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.
Jill Forbes, A-CNP, GS-C is an experienced provider holding an Autonomous Practice license from the Virginia Board of Medicine. She has been a practicing NP since 2005 who provides primary care for ages 14 and up. Her background includes working as a charge nurse in a 28-bed Intensive Care Unit, private internal medicine practice for ten years, skilled nursing, rehab and assisted living facilities. Jill has a passion for caring for the elderly population and aiding her patients during end-of-life. She is a Certified Gerontological Specialist (GS-C). Her services include providing primary care via Telehealth and in-person to homebound patients and to patients living in assisted living communities. Jill delivers quality and compassionate care to her patients. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her Masters Degree in Nursing from the collaborative program of George Mason University and GW School of Medicine.
Jill Forbes, A-CNP, GS-C is an experienced provider holding an Autonomous Practice license from the Virginia Board of Medicine. She has been a practicing NP since 2005 who provides primary care for ages 14 and up. Her background includes working as a charge nurse in a 28-bed Intensive Care Unit, private internal medicine practice for ten years, skilled nursing, rehab and assisted living facilities. Jill has a passion for caring for the elderly population and aiding her patients during end-of-life. She is a Certified Gerontological Specialist (GS-C). Her services include providing primary care via Telehealth and in-person to homebound patients and to patients living in assisted living communities. Jill delivers quality and compassionate care to her patients. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her Masters Degree in Nursing from the collaborative program of George Mason University and GW School of Medicine.
Jill Forbes, A-CNP, GS-C is an experienced provider holding an Autonomous Practice license from the Virginia Board of Medicine. She has been a practicing NP since 2005 who provides primary care for ages 14 and up. Her background includes working as a charge nurse in a 28-bed Intensive Care Unit, private internal medicine practice for ten years, skilled nursing, rehab and assisted living facilities. Jill has a passion for caring for the elderly population and aiding her patients during end-of-life. She is a Certified Gerontological Specialist (GS-C). Her services include providing primary care via Telehealth and in-person to homebound patients and to patients living in assisted living communities. Jill delivers quality and compassionate care to her patients. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her Masters Degree in Nursing from the collaborative program of George Mason University and GW School of Medicine.
Goals of Care, PLLC, offers outstanding primary care to adults living and working in the Herndon, Virginia, area. Internal medicine physician Richard Hilburn, MD, FACP, and his team use a holistic approach that includes exercise, diet, sleep, and spiritual/psycho-emotional health within an evidence-based medicine framework.
Dr. Hilburn is a three-war veteran, having served in the United States Army for 35 years. He began his career as a private and trained as a medic. Later he became a practical nurse and eventually attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Dr. Hilburn eventually retired from the Army as a full colonel.
At 60, Dr. Hilburn completed a geriatrics fellowship at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He also trained at the Washington School of Psychiatry in geriatric psychotherapy and at the Center For Group Studies in New York City, New York.
Patients at Goals of Care, PLLC, benefit from expert diagnosis and treatment for an extensive range of conditions, including hypertension (high blood pressure), depression, anxiety, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, chronic pain, heart disease, and dementia.
Dr. Hilburn and the Goals of Care, PLLC team provide acute care and chronic disease management. Dr. Hilburn also has extensive experience in geriatric psychiatry, managing advanced illness, and caring for home-bound patients and those nearing the end of their lives. Patients with post-stroke disabilities also receive specialized care and rehabilitation.
Preventive medicine is fundamental to the holistic approach that Goals of Care, PLLC, takes. Patients benefit from annual physicals, general health maintenance, nutrition counseling, and herbal medicine advice.
Referrals are available to highly qualified personal trainers, massage therapists, and psychotherapists. People experiencing sexual dysfunction receive comprehensive care, including hormone replacement therapy, prostaglandins, and enzyme inhibitors.
The team at Goals of Care, PLLC, believes that optimizing health begins with carefully designed individual wellness strategies. They create well-developed plans integrating proven preventive measures with the best, most up-to-date health maintenance practices.
Call Goals of Care, PLLC, to learn more about benefiting from holistic health care, or book an appointment online today.
“Listens well, asks pertinent questions, provides thorough responses. Gives much additional data, using examples from his experience as well as professional literature.
I was comfortable with his presentations, his conclusions, and his recommendations. ”
Dr. Richard Hilburn, md
Geriatrician
492 Elden Street
Herndon, VA 20170
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Dr. Andrew Simmelink
Gastroenterologist 47.2 mi
8415 North Run Medical Drive
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Drew Simmelink, MD, is a board-certified Gastroenterologist at Richmond Gastroenterology Associates. Dr. Simmelink sees patients primarily at the practice’s Hanover office in Mechanicsville, Virginia, but also takes appointments at the West Creek office in Henrico.
Dr. Simmelink received his Bachelor of Science Honors Program degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Richmond (U of R) in Virginia, achieving Dean’s Honor List all four years of his undergraduate career. He went to Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) to earn his medical doctorate, receiving honors marks in internal medicine training.
Dr. Simmelink completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was selected to stay for his three-year Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
During the fellowship, Dr. Simmelink gained extensive experience managing complex liver and inflammatory bowel diseases through the CMC liver transplant and inflammatory bowel disease programs. Additionally, he gained insightful experience in motility issues, earning certification from the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS).
While in his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship, Dr. Simmelink exhibited an interest in improving patient safety. He also championed increasing population-wide colorectal cancer and hepatitis-C screening rates through quality improvement projects.
