All staff at Citrus Park Medical Care and affiliates maintain the highest levels of accreditation and pursue ongoing education to stay abreast of the latest trends in the medical field.
Read on to learn more about our staff's experience and training.
Citrus Park Medical Care Providers:
Shital Mehta, DO
- Born and raised in New Jersey
- Graduated with high honors from Richard Stockton College of NJ
- Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Graduated 2000
- Internship and Residency: St. Barnabas Health Systems
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Lisa Dinard, APRN
- Experience: Was in the Army Reserves from 1994 until 2000 working in a Medical Field Unit as a Nurse
- Worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse from 1996 until 2000 in Long Term Care
- Graduated with Associates Degree in Nursing
- Worked as Registered Nurse from 2000 until 2010 in Long Term Care, Emergency Room, ICU, CVSICU, and Pre-op at Tampa General Hospital
- Education: University of South Florida graduated with Masters Degree in Nursing in 2010
- Board Certified ARNP since 2010
- Worked in Internal Medicine since 2010 and at Citrus Park Medical Care since 2011
Wesley Chapel Medical Care Providers:
Parenkumar Patel, MD
- Double certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
- Residency training at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, NY
- Fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension at Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn NY
- Experience: Chief resident at Jamaica Hospital, New York
- Practicing medicine for 11 years and HMO Experience since 2012
- Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Basic Spanish
- Special Interest: Preventive Medicine, Diabetes and its complications, Hypertension, Vascular Disease, Kidney Disease, COPD, High Cholesterol, Hormonal diseases and Obesity
Sumna Sharma APRN
- Experience: Started my nursing career in 2011. Working in skilled nursing facilities, hospice, home health, Psych acute care and acute care settings in Med/Surg and Neuro PCU
- Graduated from USF in 2022 with Masters of science in nursing focusing on Family nurse practitioner
- Special interest: Geriatric and adult care. Neurology and Psychology.
Jordan Johanson APRN
- Born and raised in Florida.
- Graduated with honors from FGCU nursing.
- Graduated with honors from USF family nurse practitioner program.
- Completing doctorate of nursing practice with USF.
Camila Avila, M.D
- Born and raised in Bogota Colombia
- Medical School: University of Florida, Gainesville, Graduated in 2015
- Completed Residency at Bayfront St. Petersburg.
- Certified by American Board of Family Medicine
- Language: Fluent in English, French, and Spanish
- Belongs to esteemed organizations like the Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians
- Worked in Family Medicine/Internal Medicine since 2015