University and then completed an additional year of coursework in communication sciences and disorders. After taking two years off of school to work with geriatrics in the assisted living setting, Skye returned to Grand Valley State University to earn her Doctorate of Audiology. After graduation, Skye completed additional training to become a certificate holder of tinnitus management (CH-TM).
Since graduation, Skye has worked in private practice, hearing aid manufacturing, and now with ear nose and throat specialists. Her special interests include tinnitus, Ménière’s disease, and hearing loss as a result of ototoxicity.
Dr. Skye Gregory-Hatch is a licensed audiologist with a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association. Skye provides comprehensive audiological evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment options, including hearing aids, tinnitus management, and other assistive listening devices.
Skye has a passion for communication and repairing communication. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and communication studies from Grand Valley State University and then completed an additional year of coursework in communication sciences and disorders. After taking two years off of school to work with geriatrics in the assisted living setting, Skye returned to Grand Valley State University to earn her Doctorate of Audiology. After graduation, Skye completed additional training to become a certificate holder of tinnitus management (CH-TM).
Since graduation, Skye has worked in private practice, hearing aid manufacturing, and now with ear nose and throat specialists. Her special interests include tinnitus, Ménière’s disease, and hearing loss as a result of ototoxicity.
Jodi earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology with a minor in Gerontology and a Master of Arts degree in Audiology through Western Michigan University. She received the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is licensed in the state of Michigan, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology.
Jodi’s clinical interests include pediatric and adult diagnostics, adult amplification, aural rehabilitation, and hearing conservation. She is committed to creating individualized solutions for her patients to meet their unique hearing needs.
Jodi is a lifelong resident of the greater Kalamazoo area. She and her husband, Mic, have two sons who have blessed them with wonderful daughters-in-law and six grandchildren. In her free time, she enjoys reading, kayaking, biking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family (especially those “Super Six” who call her Grammie).
Marissa Corneille, AuD, is a devoted audiologist at SLENT, a leading otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Louisiana. Marissa practices out of the Mandeville and Slidell offices.
Marissa was born and raised down the bayou in a small south Louisiana town just outside Houma. She completed her clinical externship year at SLENT Hearing & Balance Center, before graduating with her Doctor of Audiology degree in May 2018 from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Prior to this, she attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Disorders in 2014.
She has completed internships at Island Audiology in Hawaii, North Oaks Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area and Baton Rouge.
Dr. Corneille is a member of the American Academy of Audiology, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the Louisiana Academy of Audiology.
Dr. Corneille has submitted her research concerning the importance and efficacy of school-based hearing screening programs in South Louisiana for publication to the American Journal of Audiology with her professor at LSUHSC in July of 2018.
Soon after moving to New Orleans to pursue her doctoral degree in Audiology, Marissa fell in love and married her husband Evan in June 2017. They welcomed their son Benjamin into the world in June 2018. When not busy at work caring for her patients, Marissa enjoys being a mom and exploring downtown Covington with her family.
JJ Martinez, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, is an accomplished audiologist on the team of providers at SLENT, a renowned otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Mandeville, Slidell, and Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez served active duty in the United States Marine Corps before receiving his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2010.
He completed internships at North Oaks Hospital, Tulane University Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area as well as a year-long externship with a private practice in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. He provides humanitarian services and encourages high ethical standards in all vocations as a member of Rotary International and is a Clinical Director of the Healthy Hearing discipline for the Special Olympics Louisiana.
Dr. Martinez will provide patients with diagnostic hearing evaluations, musician monitors, custom hearing protection, assistive listening devices, hearing aids, and evaluation and treatment of vertigo. Dr. Martinez and his wife, Sarah, live in Ponchatoula and have one daughter, Sloane.
JJ Martinez, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, is an accomplished audiologist on the team of providers at SLENT, a renowned otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Mandeville, Slidell, and Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez served active duty in the United States Marine Corps before receiving his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2010.
He completed internships at North Oaks Hospital, Tulane University Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area as well as a year-long externship with a private practice in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. He provides humanitarian services and encourages high ethical standards in all vocations as a member of Rotary International and is a Clinical Director of the Healthy Hearing discipline for the Special Olympics Louisiana.
Dr. Martinez will provide patients with diagnostic hearing evaluations, musician monitors, custom hearing protection, assistive listening devices, hearing aids, and evaluation and treatment of vertigo. Dr. Martinez and his wife, Sarah, live in Ponchatoula and have one daughter, Sloane.
