Josilu Portella, PA-C is a 2006 graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services Physician Assistant Program where she concentrated on care of the surgical patient. She also holds a Masters of Public Health in International Health Promotion from the same university which was conferred in 2002. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Ms. Portella's main areas of interest are general surgery and breast cancer prevention. As Associate Director of the GWU Mobile Mammography Program, she received grants from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, AVON Foundation and the Cancer Research Foundation of America to promote early breast cancer screening and treatment in the uninsured populations of the Washington metropolitan area. She is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
Parini Parikh Shah, PA-C is a 2003 graduate from Northeastern University with her Bachelors of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience. She then received her Physician Assistant's degree from Howard University in 2006. Her main area of concentration in school was general surgery. She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Currently, Parini is focusing her care on breast diseases, surgical and non-surgical treatment options, and early screening for breast cancer. She is working closely with a breast team to provide the excellence of care to our breast population. She is also a Men's Health network volunteer, helping to advocate early prostate/colon cancer screenings. Parini will also be teaching surgery at Howard University.
