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.
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Jonathan Marehbian, MD, is a highly skilled neurology specialist and an integral part of the Link Integrated Healthcare team. Through his work with patients at locations in Oxnard, Camarillo, and Santa Barbara, California, Dr. Marehbian improves the quality of life and provides renewed hope for those in his care.
Education has always shaped Dr. Marehbian’s journey. He began his studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He went on to complete his Medical Degree at St. George School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. Dr. Marehbian further refined his skills through studies at Dartmouth Institute in Hanover, New Hampshire.
His professional experience includes roles in neurocritical care, internal medicine, and the full scope of neurology services. Dr. Marehbian contributed to furthering medical education for others as an assistant professor and a fellowship program director.
Patients enjoy working with Dr. Marehbian and appreciate his attention to detail. He enjoys getting to know those in his care and celebrating their treatment milestones and achievements.
The best way to get to know Dr. Marehbian better is by booking a face-to-face visit. Online scheduling offers a simple path to an appointment, and patients can also reach the practice online to schedule visits.
Mani Nezhad, MD, is a board-certified adult and vascular neurologist at Link Integrated Healthcare in Oxnard, Camarillo, and Santa Barbara, California, with a passion for providing state-of-the-art care for his patients.
Dr. Nezhad grew up in the San Fernando Valley and he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California (USC). Following his time at USC, Dr. Nezhad received his master’s degree and medical degree at Georgetown University. Returning back to southern California, Dr. Nezhad completed his neurology training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. He then continued his career at Cedars-Sinai, where he completed his vascular neurology training under the mentorship of Dr. Patrick Lyden.
After his time at Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Nezhad saw the need to bring expert neurology and cerebrovascular care closer to home in Ventura County. Since 2016, he has served as the stroke program medical director at St. John’s, where he has helped develop the local area's only Joint Commission-certified thrombectomy capable stroke center. More recently, Dr. Nezhad currently serves as the neuroscience medical director at St. John’s, where he strives to bring academic center-quality care to the community.
Dr. Nezhad is on staff and available for in-patient consultations at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, St. John’s Hospital - Camarillo, Community Memorial Hospital, and Los Robles Regional Medical Center, and is available for outpatient consultations at Link Integrated Healthcare. He and his team are able to perform EMG, NCV, TCD, EEG, BAEP, and VEP studies.
Robert Taylor, MD, is an expert in the management of cerebrovascular disorders. At Link Integrated Healthcare in Oxnard, Camarillo, and Santa Baraba, California, he practices neurointerventional surgery, neurocritical care, and vascular neurology.
Dr. Taylor has previously served as director to the Vascular Neurology Fellowship and site director to the Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellowship at the University of Minnesota/Fairview Hospital and the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was recognized as one of the Best Doctors in America® in 2013 and America’s Best Doctors® in 2021.
Dr. Taylor He is a member of the American Stroke Association (ASA), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS), a senior member of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS), and a founding member of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN).
Dr. Taylor has published and given numerous lectures on the latest treatments of ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and neuroendovascular techniques and protocols.
Alireza Bozorgi, MD, is a board-certified neurologist and interventional pain management physician who also specializes in epilepsy and pain management. He sees patients at Minimally Invasive Medical Group, which has offices in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, and Irvine, California.
He received his medical degree from Tehran, Iran. He completed a neurology residency at Tehran University. He then completed another neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He obtained a subspecialty in Epilepsy in Cleveland. He worked for two years at Mercy Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Then, he completed a year of fellowship in pain management in Cleveland. Then, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he practiced for a year. He then moved to California and started to practice at Minimally Invasive Medical Group.
Dr. Bozorgi has a wealth of research experience and has published extensively. He is a member of several professional associations, including the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.
Dedicated to providing quality, compassionate patient care, Dr. Bozorgi is currently accepting new patients.
He offers medical, interventional, and invasive management of chronic pain including pain arising from spine, joints, limbs, and headache. His approach to ailments is holistic one, incorporating several frontiers of treatment.
He spends all other time not practicing medicine with his family and traveling.
