Our Staff

Providing health care to patients requires a caring and competent team of individuals working together to navigate the confusing maze of notifications, approvals, denials, and referrals that the current healthcare environment demands. We have gathered a talented group of individuals dedicated to helping patients gain resolution to their problems.

Brooke Aber, PA-C

Brooke Aber, PA-C is a Physician Assistant who received her PA and Masters Degress from Chicago Medical School in 2000. In addition, she received her Bachelors Degree in Biology at UC Santa Barbara. She has worked as a surgical PA for 8 years assisting in all subspecialties of surgery, predominantly orthopedics. She grew up in Southern California and currently resides in the East Bay with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, exercise and most importantly spending time with her family.

Her role in our clinic is to evaluate patients, taking their histories, performing physical exams, and conferring with Dr. Smith as to appropriate treatment recommendations. Her warmth and compassion are complemented by her broad knowledge of medicine, with specific reference to the musculo-skeletal system. She provides an essential component of our clinic in these areas, as well as being Dr. Smith's primary surgical first assistant. Ms. Aber evaluates and treats patients independent of Dr. Smith when he is otherwise engaged in research, lectures, patient care, or outside clinic work.

Veronica Malagon, Surgery Scheduler

Veronica Malagon, Jason A Smith MD surgery scheduler Veronica's primary role is as surgery scheduler.  In this role, she makes contact with insurance companies to assure that authorizations for surgeries are properly obtained, schedules surgeries, and assures that all material needed for surgery, such as lab work and scans is available. Veronica is fluent in English and Spanish, and thus also serves as our in house spanish interpreter.

Monica Nelson, X-Ray Tech




Monica is the newest member of our team.  Trained as an X-Ray Tech, she also interfaces with insurance companies to gain authorization for MRIs, CT scans, other tests, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic injections ordered by Dr. Smith and Ms. Aber.  Monica is Fluent in English, German, Serbian, and Romanian.

 

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