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.
Dr. Gopika Gangupantula, MD, FAAFP is Board-Certified in Diabetology and Advanced Diabetes Management, a Board-Certified Family Physician, Diplomate in Obesity Management and Fellow of American Academy of Family Physicians. Driven by her passion to educate and empower her patients for maintaining healthy lifestyles, Dr. Gangupantula has also received Fellowship training in diabetes to provide the utmost support for each patient.
Since she has called Modesto, California home for over 20 years, Dr. Gangupantula has established her practice in this community. Valley Diabetes & Obesity is committed to helping patients maintain a healthy lifestyle through education and diabetes management services for adults, children, and pregnant women. Patients fondly refer to her as Dr. G.
As a compassionate and skilled doctor, Dr. Gangupantula carries certain beliefs that influence and optimize her daily medical practice. She wants you to know that these beliefs are the foundation of her practice and her perspective when working with you to improve and maintain your health:
She listens to you
She knows everyone wants to be healthy and fit to enjoy life
She knows each one of you is different
She relays compassion
She wants to educate you about your health conditions
She gives you time to ask questions
She provides up to date, scientifically valid care
“Dr Payan is awesome. I have been searching for a PCP for a long time now and was referred to Dr Payan. In one meeting, she was able to figure out what was going on with me and gave me the right prescription. She really listens and is a very personable dr. ☺️”
Dr. Eugene Santillano is a dual board-certified expert in Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine. He has over two decades of frontline primary care experience and a decade dedicated to guiding patients through the complexities of addiction recovery. His child-of-origin story begins with his father's alcohol addiction, punctuated with the loss of his younger brother on the streets of San Francisco due to fentanyl. He is committed to breaking barriers in addiction treatment by expanding access to compassionate and evidence-based care.
Dr. Santillano specializes in personalized Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) to support mental health recovery. His unwavering mission is to challenge stigma, reduce implicit bias in healthcare, and empower patients and providers with the tools they need for compassionate transformation.
Dr. Santillano is helping patients recognize that addiction is a complex chronic disease rooted in trauma and learned coping behaviors—not a moral failing. Our approach focuses on removing stigma and shame, enabling clients to engage fully in their recovery journey.
Graduated from San Joaquin General Hospital Family Medicine Program, a University of California Davis Program Other areas of interest, are Urgent Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Telemedicine.
Personal Hobbies:
My wife and I are both busy physicians, she has her busy Internal Medicine practice in Oakdale, Ca. We have three wonderful, very active children, who keep us quite busy.
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