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Lourdes González Bahamonde, DO, is a board certified physician in internal medicine; ACGME-fellowship trained in gastroenterology and ASBH-certified healthcare ethics consultant. She provides comprehensive medical care at Center For Digestive Healing in the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles California. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychobiology at UCLA, and a master's in bio-physiology at CSULA before earning her medical degree at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NYIT on Long Island. She completed her ACGME training in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition in NY at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, now Northwell Health, in 2013 and established Center For Digestive Healing in 2018 as an sCorp.

In 2020, the Center for Digestive Healing opened its doors, offering patients access to personalized care in gastroenterology and nutrition with access to advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies through hospital privileges at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA. She delivers comprehensive digestive care through a hybrid practice model—meeting patients where they are through telemedicine while ensuring seamless access to in-person consultations, diagnostic testing, endoscopy, and therapeutic procedures when indicated. While Dr. Bahamonde specializes in digestive disorders, her practice has evolved toward integrative, preventive, patient-centered care that combines learned principles in internal medicine, GI, nutrition, with osteopathic manipulative medicine principles in practice.

Since relocating from NY, she has performed over 12,000 endoscopies, including gastric and colorectal cancer screenings with polypectomies, endoscopic mucosal resections, as well as routine screenings for chronic liver disease. Dr. Bahamonde emphasizes peer-reviewed understanding of the interrelationship of body, structure, and function, allowing her special insight into treating gut-brain disorders. She has dedicated her life to serving diverse communities through education and cultural competence, recognizing the importance of open communication in shared-decision making.

Dr. Bahamonde continues to inspire future health care leaders in education. She serves physicians, residents and fellows as medical ethics faculty scholar; as well as medical director and assistant professor of clinical anatomy and gastroenterology for Touro University California, Los Angeles' new Master's of Pysician Assistant Studies. She is dedicated to translational science efforts for prehealth professional students and youth in STEM programs.

Lourdes González Bahamonde, DO, is a board certified physician in internal medicine; ACGME-fellowship trained in gastroenterology and ASBH-certified healthcare ethics consultant. She provides comprehensive medical care at Center For Digestive Healing in the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles California. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychobiology at UCLA, and a master's in bio-physiology at CSULA before earning her medical degree at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NYIT on Long Island. She completed her ACGME training in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition in NY at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, now Northwell Health, in 2013 and established Center For Digestive Healing in 2018 as an sCorp.

In 2020, the Center for Digestive Healing opened its doors, offering patients access to personalized care in gastroenterology and nutrition with access to advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies through hospital privileges at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA. She delivers comprehensive digestive care through a hybrid practice model—meeting patients where they are through telemedicine while ensuring seamless access to in-person consultations, diagnostic testing, endoscopy, and therapeutic procedures when indicated. While Dr. Bahamonde specializes in digestive disorders, her practice has evolved toward integrative, preventive, patient-centered care that combines learned principles in internal medicine, GI, nutrition, with osteopathic manipulative medicine principles in practice.

Since relocating from NY, she has performed over 12,000 endoscopies, including gastric and colorectal cancer screenings with polypectomies, endoscopic mucosal resections, as well as routine screenings for chronic liver disease. Dr. Bahamonde emphasizes peer-reviewed understanding of the interrelationship of body, structure, and function, allowing her special insight into treating gut-brain disorders. She has dedicated her life to serving diverse communities through education and cultural competence, recognizing the importance of open communication in shared-decision making.

Dr. Bahamonde continues to inspire future health care leaders in education. She serves physicians, residents and fellows as medical ethics faculty scholar; as well as medical director and assistant professor of clinical anatomy and gastroenterology for Touro University California, Los Angeles' new Master's of Pysician Assistant Studies. She is dedicated to translational science efforts for prehealth professional students and youth in STEM programs.

Lourdes González Bahamonde, DO, is a board certified physician in internal medicine; ACGME-fellowship trained in gastroenterology and ASBH-certified healthcare ethics consultant. She provides comprehensive medical care at Center For Digestive Healing in the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles California. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychobiology at UCLA, and a master's in bio-physiology at CSULA before earning her medical degree at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NYIT on Long Island. She completed her ACGME training in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition in NY at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, now Northwell Health, in 2013 and established Center For Digestive Healing in 2018 as an sCorp.