JJ Martinez, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, is an accomplished audiologist on the team of providers at SLENT, a renowned otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Mandeville, Slidell, and Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez served active duty in the United States Marine Corps before receiving his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2010.
He completed internships at North Oaks Hospital, Tulane University Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area as well as a year-long externship with a private practice in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. He provides humanitarian services and encourages high ethical standards in all vocations as a member of Rotary International and is a Clinical Director of the Healthy Hearing discipline for the Special Olympics Louisiana.
Dr. Martinez will provide patients with diagnostic hearing evaluations, musician monitors, custom hearing protection, assistive listening devices, hearing aids, and evaluation and treatment of vertigo. Dr. Martinez and his wife, Sarah, live in Ponchatoula and have one daughter, Sloane.
Marissa Corneille, AuD, is a devoted audiologist at SLENT, a leading otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Louisiana. Marissa practices out of the Mandeville and Slidell offices.
Marissa was born and raised down the bayou in a small south Louisiana town just outside Houma. She completed her clinical externship year at SLENT Hearing & Balance Center, before graduating with her Doctor of Audiology degree in May 2018 from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Prior to this, she attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Disorders in 2014.
She has completed internships at Island Audiology in Hawaii, North Oaks Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area and Baton Rouge.
Dr. Corneille is a member of the American Academy of Audiology, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the Louisiana Academy of Audiology.
Dr. Corneille has submitted her research concerning the importance and efficacy of school-based hearing screening programs in South Louisiana for publication to the American Journal of Audiology with her professor at LSUHSC in July of 2018.
Soon after moving to New Orleans to pursue her doctoral degree in Audiology, Marissa fell in love and married her husband Evan in June 2017. They welcomed their son Benjamin into the world in June 2018. When not busy at work caring for her patients, Marissa enjoys being a mom and exploring downtown Covington with her family.
JJ Martinez, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, is an accomplished audiologist on the team of providers at SLENT, a renowned otolaryngology practice with three clinics conveniently located in Mandeville, Slidell, and Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez served active duty in the United States Marine Corps before receiving his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2010.
He completed internships at North Oaks Hospital, Tulane University Hospital, and several audiology practices in the greater New Orleans area as well as a year-long externship with a private practice in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Martinez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. He provides humanitarian services and encourages high ethical standards in all vocations as a member of Rotary International and is a Clinical Director of the Healthy Hearing discipline for the Special Olympics Louisiana.
Dr. Martinez will provide patients with diagnostic hearing evaluations, musician monitors, custom hearing protection, assistive listening devices, hearing aids, and evaluation and treatment of vertigo. Dr. Martinez and his wife, Sarah, live in Ponchatoula and have one daughter, Sloane.
High Quality Home Therapy is a premier physical therapy practice in Stamford, Connecticut and Rye, New York, that also provides in-home services to patients throughout Connecticut and New York. Caryn McAllister, PT, DPT and her skilled team take an innovative, multidisciplinary, integrative, holistic approach to therapy. They offer personalized therapy to entire families including children, adults, and the geriatric population. They work with people of all abilities, sexual orientations, sizes and genders, ensuring that everyone can receive the care they need.
The compassionate providers collaborate with each other and patients, using varying expertise and multiple disciplines in a team setting to provide superior neurological, vestibular, orthopedic, and even end-of-life (hospice and palliative) care.
High Quality Home Therapy also offers craniosacral therapy, massage therapy, Pilates, social skills groups, Yoga and kickboxing. The highly trained physical therapy team provides psychiatric-informed therapy services, including mindfulness training, lifestyle medicine, and breathing training.
Other options for patients include professional training and performance optimization, stretch therapy, prenatal and postnatal care, personal training, and concussion care. They have access to premier skin care, facials, Hatha yoga, CoreAlign® therapy, and numerous other health and wellness solutions.
Professional therapists treat neurological disorders, sports injuries, musculoskeletal conditions, mastitis, feeding issues, headaches, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (a type of connective tissue disorder), and other conditions that contribute to chronic pain or disability.
High Quality Home Therapy provides convenient telehealth options, in-office care with access to a spa-like medical facility and cutting-edge therapy in the comfort of a patient’s own home or office.
High Quality Home Therapy differentiates itself from traditional care by providing one-on-one therapy sessions. The practice is out of network with insurance except for Medicare B (in CT) but helps patients maximize benefits to minimize out-of-pocket costs. The therapy team submits claims for patients as part of their commitment to top-quality care.
Schedule an in-person, home-based, or telehealth appointment at High Quality Home Therapy by phone or request one online today.