Dr. Simmelink is clinically interested in managing a wide variety of digestive diseases, including, but not limited to, inflammatory bowel disease and immune-mediated bowel disorders, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Celiac disease, medication-induced conditions, liver disease (alcohol and obesity-induced liver disease), Wilson’s disease, autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis, viral hepatitis, disorders of the gut-brain interaction, IBS, dyspepsia, heartburn and GERD, peptic ulcer disease, constipation, diarrhea, and Barrett’s esophagus.
He is skilled in many GI procedures, including upper endoscopy (EGD), esophageal dilation, Barrett’s esophagus ablation & management, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer screening, colon polyp removal, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic management of inflammatory bowel disease, enteral access (PEG tube placement), and video capsule endoscopy.
He is a member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), and the American College of Physicians (ACP).
Serving his community has always been an integral part of his life, exemplified in achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, joining the Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity in college, to helping out with local support groups for Huntington’s disease and aiding underserved patients through Beyond Clinic Walls during his medical school career.
In his spare time, Dr. Simmelink enjoys landscaping and remodeling homes, playing the piano, enjoying water sports, including swimming & kayaking, experimenting with new recipes from different cultures, and mastering the grill.
Mohit Rastogi, MD, FACC, is board-certified in Electrophysiology. He works with patients at Capitol Cardiology Associates in Lanham, Camp Springs and Largo, Maryland.
Dr. Rastogi, a native of the state of Maryland, is a specialist in cardiology and electrophysiology. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and trained in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
He received his specialty training in general cardiology and electrophysiology at Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital.
A trained specialist in rhythm problems of the heart (arrhythmias), Dr. Rastogi has performed over 1000 procedures treating various rhythm disorders of the heart. He is especially interested in the management and treatment of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and supraventricular tachycardia.
Dr. Rastogi is trained and highly experienced in all electrophysiology procedures, including pacemaker implants, defibrillator implants, cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable loop recorders, lead extraction, electrophysiology study, atrial flutter ablation, atrial fibrillation ablation, SVT ablation, and VT ablation.
Vineet Venugopal, MD, FACC, is a dual board-certified Cardiologist at Capitol Cardiology Associates. Dr. Venugopal specializes in internal medicine and general cardiology and sees patients from two offices in Camp Springs and Lanham, Maryland.
Dr. Venugopal is a native son of Palm Beach County. He grew up in Wellington, Florida, and completed his training in general cardiology in 2013. He attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), receiving a doctoral degree.
Post graduation, he fulfilled his internship and residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He then completed his general cardiology fellowship at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis in Indiana.
Dr. Venugopal has been recently admitted as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
He is highly skilled in performing cardiac procedures such as diagnostic coronary angiography, transesophageal echocardiography, cardioversion, stress testing, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology.
Dr. Venugopal also practices general invasive cardiology and has an interest in cardiac imaging. He has privileges at Luminis Health Doctor’s Community Hospital and University of Maryland Capital Regional Health
Saifudin Hussein, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiovascular specialist at Capitol Cardiology Associates. From three offices in Camp Springs, Lanham, and Largo, Maryland, Dr. Hussein provides all patients with high-quality care.
Dr. Hussein was born in Ethiopia and completed medical school at Jimma University in Jimma, Ethiopia. He fulfilled his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular fellowship training at Howard University Hospital. During his training, Dr. Hussein was selected as the second-best resident in 2002.
He participated in ACP Medical Jeopardy alongside two other residents and achieved third place in the United States of America. Dr. Hussein received a certificate of achievement for scholarly activities. He has participated in several published abstracts and articles.
Since graduation, Dr. Hussein has been practicing cardiology in Prince George's County, Maryland. While working in private practice, Dr. Hussein has accumulated extensive experience caring for cardiac patients in office and hospital settings. He has privileges at Luminis Health Doctor’s Community Hospital and University of Maryland Capital Regional Health
He holds four board certifications, including cardiovascular disease, internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, and adult transthoracic echocardiography.
He has performed and interpreted thousands of cardiac tests, including EKG, echocardiograms, and nuclear stress testing.
Jill Forbes, A-CNP, GS-C is an experienced provider holding an Autonomous Practice license from the Virginia Board of Medicine. She has been a practicing NP since 2005 who provides primary care for ages 14 and up. Her background includes working as a charge nurse in a 28-bed Intensive Care Unit, private internal medicine practice for ten years, skilled nursing, rehab and assisted living facilities. Jill has a passion for caring for the elderly population and aiding her patients during end-of-life. She is a Certified Gerontological Specialist (GS-C). Her services include providing primary care via Telehealth and in-person to homebound patients and to patients living in assisted living communities. Jill delivers quality and compassionate care to her patients. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her Masters Degree in Nursing from the collaborative program of George Mason University and GW School of Medicine.
Rameez Sayyed, MD, is a highly experienced cardiologist at Commonwealth Vein Center in Colonial Heights, Richmond, and McLean, Virginia.
Dr. Sayyed completed his Doctor of Medicine at Rawalpindi Medical University in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He then relocated to the United States to continue his medical education and training.
After completing his transitional internship at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Sayyed went to Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, Virginia, for his internal medicine residency.
Dr. Sayyed then completed a fellowship at the University of Connecticut in Mansfield, Connecticut.
Dr. Sayyed is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. He’s board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) with subspecialty certification in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.
He’s also certified in nuclear cardiology.
Dedicated to his profession, Dr. Sayyed writes articles and research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
