Specialty Services
ORTHOPEDICS
Mission Center Healthcare offers on-site orthopedics. Our collaborating orthopedic specialists can treat both adults and children. They do a wide range of orthopedic surgery, including joint implantation and spine surgery.
Michael Klassen, M.D.
Dr. Klassen is the head of Monterey Peninsula Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Klassen does general orthopedics and has special interest shoulder, knee and hip arthroscopic surgery, and sports medicine.
Ramon Jimenez, M.D.
Dr. Jimenez, past President of the California Orthopedic Association, is a nationally known orthopedic physician with a very extensive practice experience. He has expertise in many areas of orthopedics, with a current focus in outpatient areas such as sports medicine and arthritis treatment.
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Mission Center Healthcare is pleased to partner with Monterey Gastroenterology Consultants. Daniel Luba, M.D., Richard Hell, M.D. and Toby Katz, M.D. are board certified gastroenterologists with a wide range of clinical experience. In addition to seeing patients in consultation at our facility, they can provide the full scope of gastroenterology procedures.
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Mission Center Healthcare is pleased to partner with Healthcare for Women. Analisa Marki-Dunn, M.D., sees patients in our office and Norman Nelson, M.D., James Gilbert, M.D., are also available to bring top quality gynecology and obstetrical care to our facility. In addition, they can provide the full range of surgical and other hospital care for problems that cannot be managed in our office
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Mission Center Healthcare is pleased to have partnered Vantage Eye Care to bring ophthalmology care to our patients. This will be especially helpful for our diabetic patients. Jon Page, M.D., sees patients in our facility, and the retinal and cornea specialists at Vantage Eye Care are available for consultation as needed.
CARDIOLOGY
Mission Center Healthcare now has partnered with Monterey Cardio-Pulmonary Associates to give our patients access to top quality cardiology and pulmonology consultation. Dr. Stephen Brabeck, board certified cardiologist, sees patients at our clinic, and he and his colleagues can provide more advanced testing and procedures in the hospital.
HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY
Mission Center Healthcare has now associated with Montery Bay Oncology to provide hematology and cancer care to our patients at our office. Roger Schiffman, M.D., John Hausdorff, M.D., Arina Ganales, M.D. and Kent Bransford, M.D. are top quality specialists, and they can provide hospital care for problems that cannot be managed in an outpatient setting.
PHYSIATRY
Erwin Deiparine, M.D.
Erwin Deiparine, M.D is board certified in Physiatry, the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Among other things, he specializes in helping patients overcome new and long-standing injuries and musculo-skeletal problems. He can provide therapies like epidural injections and other means to resolve complicated pain problems.
PODIATRY
Kirk Allen, DPM, one of the most experienced and highly regarded podiatrists in the region, now provides top quality foot care to our patients every week at Mission Center Healthcare. He can provide hospital surgical care for problems too complicated to be managed in an office.