Karine Rocha de Benedicto, M.S., C.C.C. is a bilingual licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who joined our team in 2021. Karine provides speech therapy services to patients of all ages and diagnoses. A graduate of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, Karine’s passions include aphasia, dysarthria, and cognitive communication disorders. Passionate about making an impact in the lives of her patients, Karine strives to provide them with person centered quality care that empowers, enhances, and supports development, preservation and rehabilitation of communication cognition and social and emotional skills. Karine leads our social skills groups and vocational training programs. In her free time she enjoys reading, photography, and walks in the woods!
Karine Rocha de Benedicto, M.S., C.C.C. is a bilingual licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who joined our team in 2021. Karine provides speech therapy services to patients of all ages and diagnoses. A graduate of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, Karine’s passions include aphasia, dysarthria, and cognitive communication disorders. Passionate about making an impact in the lives of her patients, Karine strives to provide them with person centered quality care that empowers, enhances, and supports development, preservation and rehabilitation of communication cognition and social and emotional skills. Karine leads our social skills groups and vocational training programs. In her free time she enjoys reading, photography, and walks in the woods!
High Quality Home Therapy is a premier physical therapy practice in Stamford, Connecticut and Rye, New York, that also provides in-home services to patients throughout Connecticut and New York. Caryn McAllister, PT, DPT and her skilled team take an innovative, multidisciplinary, integrative, holistic approach to therapy. They offer personalized therapy to entire families including children, adults, and the geriatric population. They work with people of all abilities, sexual orientations, sizes and genders, ensuring that everyone can receive the care they need.
The compassionate providers collaborate with each other and patients, using varying expertise and multiple disciplines in a team setting to provide superior neurological, vestibular, orthopedic, and even end-of-life (hospice and palliative) care.
High Quality Home Therapy also offers craniosacral therapy, massage therapy, Pilates, social skills groups, Yoga and kickboxing. The highly trained physical therapy team provides psychiatric-informed therapy services, including mindfulness training, lifestyle medicine, and breathing training.
Other options for patients include professional training and performance optimization, stretch therapy, prenatal and postnatal care, personal training, and concussion care. They have access to premier skin care, facials, Hatha yoga, CoreAlign® therapy, and numerous other health and wellness solutions.
Professional therapists treat neurological disorders, sports injuries, musculoskeletal conditions, mastitis, feeding issues, headaches, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (a type of connective tissue disorder), and other conditions that contribute to chronic pain or disability.
High Quality Home Therapy provides convenient telehealth options, in-office care with access to a spa-like medical facility and cutting-edge therapy in the comfort of a patient’s own home or office.
High Quality Home Therapy differentiates itself from traditional care by providing one-on-one therapy sessions. The practice is out of network with insurance except for Medicare B (in CT) but helps patients maximize benefits to minimize out-of-pocket costs. The therapy team submits claims for patients as part of their commitment to top-quality care.
Schedule an in-person, home-based, or telehealth appointment at High Quality Home Therapy by phone or request one online today.
Patrick H. Coffey, DO, is an experienced vascular surgeon and osteopathic physician with the team at Vascular Specialists located in Tinley Park, Illinois. Dr. Coffey takes a holistic approach to patient care and helps patients heal with traditional medications and interventional procedures along with exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle.
Dr. Coffey received his undergraduate education at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Erie, Pennsylvania. After medical school, he completed his internship at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, in Flushing, New York, where he remained for his residency. To further his training, Dr. Coffey completed a vascular and endovascular fellowship at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, New Jersey.
As far back as he can remember, Dr. Coffey saw medicine as a good way to help people and to use his potential to the fullest. Through his medical and surgical training, and in learning more about the vascular system, Dr. Coffey was drawn to the straightforwardness and elegant simplicity of the veins and arteries, and how treating the diseases of the vascular system brings such an improvement to patients’ quality of life.
Patient education is a very important part of Dr. Coffey’s care, so he does his best to speak in plain language that is easily understandable. He believes that when patients have a clear understanding of their illness or disease, the treatment options available, and the things they can do to improve their recovery, they optimize what they can control and achieve even better results.
In addition to his formal medical training, Dr. Coffey is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery in general surgery and the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. He is also certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Dr. Coffey is an engaging and informative speaker, educating peers about amputation prevention, vascular conditions and disease, wound care, and the latest minimally invasive techniques.
Eugene Tanquilut, DO, FACOS, is a board-certified vascular and endovascular surgeon at Vascular Specialists in Tinley Park, Illinois and Munster, Indiana. Dr. Tanquilut has provided vascular care and surgery in the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago since 2005. His first goal is to understand his patients’ needs and implement an effective and efficient treatment plan aimed at improving their quality of life.
