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Michelle Ilyayev, LMHC, is a highly skilled licensed mental health counselor at Michelle Silver Lining Mental Health Counseling, a virtual telehealth practice based in Flushing, Queens, in New York City. 

She specializes in treating depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, substance abuse, and marital issues by offering individualized, couples, family, and group therapy sessions. Michelle’s compassionate, warm, welcoming demeanor puts patients of all ages at ease.

Using evidence-based therapeutic approaches, she tailors each psychotherapy treatment to patients’ unique needs. Michelle enjoys helping patients gain insight, build upon their strengths, and develop effective coping skills to improve their mood, emotions, behaviors, and overall quality of life. 

She shares a passion for helping her clients fight against the stigma of mental health disorders and improving their lives by facilitating emotional regulation. Michelle understands that regardless of which struggles her clients have, they deserve to find their silver lining. 

She holds a mental health counselor license in the state of New York. She completed her training at St. John’s University in Queens, New York City, and Albert Ellis Institute in New York City.

Michelle loves helping her patients thrive and enjoys maximizing their mental health, wellness, and quality of life. She compassionately welcomes new and existing patients to Michelle Silver Lining Mental Health Counseling and looks forward to visiting with them.

For over a decade, Grace has helped families achieve their infant feeding goals and transition as joyfully and gently as possible into parenthood. As an IBCLC, CLC, she offers families evidence-based care and support for common to complex infant feeding challenges. Her holistic, goals-based approach to lactation support is informed by her background in midwifery and birth/postpartum doula work in NYC, North Carolina, India, and Malawi, Africa, and her work as a Women's Health Educational Consultant at Duke and UNC's School of Medicine. She has extensive training and experience with Tethered Oral Tissues (tongue tie) and works closely with pediatricians, midwives, and other holistic providers to help families achieve optimal feeding.

At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, the team of expert internal medicine doctors strives to help young adults, adults, and seniors of Cheshire, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Meriden, Wallingford, West Haven, and Stratford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area experience and maintain optimal health. The practice emphasizes disease screening, to enable early detection of problems before they create serious health emergencies. The doctors also provide care for acute conditions, ongoing chronic medical illnesses, and general physical examinations.

Our practice is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, so we can refer and coordinate care with world-renowned medical specialists when necessary. The practice has ultrasound and laboratory services available on-site, as well as spirometry to screen for asthma and Holter monitors to measure your heart’s activity. At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, you experience high-quality medical care unparalleled in the region. In 2014, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized the providers for delivering high-quality care to our patients with diabetes and heart disease. NCQA is known in the health care industry for having developed health care quality and cost-benchmarking systems.

Rachael Konigsberg is a graduate of Drexel University Physician Assistant Program in Philadelphia, PA. She is a board certified Physician Assistant by the NCCPA. She received her BA from Boston University and joined Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven in 2020.

Concierge care at Michael Hundert, MD, includes 24/7 access to Dr. Hundert, extended office visits, same and next-day appointments, little to no wait time, and wellness benefits like one-on-one coaching.

As a primary care provider, Dr. Hundert schedules sick visits, physicals, and well-person visits. Patients frequently seek thoughtful care for common concerns like asthma and arthritis. He’s also an expert in geriatrics, weight loss, hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes care, and chronic disease management.

Dr. Hundert received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, and completed his residency training at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. In addition to treating patients at his private practice, he’s affiliated with several hospitals in the New York area.

To learn more about the services provided by Michael Hundert, MD, call the New York City office or use the online booking feature today.

Ewa Slaby, APN, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in internal medicine at Advance Medical Group. Ewa and the team serve patients at the practice's three locations in Hackensack, Haledon, and Paramus, New Jersey.

Ewa began her professional pursuits at Felician University in Rutherford, New Jersey, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2016. At the end of her studies, Ewa was awarded an Academic Excellence in Nursing Award for graduating with the highest GPA in her graduating nursing class.

Following graduation, Ewa served the North Jersey community as a telemetry registered nurse at the Valley Hospital and as a Pre-Op/PACU registered nurse at various surgical centers in the area for over five years.

Ewa earned her Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration from Felician University in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2020. She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings during her career and studies and understands the importance of individualized patient care.

Ewa is happy to assist anyone pursuing a healthier lifestyle. She invites everyone seeking improved well-being to Advance Medical Group today.

Ewa is fluent in both Polish and English.

At the practice of Dr. Sapna Pandya, advanced wound care specialist Sapna Pandya, DPM, provides advanced wound care to patients s in Washington Heights and Upper Manhattan neighborhoods of New York City, New York.

Dr. Pandya began her career pursuits at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, earning her undergraduate degree in biological sciences and pre-medicine. Then, she obtained her medical degree from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) in New York City.

