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Hardeep M. Singh, MD, FACP, AGAF, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in Newport Beach, and Orange, California. He grew up in Orange County, California, and obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Southern California.

While completing his internship and residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Singh received the Leo Rigler Award for his academic achievement, and while completing his fellowship in Gastroenterology, he was named as the Kaiser Permanente Fellow of the Year.

Dr. Singh received additional training in Endoscopic Ultrasound at the University of Montreal. He has published research on ERCP techniques, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, management of liver transplant patients, autoimmune liver disease, and management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Dr. Singh established his practice in 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange. He has focused on general gastroenterology, with specific interests in management of end-stage liver disease, treatment of Hepatitis B and C, Endoscopic ultrasound, and endoscopic management of gastrointestinal cancers. He is actively involved in the Liver Tumor Program at St. Joseph Hospital and started their Endoscopic Ultrasound Program in 2010.

Dr. Singh has received many accolades, including being recognized as a Physician of Excellence from 2011-2018 by the Orange County Medical Association. He was recently selected as one of the top gastroenterologists in the Western United States by Vitals.com. In 2015, Dr.Singh was recognized by the American Gastroenterological Association as an AGA Fellow, for his superior achievement in clinical practice. Dr. Singh received the Trademark Who's Who recognition as a top doctor in 2016.

In addition to his work at his practice, Dr. Singh considers community service a personal responsibility. Dr. Singh volunteers regularly at La Amistad family health center, providing care to the underserved in Orange, California. For years he has helped organize Access OC at St. Joseph's Hospital, a non-profit organization that helps to provide screening colonoscopies to uninsured patients.

Dr. Singh has been a contributor to multiple articles on gastrointestinal health, featured in Cosmopolitan, Yahoo.com, Good Housekeeping, and Runners World.

Additionally, Dr. Singh is the Medical Director of Endoscopy and the Medical Director for the Endoscopic Ultrasound/Biliary program at St.Joseph Hospital in Orange.

Dr. Singh is proud to provide care to patients in Newport Beach, and Orange, and offers flexible scheduling, including Saturday procedures.

Edward Tangchitnob, MD, MBA, FACOG, FACS is a robotic surgeon and regenerative medicine physician specializing in minimally invasive and holistic treatments for chronic diseases associated with aging. Dr. Tangchitnob’s private practice is located in West Covina, CA.

Dr. Tangchitnob performs robotic procedures for women to help treat abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, infertility, and urogynecological symptoms that occur after childbirth. After graduating from his robotic surgery and advanced endoscopic fellowship at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, CA he was recruited by Emanate Health to serve as the medical director for the developing Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery (MIGS) division.

In 2013, he helped secure the Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG) designation for Emanate Health. In 2016, he later led the Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery (COERS) designation for general surgery, oncology and urology. He has served as a consultant and board advisor for several pharmaceutical and biomedical companies including Abbvie, Allergan Medtronic, Smith and Nephew, and Cooper Surgical. In 2017 he founded Timeless Health MD which focuses on holistic treatments for aging such as bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, intimacy procedures, and aesthetics medicine.

In 2021 he became one of the first gynecologic surgeons nationwide to become certified in the surgical subspecialty of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Dr. Tangchitnob earned his medical degree at Tufts University in 2008 after graduating with a B.S. in electrical and biomedical engineering at Tufts University in 2004. He served as the Executive Chief Resident during his OB/GYN residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He is an active member of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL). He works closely with hospital executives to build surgical and medical programs and holds an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Hardeep M. Singh, MD, FACP, AGAF, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in Newport Beach, and Orange, California. He grew up in Orange County, California, and obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Southern California.

While completing his internship and residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Singh received the Leo Rigler Award for his academic achievement, and while completing his fellowship in Gastroenterology, he was named as the Kaiser Permanente Fellow of the Year.

Dr. Singh received additional training in Endoscopic Ultrasound at the University of Montreal. He has published research on ERCP techniques, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, management of liver transplant patients, autoimmune liver disease, and management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Dr. Singh established his practice in 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange. He has focused on general gastroenterology, with specific interests in management of end-stage liver disease, treatment of Hepatitis B and C, Endoscopic ultrasound, and endoscopic management of gastrointestinal cancers. He is actively involved in the Liver Tumor Program at St. Joseph Hospital and started their Endoscopic Ultrasound Program in 2010.

Dr. Singh has received many accolades, including being recognized as a Physician of Excellence from 2011-2018 by the Orange County Medical Association. He was recently selected as one of the top gastroenterologists in the Western United States by Vitals.com. In 2015, Dr.Singh was recognized by the American Gastroenterological Association as an AGA Fellow, for his superior achievement in clinical practice. Dr. Singh received the Trademark Who's Who recognition as a top doctor in 2016.

In addition to his work at his practice, Dr. Singh considers community service a personal responsibility. Dr. Singh volunteers regularly at La Amistad family health center, providing care to the underserved in Orange, California. For years he has helped organize Access OC at St. Joseph's Hospital, a non-profit organization that helps to provide screening colonoscopies to uninsured patients.

Dr. Singh has been a contributor to multiple articles on gastrointestinal health, featured in Cosmopolitan, Yahoo.com, Good Housekeeping, and Runners World.

Additionally, Dr. Singh is the Medical Director of Endoscopy and the Medical Director for the Endoscopic Ultrasound/Biliary program at St.Joseph Hospital in Orange.

Dr. Singh is proud to provide care to patients in Newport Beach, and Orange, and offers flexible scheduling, including Saturday procedures.

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.