Dr. Tanquilut grew up in Orland Park and is a graduate of Carl Sandburg High School. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and his medical degree at Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. After medical school, Dr. Tanquilut completed his internship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and his surgical residency at St. Barnabas in New York City. He furthered his training with a vascular and endovascular fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
In addition to his board certification, Dr. Tanquilut is certified in hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Lauded for his expertise, Dr. Tanquilut has received various awards over his career, including Most Compassionate Doctor 2013, Vital’s Patients Choice in 2013 and 2014, Vital’s Top 10 Doctors for Vascular Surgery 2014, Trademark Who’s Who Top Doctor Honors Edition 2016, and International Association of Healthcare Professionals Top Doctor 2017. Dr. Tanquilut has also published a variety of papers about vascular health management and is a popular speaker at national vascular health conferences.
Trained in both traditional and minimally invasive vascular surgery, Dr. Tanquilut provides an unbiased opinion about beneficial methods that ensures his patients have the best possible individual care. He believes patients have the right to be well-informed about all treatments available, so they can make the best decision as a team.
Dr. Tanquilut’s care stems from a genuine concern for his patients’ well-being, endeavoring to understand each as a unique person, rather than a disease. He enjoys getting to know each patient and developing a strong bond, giving them a comfortable environment to ask questions and feel informed, in an effort to lessen their anxiety before and during a procedure.
To better serve more of his patients, Dr. Tanquilut is fluent in English and Spanish. He is affiliated with Advocate South Suburban Hospital, and Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Hospital.
Eugene Tanquilut, DO, FACOS, is a board-certified vascular and endovascular surgeon at Vascular Specialists in Tinley Park, Illinois and Munster, Indiana. Dr. Tanquilut has provided vascular care and surgery in the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago since 2005. His first goal is to understand his patients’ needs and implement an effective and efficient treatment plan aimed at improving their quality of life.
Dr. Tanquilut grew up in Orland Park and is a graduate of Carl Sandburg High School. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and his medical degree at Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. After medical school, Dr. Tanquilut completed his internship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and his surgical residency at St. Barnabas in New York City. He furthered his training with a vascular and endovascular fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
In addition to his board certification, Dr. Tanquilut is certified in hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Lauded for his expertise, Dr. Tanquilut has received various awards over his career, including Most Compassionate Doctor 2013, Vital’s Patients Choice in 2013 and 2014, Vital’s Top 10 Doctors for Vascular Surgery 2014, Trademark Who’s Who Top Doctor Honors Edition 2016, and International Association of Healthcare Professionals Top Doctor 2017. Dr. Tanquilut has also published a variety of papers about vascular health management and is a popular speaker at national vascular health conferences.
Trained in both traditional and minimally invasive vascular surgery, Dr. Tanquilut provides an unbiased opinion about beneficial methods that ensures his patients have the best possible individual care. He believes patients have the right to be well-informed about all treatments available, so they can make the best decision as a team.
Dr. Tanquilut’s care stems from a genuine concern for his patients’ well-being, endeavoring to understand each as a unique person, rather than a disease. He enjoys getting to know each patient and developing a strong bond, giving them a comfortable environment to ask questions and feel informed, in an effort to lessen their anxiety before and during a procedure.
To better serve more of his patients, Dr. Tanquilut is fluent in English and Spanish. He is affiliated with Advocate South Suburban Hospital, and Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Hospital.
Mengdi Yao, MD, is a skilled vascular and endovascular surgeon dedicated to diagnosing and treating a wide range of vascular conditions. At Vascular Specialist in Tinley Park, Illinois, and Munster, Indiana, Dr. Yao combines expertise in both open surgical procedures and minimally invasive techniques to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care.
Dr. Yao earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Rollins College before completing her medical degree at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. She further honed her skills during her General Surgery residency at Tufts Medical Center and a specialized fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School.
With a focus on limb salvage, dialysis access, and aortic diseases, Dr. Yao is passionate about improving the quality of life for her patients. She values the long-term relationships she builds with her patients and works collaboratively to develop individualized treatment plans that prioritize optimal outcomes.
Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, Dr. Yao ensures clear communication and personalized care for her diverse patient base. Her commitment to excellence and her compassionate approach make her a trusted provider in vascular and endovascular care.
Dr. Yao is licensed to practice in Illinois and is actively accepting new patients. If you’re seeking a vascular specialist who blends expertise with a patient-first philosophy, Dr. Mengdi Yao is here to help.
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