Afaque Akhtar, M.D.
Afaque Akhtar, M.D., is now affiliated with FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. He received his premedical education from Superior Science College in Karachi, Pakistan, and his medical degree from Dow Medical College, also in Karachi. He completed a residency in internal medicine at North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills in New York and a fellowship in nephrology at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Sangeeta C. Varanasi, M.D.
Sangeeta C. Varanasi, M.D., has joined Pinehurst Medical Clinic. Raised in Chapel Hill, she received her undergraduate education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned her medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine/geriatric medicine.

Melita A. Ritter, M.D.
Melita A. Ritter, M.D., is now affiliated with FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital and Rockingham Anesthesia Consultants. She received her undergraduate education from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and her medical degree from the Medical College of Toledo (Ohio), where she also completed her residency in anesthesiology. She is board certified in anesthesiology.

Bryan Barboza, P.A.-C
Bryan Barboza, P.A.-C, is a physician assistant affiliated with Pinehurst Radiology Group. He received his bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y., and his master’s of medical science in physician associate medicine from the Yale University School of Medicine. He is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

John P. Roberson, M.D.
John P. Roberson, M.D., has joined Pinehurst Radiology Group. He received his undergraduate education from the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences and his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, both in Charlottesville. He completed internships in general surgery and otolaryngology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., and a residency in radiology and a fellowship in neuroradiology
at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He is board certified in both radiology and neuroradiology.

David Bosch, P.A.-C
David Bosch, P.A.-C, is a physician assistant affiliated with the vascular services department at Pinehurst Surgical. A native of Washington, D.C., he received his B.S. degree and his master of physician assistant science from Methodist College in Fayetteville. He is certified by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants.

Mark P. Snyder, M.D.
Mark P. Snyder, M.D., has joined Carolina Behavioral Care. A native of Evergreen Park, Ill., he received his undergraduate education from Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill., and his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana. He completed his internship and residency in general psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to earning his medical degree, he completed an Ed.M. degree in counseling psychology at the University of Illinois.

Darrin G. Cutrell, P.A.-C
Darrin G. Cutrell, P.A.-C, is a physician assistant with FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Hospitalist Services. He earned a B.S. degree in environmental health from East Carolina University in Greenville and his master of physician assistant science from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.