Board-certified neurosurgeon Ali H. Mesiwala, MD, FAANS, takes a solution-based approach to determine anatomic and functional abnormalities and then treats them with leading-edge technologies and integrative medicine.
At his four offices in Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, and Rancho Cucamonga, California, he focuses on helping all of their patients return to their normal lives, getting back into motion as quickly as possible.
The team treats a vast array of neurological conditions. After intensive neurological exams and diagnostic testing, they recommend the best nonsurgical treatments for each person's unique health care needs. They recommend surgery when symptoms are severe or persist despite conservative care.
Patients seek Dr. Mesiwala for his expertise in brain and spine surgery, as well as peripheral nerve surgery and artificial disc replacement surgery.
He's an expert in complex brain and skull base surgeries, and he has the most experience in artificial disc replacements on the West Coast, including multi-level operations and all types of spinal decompressions.
Dr. Mesiwala is a leader in the field of minimally invasive sacroiliac (SI) joint surgery and has performed endoscopic cranial and spinal surgery since 2004. No matter where pain originates, patients get relief after he performs neuromodulation surgery.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Mesiwala received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of California, San Francisco.
Then he finished his neurological surgery residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
He completed his skull base and cerebrovascular fellowships at the University of Washington, International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany, and the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
As a respected researcher specializing in the development of novel technologies and minimally invasive techniques for brain and spine surgery, Dr. Mesiwala holds multiple patents for medical devices used in spinal surgery.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Mesiwala is the faculty surgeon for various artificial disc operations and spinal fusion operations with innovative techniques. He's a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS).
Dr. Mindy Bixby is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders, brain injury medicine and headache. She has been practicing medicine since 2012 and takes an individual approach to each patient’s care that includes understanding their unique needs and goals. Dr. Bixby believes in educating, empowering and supporting patients and their families, and encouraging them to be involved in all aspects of healing.
As a movement disorder specialist, Dr. Bixby cares for patients with essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, ataxia and rare movement disorders. She also treats a comprehensive range of headache syndromes such as migraine, cluster, tension and atypical headaches.
An advocate for the Parkinson's population, she is an active public speaker to help educate and empower all patients to live their best life.
Throughout his extensive career, board-certified neurologist William Shankle, MS, MD, FACP, has been regarded as a leading expert in the management and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurological degenerative conditions. As the founder of Shankle Clinic in Newport Beach, California, Dr. Shankle uses his extensive experience to provide exceptional care for patients from near and far.
Dr. Shankle attended undergrad at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in biology. He continued to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he completed medical school.
He pursued an internship in internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and then completed his residency in neurology at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Dr. Shankle also trained as a statistician at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and completed further postgraduate studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
After co-founding the Alzheimer’s Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Shankle served as Clinical Director for ten years. He also served as Director of the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program at Hoag Neurosciences Institute.
Dr. Shankle has taken part in many research endeavors and has received numerous awards, including the Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. The New York Times has also recognized Dr. Shankle’s investigations on human brain development, reporting on his research as among the most important scientific discoveries of the 1990s.
“I've been a patient at the clinic for 3 years now. The entire Shankles team has been very kind and professional throughout. The care provided has been very effective and every aspect of diagnosis and progress patiently explained for our understanding. 5 stars!”
Dr. William Shankle, MS, MD
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Dr. Nita Chen is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders. Dr. Chen received her medical degree from Albany Medical College in 2017. She then completed a neurology residency at UC Irvine (2021) and a movement disorders fellowship at the University of Florida (2023). Throughout her training, she has developed a special interest in Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. What she loves most about these areas is how treatment and technology meet to provide an individualized plan. Dr. Chen uses her love of art to connect science with humanism and is known to use illustrations to demonstrate concepts of disease and treatment.
Outside of the role of neurologist, she enjoys gardening, making ceramics, and exploring local crafting festivities. In another life without being plagued by sea sickness, she would be a marine biologist. For now, she’ll settle for her cat (Glia) who is reportedly known to act like a shark at times, or a puffer fish.