Before entering private practice, Dr. Pandya completed a three-year residency program in podiatric medicine and surgery, split between medical facilities in New York and New Jersey. During that time, she received training in advanced wound care treatments to prevent amputation and limb loss.

Dr. Pandya takes a conservative and patient-centered approach to wound care. She treats everyone as a member of the family and makes time to understand their individual symptoms and goals. 

Dr. Pandya stays informed of new and cutting-edge treatments and technologies. She understands that no one is exactly alike and views each patient as an individual, valuing their humanity.

The practice serves a diverse patient base, as Dr. Pandya speaks English, Spanish, Hindi, and Gujarati fluently. She’s committed to clear communication and never rushes through consultations. Dr. Pandya performs most procedures onsite, but she also holds hospital privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital.

People from all over New York City visit Dr. Pandya to receive diagnosis and treatment of skin ulcers, surgical wounds, and diabetic foot ulcers. Dr. Pandya also offers treatment for burns and post amputation wound care.

Outside of work, Dr. Pandya enjoys participating in continuing education. She’s a proud member of the American Association of Medical Foot Specialists (AAMFS), American Board of Foot Surgeons (ABFS)and regularly attends conferences and seminars on advanced wound care.

Call the practice of Dr. Sapna Pandya to receive comprehensive and advanced wound care, or click the online booking feature today.

Lawrence Salob, DO, FACOFP, is a family medicine and osteopathic medicine physician practicing at Evia Medical Center in Long Island, New York.

The son of a chiropractor, Dr. Salob was impressed at a young age at the power of direct hands-on care in caring for patients. The use of the hands to palpate disease and offer treatment to restore the body’s health was a fundamental decision to pursue being an osteopathic physician (D.O.).

He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine at the New York Institute of Technology in 2002. While attending, he engaged in a one-year Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He completed his Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment residency at Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway, where he also served as chief resident.

Initially providing office-based family practice care, an opportunity led him to provide house calls to homebound patients. This experience provided insight into the care of the elderly population while focusing on improving one’s quality of life. He has also cared for subacute rehab and long-term residents of multiple nursing homes.

Embracing the osteopathic philosophy, Dr.Salob applies traditional medicine with Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT). OMT is a set of hands-on techniques used by osteopathic physicians to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. OMT can be used to ease pain, promote healing, and increase overall mobility. He practices medicine with the philosophy of treating the whole person. Common things that are treated with OMT include back pain, headaches, joint pain, sinus problems, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Along with medication, physical therapy, activity, diet, weight loss, stretching, and other modalities (like trigger point injections), OMT can help people’s bodies function at their highest potential. When OMT is used in conjunction with other treatments such as those above, as well as acupuncture and massage, it can help decrease the severity, duration, and frequency of symptoms, as well as levels of patient discomfort. It can also help some patients with chronic pain conditions decrease their need for pain medication.

Dr. Salob is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the AOA, in addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

As an osteopath, Dr. Salob is passionate about improving the quality of life of patients while helping the body restore its inherent capacity to heal and maintain its functional capability. He abides by this wisdom attributed to osteopathic physician A.T. Stills: “To find health should be the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” 

Having treated patients of all ages, Dr. Salob emphasizes a comprehensive and individualized approach to the care of the patient. His experiences have fostered a holistic approach to caring for a patient, not just treating a set of symptoms or chief complaints.

Darla Lynch, MD, MS, CAc, is a fully licensed physician who offers a variety of internal medicine and integrative medicine treatments to the residents of Long Island, New York. As a key staff member of Evia Medical Center in Smithtown, New York, Dr. Lynch offers expertise in many disciplines, from functional medicine to acupuncture.

Dr. Lynch’s patients benefit from an extensive medical education and wealth of field experience. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College and her doctor of medicine degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New York. Between those degrees, she earned her Master of Science in human nutrition at Columbia University in New York, and she then completed both her internship and residency at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Dr. Lynch is board-certified in family medicine and is a New York State-certified acupuncturist. She provides an integrative medicine approach combining traditional Western medicine, Eastern medicine, and nutritional counseling, and has been practicing since 1997.

Her passion is to maximize her patients’ quality of life by using hormone evaluation and optimization, clinical nutrition, and acupuncture to support and restore her patients’ normal physiology and function as they move through life. Dr. Lynch forms integrative plans for fatigue, insomnia, thyroid disease, perimenopause, and metabolic syndrome.

In addition to serving as a family medicine physician, Dr. Lynch has a special interest and many years of experience in noninvasive pain management, including acupuncture, dry needling, trigger-point injections, and an innovative migraine treatment called sphenopalatine ganglion block. She uses these and other modalities combined with supplements and/or medication to treat neck pain, sciatica, muscle spasms, migraines, and fibromyalgia.