Dr. Yasmine Assadipour is a board-certified surgeon. She joined Inova Health System in 2021 and has been practicing since 2010. Dr. Assadipour is an endocrine surgeon with a special interest in thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal surgery. She is a high volume adrenal surgeon with experience in both laparoscopic and robotic approaches. Read Dr. Assadipour’s Personal Statement Below Taking care of patients and helping them through what can be a very stressful time in their life gives me a sense of purpose and makes me excited to come to work every day.

Yassmina McDonald is a board certified women’s health nurse practitioner. She joined Inova Health System in 2020 and has been practicing since 2015. Prior to joining Inova, Yassmina worked as a women’s health nurse practitioner at Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California. Memberships/Accreditations Young Advisory Board Member, Resilient Sisterhood Project, Boston, MA

Dr. Yemsrach Gami is a primary care physician board certified in internal medicine. She joined Inova Primary Care in 2020 and has been practicing since 2017. Prior to joining Inova Primary Care, Dr. Gami worked as an Internal Medicine Resident at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Dr. Lucy Zhang is a specialty care physician board certified in both internal medicine and adult rheumatology. She joins Inova Medical Group with over 10 years of clinical experience. Dr. Zhang provides comprehensive rheumatologic diagnostic expertise and ongoing care to patients with lupus, vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, osteoarthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, osteoporosis and other rheumatologic conditions. Her practice includes inpatient work in addition to her outpatient practice. Most recently, Dr.