Our Staff

We are focused on making your care experience as personal, convenient, and comfortable as possible.  We take the time to fully listen and understand your needs, and then work with you to develop an appropriate plan of action.  We want you to be a full participating partner in your healthcare.

Fred Taweel, M.D.

Areas of Expertise

  • Annual Physicals
  • Acute and Urgent Care
  • Disease Management
  • Preventive Health
  • Health Maintenance
  • Exercise, Nutrition and Weight Management Men’s Health

Medical School

  • VCU/Medical College of VA

Residency

  • University of Michigan Hospitals

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Hours

  • M - F: 8-5

Awards and Appointments

  • Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor
  • Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor
  • Consumer Checkbook Magazine Top Doctor
  • Consumers Digest Top Doctor
  • Board of Trustees, Reston Hospital Center, 2004-2010
  • HealthGrades Recognized Doctor

Care Philosophy

"Prevention and wellness comes from within each of us. I focus on promoting healthy lifestyle changes, as well as detecting and treating health issues early, in order to preserve wellness."

Personal Interests

Golfing, spending time with family, reading (books like The Road Less Traveled and The Kite Runner), watching movies like Braveheart, The Godfather, and Up.

John Valenti, M.D.

Areas of Expertise

  • Annual Physicals
  • Acute & Urgent Care
  • Disease Management
  • Preventive Health
  • Health Maintenance
  • Men's Health
  • Complex Medical Conditions
  • Joint Injections

Hours

  • M-F: 8-5

Medical School

  • Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency

  • Internship, Residency, and Chief Medical Resident at Georgetown University Medical Center

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

  • HCA Reston Hospital Center

Awards and Appointments

  • Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor
  • Consumer Checkbook Top Doctor (rated by other doctors)
  • Consumer Checkbook Top Doctor (rated by patients)
  • Patients Choice Award
  • HealthGrades Recognized Doctor
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1995-present

Care Philosophy

"Caring for patients as a physician is a lifelong learning process. Each encounter brings its own special challenges and joys. And I often find myself learning as much from listening to patients as I do reading a textbook or journal."

Favorite Quotation

“Be who you are and be that well.” — St. Francis de Sales

Personal Interests

Spending time with family, coaching Little League baseball and girls' Youth Softball, reading books like Jurassic Park and Nearer, My God, and watching movies like Rocky, The Godfather, and Gladiator.

Milly Shah, M.D.

Areas of Expertise

  • Annual Physicals
  • Acute & Urgent Care
  • Cardiac Evaluations
  • Disease Management
  • Preventive Health
  • Health Maintenance
  • Woman’s Health
  • Skin Rashes
  • Complex Medical Conditions
  • Emotional Health, Depression, Anxiety

Medical School

  • University of Virginia

Residency

  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Hours

  • M,W,F: 8-5 PM

Awards/Publications

  • Consumer Checkbook Top Doctor
  • Resident Award, 1999

Care Philosophy

"The patient-doctor relationship is a partnership, first and foremost. Listening to the patient’s concerns is the most important step to achieve that end."

Favorite Quotation

"There is only one religion though there are one hundred versions of it." —George Bernard Shaw

Personal Interests

Spending time with family, horseback riding, reading books like The Poisonwood Bible and Imaginary Homelands, watching movies like Pan's Labyrinth and The Last Samurai.

Sunanda Sindhwani, M.D.

Areas of Expertise

  • Annual Physicals
  • Acute & Urgent Care
  • Cardiac Evaluations
  • Disease Management
  • Preventive Health
  • Health Maintenance
  • Travel Vaccinations
  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Woman’s Health
  • Geriatric Health
  • Exercise, Nutrition & Weight Management
  • Men’s Health
  • Skin Rashes
  • Stress Management
  • Complex Medical Conditions
  • Digestive Disorders
  • Emotional Health, Depression, Anxiety
  • Infectious Disease

Medical School

  • Rohtak Medical College

Residency

  • Michigan State University - Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

  • Reston Hospital

Hours

  • T,Th,F: 8-5

Awards/Publications/Appointments

  • Bronze medal – Physiology
  • Role of nimodipine in acute CVA
  • Ex-Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,
    University of Wisconsin,
    Madison, WI
  • Voted to “America’s Top Physicians”
  • HealthGrades Recognized Doctor

Care Philosophy

"I am a strong believer in pre-emptive medicine and not reactive medicine though the latter does have its value. Looking for risk factors before they become diseases is a very important part of my practice. Spending the time and effort in risk stratifying the patient goes a long way in disease prevention. I provide appropriate, compassionate, and timely medical care."

Favorite Quotation

"To keep the body in good health is a duty— otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear. — Buddha"

Personal Interests

Spending time with family, walking, traveling, reading books like Atlas Shrugged and Timeless Mind, listening to music like Rod Stewart and the Beatles, watching movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Lawrence of Arabia.

Cynthia Hersh, C.R.N.P.


Cynthia Hersh graduated from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing in Pennsylvania in 1974, and worked as a Registered Nurse in emergency medicine and neurosurgery. Her academic interests took her to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 1999, and a Masters of Science in 2001. She has been Board Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2001, and joined the practice in 2009.

Hours: M,T,W,F: 8-5 and Th: 8-12



Tamara Morgan, C.R.N.P.


Tamara (Tami ) Morgan graduated from the University of Virginia School of Nursing in 2004 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing.  She worked as a Registered Nurse in cardiology at INOVA Fairfax hospital for 6 years.  In 2010, she received a Masters of Science in Nursing from George Mason University.  She has been Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2010, and joined the practice in 2011.  She enjoys spending time with her husband enjoying the outdoors, biking, golfing, and mentoring high school students.