My Medical Team
My Medical Team
Samuel David Steiner
Margo Budman, M.D.
Dr. Budman is my primary care family physician. She is a family medicine physician in Rohnert Park, CA and has over 25 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 1997. She is affiliated with Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital.
Dr. Daniel A Brenner, M.D., Ph.D., FACC
Dr. Brenner is my primary cardiologist. He received his Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He completed his M.D./Ph.D. at Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his post graduate clinical training at Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, followed by general cardiology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Brenner completed an additional year of interventional cardiology training at Stanford as well.
Alexander Page, M.D.
Dr. Page helped saved my life on March 5, after I was admitted to Sutter Hospital on March 4 with severe septic shock. He is the physician who placed a drain in my gall bladder. The line from that drain came out of my body one inch below my right nipple and into a drainage bag that I emptied and kept clean and for five months. Dr. Page graduated from University of Southern Colorado. Dr. Alexander Page, MD is an Interventional Radiology Specialist in Santa Rosa, CA and has many years of experience. Dr. Page currently affiliated with Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Allen W. Cortez, M.D.
Dr. Cortez is the general surgeon who removed the drain Dr. Page had placed inside my gall bladder. He also removed my gall bladder and my appendix. He then sent the white fluid surrounding my appendix to a lab that confirmed the fluid was from a tumor that had grown and burst in my appendix. Allan W. Cortez, M.D., is a general surgeon in Santa Rosa, California and is affiliated with Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital and Santa Rosa Surgery and Endoscopy Center.
Dr. Ying Cao, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Cao is a specialist in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology. Years ago, she corrected a disorder in my red blood cells by putting me on a supplement that cured the problem. After reviewing the results on the fluid surrounding my appendix, Dr. Budman instructed me to return to see Dr. Cao. Dr. Cao informed me that the white fluid removed from my abdomen indicated the presence of an incurable Stage-IV cancer. Dr. Cao provides the latest treatments to all types of cancer and blood disorders. She believes in personalized care and likes to share her knowledge with her patients to help them make the best decision. She has Board Certifications in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine.
Mohamed Adam, M.D.
Dr. Adam is the surgeon at the University of California San Francisco to whom Dr. Cao referred me for the treatment of my cancer. Dr. Adam is an assistant professor in the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. He is a cancer surgeon who treats gastrointestinal tumors and specializes in the treatment of cancers of the pancreas and bile ducts. Dr. Adam has special expertise in robotic minimally invasive pancreato-biliary surgery, including robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure).
Dr. Adam received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed general surgery training at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. He continued his training with a two-year fellowship in complex surgical oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Adam also completed two research fellowships at Duke University.
Dr. Adam’s research focuses on leveraging translational artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to optimize cancer patients’ treatment. He is a prolific researcher and has already authored over one hundred publications. He is a member of several professional societies. Dr. Adam already received many academic honors at Duke University and UCSF.
Michael K. Turner, M.D.
Dr. Turner graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Medical School, where he graduated at the top of his class before becoming board certified in physical medicine at the Mayo Clinic. As a specialist in rehabilitation, he now directs my medical cancer treatment to determine if my LAMN can be cured though repurposed drugs and other treatments being studied by different specialists.
Dr. Turner has a longstanding personal and professional interests in health, wellness, nutrition, and Integrative Medicine.
Richard Zimmer, Ph.D.
Dr. Zimmer is a psychologist who has since 2016 met with me at least once a month to help me oversee the treatment of my autistic son, born October 15, 1999, who receives care from North Bay Regional Center and other providers. He also councils me regarding the care I am receiving.
Dr. Zimmer received his Ph.D. from UCLA. His studies were in economic development, folklore and mythology, religion, and psychological anthropology.
He received his second Ph.D. in Psychology at the Center for Psychological Studies.
Linda Denise Steiner, R.N.
My wife, Linda Denise Steiner, shown above with my daughter, Michal Elizabeth Steiner, is a registered nurse who is trained to work in a Level-IV newborn intensive care unit. She has for the past several decades worked for CPMC as a Level- III NICU nurse.
She is a devoted follower of Dr. Steven Gundry’s lectin-free diet.
She is all about life, health, family, happiness, and strength.
Amy Votava
Amy is my personal assistant and advisor who saved my life as described in the history of my March 4, 2025, hospitalization for sever septic shock.
Hamza Saleh
Hamza is my son-in-law. He studied at UCLA and Yale and is a hospital administrator who will soon be going to Gaza to help rebuild their hospital system. His family is from Jordon. Hamza is my personal advisor concerning health insurance, hospitalization and medical care quality.
Tom Cao and his wife, Hannah
Tom and Hannah assist me with my personal home care needs during the evening and night shift. They moved to California in 2013 where they started their own successful company in Healdsburg.
Rafael Sepulveda Acosta, M.D.
Dr. Acosta oversees the care and treatment of my sleep apnea.
Dr. Rafael Sepulveda Acosta is a board-certified physician with experience in internal medicine, pediatric and adult sleep medicine, and obesity medicine in Northern California. He practices as a sleep medicine specialist and weight management physician in the North Bay of the San Francisco Bay and Sonoma County.
Ligaya Park, DO, MSHS
Dr. Park is a dermatologist who monitors me for skin cancer because of a family history of the disease.
Ligaya Park, DO, MSHS, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She received her medical degree and masters in health sciences from Western University in Pomona, California, followed by a one year traditional internship at University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center and dermatology residency at University Hospitals Case Western Medical Center.
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