Internal Medicine and Primary Care in Boston

A team model of care with a focus on wellness and prevention.

About Internal Medicine at South Boston Community Health Center

The Internal Medicine Department (also known as Adult Medicine) at South Boston Community Health Center provides comprehensive primary care to adults ages 18 and older. This includes routine physicals, same day visits for urgent problems, preoperative physicals, and routine follow-up treatment of chronic problems such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and mood disorders.

As part of our routine medical exams, we provide:

  • Counseling on healthy lifestyles
  • Cancer screenings including breast, colon, cervical and lung cancer
  • Screening for diabetes and high cholesterol
  • STD screening
  • Blood pressure screening
  • Family and social history review
  • Counseling on family planning and contraception
  • Routine immunizations

We also help coordinate specialty referrals, social service supports, and home care when appropriate.

We strive to build therapeutic relationships with patients and their Primary Care Provider (PCP).  Your medical team is comprised of providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and internal medicine residents) with the support of our nursing and medical assistant staff.  Our team based approach allows us to coordinate care between providers and ensure continuity with your PCP.

Internal medicine and primary care in South Boston

South Boston Community Health Center
409 West Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127
Phone: 617-269-7500 | Fax: 617-464-7676

Meet the Internal Medicine providers below!

Internal Medicine Team 1

Sophie Kerman, MD

  • Medical Education: Brown University
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Addiction Medicine, HIV, Infectious Disease, Health Equity
  • Languages: English

Kevin Savage, MD

  • Medical Education: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Infectious Diseases
  • Languages: English, Spanish

Katherine Zeitler, MD

  • Medical Education: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Hepatitis C Treatment
  • Languages: English

Pamela Cattel, MD

  • Medical Education: Boston University School Medicine
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Boston Medical Center
  • Special Interests: Geriatrics, Women's Health
  • Languages: English

Internal Medicine Team 2

Katie McMenamin, MD

  • Medical Education: Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Languages: English

Robert Fain, MD

  • Medical Education: Brown University
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Outpatient Mental Health Care, Immigrant Health, Population Health Research
  • Languages: English, Spanish

John Stone, MD

  • Medical Education: Albany Medical College
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Internal Medicine
  • Languages: English

Megan Chapman, NP

  • Medical Education: Boston College
  • Board Certification: Certified Nurse Practitioner
  • Languages: English

Suru Lin, MD, MPH

  • Medical Education: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Boston Medical Center
  • Special Interests: Medical Education
  • Languages: English

Internal Medicine Team 3

Ryanne Dymek, MD

  • Medical Education: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Women's Health
  • Languages: English

Alejandro Campos Rodriguez, MD

  • Medical Education: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
  • Residency: Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Special Interests: Endocrinology & Metabolism, Obesity Medicine
  • Languages: English, Italian, Spanish

Sarah Sloan, MD, Director of Internal Medicine

  • Medical Education: Boston University School of Medicine
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Boston Medical Center
  • Special Interests: Women's Health, Community Health
  • Languages: English

M. Azzam Mehssen, MD

  • Medical Education: University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Syria
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Carney Hospital: Primary Care/Internal Medicine Track
  • Special Interests: HIV Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Languages: Arabic, English

Internal Medicine Team 4

Morgan Larrabee, NP

  • Medical Education: Simmons University
  • Board Certification: Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Women’s Health, Infectious Diseases, Anxiety
  • Languages: English

Emma Pitoniak, NP

  • Medical Education: Boston College
  • Board Certification: Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Special Interests: Diabetes, Women's Health
  • Languages: English

Sheel Saxena, MD

  • Medical Education: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Boston Medical Center
  • Special Interests: Sports Medicine
  • Languages: English, Hindi

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