Providers

Our volunteer providers make Avicenna possible. They are at the heart and soul of our operation.

Our provider team includes nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians who donate their time and expertise. Currently, we have one or two providers volunteer each Sunday from 12:45 to 4:00 PM.

You can even make it a family affair!  We have annual activities that are open to families such as our 5K, flyer and outreach events, fundraising dinners, and community projects. We can also have volunteers entertain young children or engage older children to ease your participation.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the clinic managers at clinicmanager@avicennahealth.org for more information.

Current Avicenna Providers

Mehmoodur Rasheed, MD, FACR

Medical Director

Carle Health Provider, Carle Champaign on Curtis

Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY

Anne Robin, MD

Assistant Medical Director

Family Medicine, Carle Foundation Hospital

MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Owaise Mansuri, MD

Carle Health Provider, Carle Champaign on Curtis

Endocrinology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Dawn McCoy, MD

Carle Health Provider, Carle Champaign on Curtis

Family Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL

MD, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Farzaneh Entezari, APRN

OSF Healthcare Provider

Professional Education, Nurse Practitioner, University of Illinois at Chicago

Erica Person, MD, MS, FAAO

Christie Clinic Provider, Christie Clinic at the Fields

Ophthalmology, University of Missouri Kansas City,
Kansas City, MO

MD, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Mohammed S. Ahmed, MD

Carle Health Provider, Carle Foundation Hospital

Family Medicine, St. Luke's Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg, NJ

MD, American University of Antigua College of Medicine, St. John's, Antigua And Barbuda

Molly Sandgren, FNP-C

Christie Clinic Provider, Christie Clinic in Champaign on Windsor

Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL

Nasser Gayed, MD

Carle Illinois College of Medicine Teaching Professor,
Biomedical and Translational Sciences

Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

MD, Cairo University School of Medicine, Al Manial, Egypt

Pushpa Giri, MD

McKinley Health Center Provider, UIUC

MD, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Shamim Sadiq, MD

Carle Health Provider, Carle Foundation Hospital

Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND

MD, Government Medical College of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Sohaib Sajjad, MD

Carle Health Provider, Carle Foundation Hospital

Family Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

MD, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, Netherlands

Toufic Abdo, MD, FACP, FACE

Carle Health Provider, Carle Champaign on Curtis

Endocrinology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Internal Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Past Providers

Nadia Nasreen, MD

Imran Khan, MD

Hareesh Lal, MD 

Bryan Lee, MD

Kevin Wilson, PA

Sudha Muthekepalli, MD

Yannick Kadia, MD

Elise Wessol, DO 

Imani Anwisye-Mashele, MD