In 2020, the Center for Digestive Healing opened its doors, offering patients access to personalized care in gastroenterology and nutrition with access to advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies through hospital privileges at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA. She delivers comprehensive digestive care through a hybrid practice model—meeting patients where they are through telemedicine while ensuring seamless access to in-person consultations, diagnostic testing, endoscopy, and therapeutic procedures when indicated. While Dr. Bahamonde specializes in digestive disorders, her practice has evolved toward integrative, preventive, patient-centered care that combines learned principles in internal medicine, GI, nutrition, with osteopathic manipulative medicine principles in practice.

Since relocating from NY, she has performed over 12,000 endoscopies, including gastric and colorectal cancer screenings with polypectomies, endoscopic mucosal resections, as well as routine screenings for chronic liver disease. Dr. Bahamonde emphasizes peer-reviewed understanding of the interrelationship of body, structure, and function, allowing her special insight into treating gut-brain disorders. She has dedicated her life to serving diverse communities through education and cultural competence, recognizing the importance of open communication in shared-decision making.

Dr. Bahamonde continues to inspire future health care leaders in education. She serves physicians, residents and fellows as medical ethics faculty scholar; as well as medical director and assistant professor of clinical anatomy and gastroenterology for Touro University California, Los Angeles' new Master's of Pysician Assistant Studies. She is dedicated to translational science efforts for prehealth professional students and youth in STEM programs.

Mehrdad Saliminejad, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and founder of ProDigest Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates in Lakewood and Long Beach, California.

Dr. Saliminejad — or simply Dr. Sal — opened his practice to provide individualized, high-quality patient care using the most advanced tools and techniques. 

After earning his Doctor of Medicine at Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in Qazvin, Iran, Dr. Saliminejad went on to complete his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. 

Dr. Saliminejad relocated to the United States, completing both his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship training at The University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. 

Dedicated to his profession, Dr. Saliminejad took an advanced endoscopy fellowship in endoscopic ultrasound at Montreal General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  

He was recruited by Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, as an assistant professor of clinical medicine and became director of advanced endoscopy and interim chief of the gastroenterology division. 

After teaching residents and fellows for five years at SIU, Dr. Saliminejad moved back to Southern California to serve as director at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center’s Gastroenterology & Advanced Endoscopy Services in Long Beach. He also directs the gastroenterology clinic at the Todd Cancer Institute.

With years of experience managing complex medical problems, Dr. Saliminejad aims to provide the best care possible in a personalized, compassionate, and insightful manner. To better serve his diverse community, Dr. Saliminejad is fluent in English and Farsi and can communicate in Spanish.

In his spare time, Dr. Saliminejad enjoys learning new things and spending time with his family. 

He obtained his undergraduate degree at University of Berkley in Northern California in 1962. He subsequently attended and completed medical school at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 1966 with a Postgraduate in 1967. He then joined the U.S. Army from1967-1969.  He pursued his Residency in Internal Medicine at The University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine (USC) from 1969-1972, with an additional Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship also at USC 1972-1974.He opened his own Gastroenterology Private Practice in Whittier, CA from 1974-2015 and additionally joined our GI group here in Lakewood, CA in 2016.

Dr. Javadi was born in Iran and grew up in Houston, Texas.  She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin and went on to obtain her Master's from Texas State University.  She received her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine and completed her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Albany Medical Center in New York.  

She moved back to Houston to complete her Fellowship in Hepatology at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, where she stayed on as an Attending Physician. 

After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, Dr. Javadi worked as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).  She subsequently accepted an Assistant Professorship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to care for patients with Liver disease, and continued to train Residents and Fellows.  

Dr. Javadi eventually moved back to the Los Angeles area and joined ProDigest Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates, to continue caring for patients with liver disease.  She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Dr. Javadi is dedicated to helping patients with liver disorders, including fatty liver, viral Hepatitis, and management of liver cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease that may require liver transplant evaluation.  Her detailed and humanistic approach to providing care for patients with liver disorders is built on years of experience at various academic centers.

Dr. Javadi looks forward to serving the people of Southern California.