Parastou Farhadian, MD, CPE, FAAFP

Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Training Program

Dr. Farhadian is the Founding Program Director of the newly established Family Medicine Residency Program at Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, CA. She has joined the Mission Community Hospital with 12 years’ experience in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Farhadian is a graduate of the California Healthcare Foundation(CHCF) Leadership Fellowship. She is also a Certified Physician Executive. She is currently a member of the CAFP Foundation Board of Trustees. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family.

Saira Dar, MD

Associate Program Director

Dr. Saira Dar completed her medical education and residency at Regions Hospital in Minnesota in 2005, where she presented locally and nationally during her training. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, a Masters in Health Professions Education from John Hospkins School of Medicine and a Fellowship in Academic Medicine. After a few years of clinical practice and leadership experience, she completed a fellowship in Functional Medicine through A4M. During her academic medicine leadership tenure, she completed a National Program Directors’ Leadership training. Based in Los Angeles, her practice focuses on integrative and functional medicine for adults, children, and geriatric patients, with an emphasis on nutrition, lifestyle, and healthy aging. She currently serves as Associate Program Director for Family Medicine Residency and is the author of Clinical Mind Maps – Using the Epi-logical Approach. Dr. Dar is passionate about personalized, genomics-informed care and developing individualized treatment plans that support long-term health and wellness.

Lauren Joseph, MD

Core Faculty

Dr. Joseph grew up in West Virginia, completed her undergraduate training at Boston University, and received her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Family Medicine at Inova Fairfax Medical Center in Fairfax, Virginia, followed by an Obstetrics fellowship at CarePoint Health in Hoboken, New Jersey. She is passionate about women’s health and prenatal care. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and two cats.

James A. Michail, MD, CMD

Core Faculty, Geriatric Medicine

Dr. James Michail was raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. He has a special interest in the science of aging and advocating for rights of the older population. Dr. Michail also specializes in post-acute and long-term care medicine as a Certified Medical Director. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Gerontology from the Davis School of Gerontology. He then attained his MD degree from St. George’s University in Grenada. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, and his Geriatrics fellowship at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Michail is an avid tennis player and enjoys mountain biking. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Robert Meyerson, MD

Faculty, Santo Nino Continuity Clinic

Dr. Meyerson grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, completed medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and has been Family Medicine board certified since 1983. Over the past 35 years, he practiced Family Medicine at Austin Regional Clinic, Austin Texas. U.S. and International Health care disparity has led him to practice Family Medicine from urban Hartford, Connecticut to rural Nebraska, the Caribbean and South Pacific islands. Dr. Meyerson is excited to be training Family Medicine residents and anticipates learning as much as he teaches. When not wearing a stethoscope, Dr Meyerson loves enjoying time with his family, his three dogs, gardening and playing of tennis.

Petros Hajian, DO

Core Faculty

Dr. Hajian serves as core faculty for the Mission Community Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. He was born and raised in Southern California. Dr. Hajian earned his medical degree from Rocky Vista University in Parker, Colorado. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at College Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Dr. Hajian is board certified in family medicine. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, running, swimming, and spending time with his family.

Maggie Torsney-Weir, MD

Faculty

Dr. Maggie Torsney-Weir is a board-certified geriatrician and family medicine doctor. She earned her medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed her residency and fellowship at Lancaster General Hospital in central Pennsylvania. She is trained in immediate and preventive care for people of all ages, as well as the management of chronic health conditions. She is passionate about providing high quality evidence-based care, and she takes great joy in partnering with patients and their families and engaging in advocacy efforts to promote the health and well-being of older adults.

Dr. Torsney-Weir is from Pennsylvania, but has lived in the Los Angeles area for over a decade. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling with her two children, and hiking with her rescue husky.