Dr. Laure Ndeutchoua is Affinity Health's Medical Director. 

Becoming a healthcare provider has been a life-long dream she diligently worked to accomplish. She started her career as Registered Nurse during which she had the opportunity to work in acute care, long-term care, community health and visiting nursing.  During the course of her Nurse Practitioner program, she had the privilege of completing her clinical rotations at the following sites: 

• Primary & Alternative Medical Center

• Takoma Park Pediatrics

• Congressional OB/GYN and Associates MD

• Internal Medicine- Office of Dr. Rashid Baghai

For the duration of her time in theses rotations, she was fortunate to care for a variety of patients and families. She believes in continuity of care for all her patients and is looking forward to extending this level of quality of care in her new practice.  Dr. Laure Ndeutchoua started 1 Stop Primary and Urgent Care so she can provide access to the most vulnerable and non-insured patients.  1 Stop Primary and Urgent Care is a place where people are treated with dignity and respect. We now have the opportunity to care for patients and their families, not only for urgent matters, but also in follow-up to make sure they are stable. Dr. Ndeutchoua is looking forward to using evidence-based practice guidelines to care for her patients from childhood to adulthood and loves the diversity involved in her field.

Dr. Ndeutchoua is a Family Nurse Practitioner certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Due to her eagerness to decrease healthcare disparities, her capstone research project titled: Facilitating Person-Centered Care for People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities addressed the gap existing in staff training processes for organizations caring for people with disabilities.

Languages: English and French

Interests: Family Medicine, Mental Health, Community Health Services, Pediatrics, Patient-Centered Care and Holistic Care, HBPC.

Honors:

• Dec. 2006-2009: Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

• Jan. 2012: Mary Mahoney Society

• Dec. 2012- 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

• Dec. 2013-2016: Golden Key International Honor Society of Nursing

Professional Affiliations:

• Member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner organization.

• Member of American Society for Men’s Health

• Member of the American Nurse Association

• Member of he American Academy of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Hospital Privileges:

• Washington Hospital Center

• Providence Hospital

Dr. Gilles Lewe is AFFINITY HEALTH, Director of Pharmacy program.

Dr. Gilles role is to oversee our prescription managemt program. 

Dr. Gilles is a clinical pharmacist and has been for five years. Before that, he was a staff pharmacist, pharmacy coordinator and pharmacy supervisor at various hospitals and pharmacies including MedStar, Johns Hopkins and Ascension Saint Agnes. If there is anything he is passionate about, it is his patient wellbeing through appropriate prescription management and adequate technology use.

Dr. Gilles role at AFFINITY HEALTH is to carefully examine medication orders issued by physicians to ensure accuracy and appropriateness; Offer expertise and guidance regarding potential adverse effects of medications, assisting healthcare professionals in making informed decisions.

 Dr. Gilles also acts as a knowledgeable point of reference for healthcare providers, providing up-to-date information on medications and their usage, providing oversight and guidance to technicians involved in medication-related tasks. When it comes to implementing new systems, Dr. Gilles conducts comprehensive training sessions for staff members to ensure their proficiency in using new software systems before their official implementation, while evaluating existing workflow processes and offer constructive insights and suggestions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. 

To be able to properly assist patients with prescription issues, Dr. Gilles thoroughly investigates medication errors should there be any by employing data-driven analysis to identify and effect appropriate solutions, aiming to prevent future occurrences. To ensure we are up to date with prescription software management, he continuously review automated processes to identify areas of improvement and implement enhancements to streamline workflow and enhance patient safety.

Dr. Gilles will always be available to answer any of your questions or concerns and can’t wait to assist.

Silvia is a Register Nurse and a Family Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience with House calls, primary care and Home Health. Silvia worked with companies such as MedStar, Adventist Hospital and Vicdania Home Health. Her role within AFFINITY  HEALTH will be to; 

Demonstrate knowledge of and application of Key Clinical Quality Indicators, and proactively monitors and implements systems to achieve and/or surpass our company thresholds. 

Ensure delivery of compassionate quality care and nursing supervision as by providing evidence base practice and prevention of comorbidities and apparent maintenance of optimal resident functions. Implementing process measures for high risk complex patients to decrease rehospitalizations.

Review 24-hour concurrent report daily to monitor timely of care, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, discharges, falls, behavioral episodes, and medication errors.

Collaborate with physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to improve the quality of services and to resolve identified problems and coordinates nursing services with all other departments including Therapy.

Coordinate and/or develop on-going quality review progress and activities for nursing services to monitor nursing compliance with standards and regulatory requirements, interviews, and record reviews. 

Participate in budget development for the nursing department, and for medical, nursing, and central supplies. Assures nursing staff properly charges out ancillaries used.

Help the Administrator prepare staff for inspection surveys, instructing staff on matters of conduct and disclosure, being interviewed by inspectors, immediate corrections of problems noted by surveyors, etc. Reviews and reinforces important standards previously cited and finally, interacts courteously with patients, family members, employees, visitors, vendors, business associates, and representatives of government agencies.