Manet Providers

Ream Akkeh, FNP-C is part of the family medicine team in North Quincy. A family nurse practitioner, Ream earned her Master of Science in Nursing at Simmons College in Boston and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. She also has extensive experience as a registered nurse working on the coronary intensive care unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT and in the cardiovascular telemetry unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as volunteer posts in Togo, West Africa. In addition to her considerable clinical skills, Ream has an arsenal of language capabilities to assist her in caring for Manet’s multicultural patient population. She is fluent in Arabic, French and Italian. To make an appointment with Ream, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Christine Basile, MSN, APRN, FNP-C is part of our Family Medicine team in Taunton! Christine is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with pediatric, adolescent and adult nursing experience. She is a graduate of the Regis College Accelerated Nursing Program. A member of the greater Taunton community, she brings to her role a deep knowledge of the Taunton/Attelboro community. Christine sees patients of all ages. For an appointment, call 508-822-5500 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Dr. Bockstall is a cardiologist with the Cardiovascular Center at Boston Medical Center and sees adult patients at Manet’s North Quincy site. A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, she completed her residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at New York University School of Medicine.

William Brandon, MD, MPH, MHA is the lead provider at Manet’s Taunton site and sees patients of all ages. He earned his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his family practice residency at the University of Pittsburgh, Shadyside Hospital. He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, where he also completed his Post Doctoral Fellowship in Cardiovascular Epidemiology. His credentials also include a fellowship with the National Institute of Program Director Development from the American Academy of Family Physicians, certificates from the University of New Orleans, Ochsner Clinic in Advanced Physician Executive Management Program, and an Executive Master of Science in Health Care Management from the University of New Orleans College of Business. He has a certificate in addiction counseling and he is certified for enhanced suboxone prescribing and as a Physician Examiner for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators. To make an appointment with Dr. Brandon, call 508-822-5500 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Dr. Dakkak specializes in family medicine and obstetrics and sees patients at Manet’s North Quincy practice site, providing a full spectrum of primary care services for patients of all ages, as well as a range of obstetrical services for expectant mothers. She  delivers babies and performs cesarean sections and other procedures at Boston Medical Center. At Manet, she offers women’s health services, including colposcopies, office gynecological exams, ultrasound and family planning. She is certified to prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone and Subutex) and to provide HIV and Hepatitis C care.

Dr. Dakkak earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco and completed her residency in family medicine at the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency in Santa Rosa, CA. She completed a fellowship in obstetrics at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Medical School and also holds a master’s degree in population and international health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

She speaks French and Spanish, as well as limited Arabic.

To make an appointment with Dr. Dakkak, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Lauren DiBona, PA-C is a physician assistant with Manet’s Family Medicine provider team in Houghs Neck. She earned her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed her clinical rotation in primary care at Manet. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT. Previously, she served at Manet as an HIV Case Manager.

She is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is certified in both Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support.

To make an appointment with Lauren, call 617-471-8683 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Karin Hemmingsen, MD, MPH joined the provider team at Manet’s Taunton site in February 2018. She is board certified in family medicine and has extensive experience working in community health centers. She has special interest in women’s health, preventive health care, pediatrics and neo-natal care. Dr. Hemmingsen earned her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine and completed her residency with the Brown University Residency Program in Family Practice at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. She also holds a Master of Public Health in Health Education from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. To schedule an appointment, call 508-822-5500 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Charlette Hines, FNP-BC is a certified family nurse practitioner and sees patients of all ages at Manet’s practice site in Taunton.

Hines earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Nursing at Regis College. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Neuroscience from Williams College. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

To make an appointment call 508-822-5500 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Dr. Kroener specializes in family medicine and sees patients of all ages at Manet’s Houghs Neck practice site. He enjoys serving families and communities in a health center setting because “they care for whole family units and provide culturally-sensitive and comprehensive primary care.”

Dr. Kroener has special interests in obstetrics, women’s health, family planning, and addiction medicine, including treatment of opioid use disorder. He earned both his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees at Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed a Fellowship in Maternal Child Health with Surgical Obstetrics at the PCC Community Wellness Center, a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQHC) in Oak Park, IL. He completed his internship and residency in Family Medicine at Providence Hospital/Georgetown University in Colamar Manor, MD.

Dr. Kroener is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine Physicians and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is proficient in medical and conversational Spanish.

To book an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Nina Lowery, PA-C is a certified physician assistant with our North Quincy Family Medicine team. She holds a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the MGH Institute of Health Professions and a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and she is also certified as an Emergency Medical Technician.

To book an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Dr. Okallo is board certified in family medicine and sees patients of all ages, from newborns to seniors, at Manet’s Snug Harbor site. He has a special interest in caring for whole families, helping to manage a full range of conditions from asthma in children to chronic diseases, such as COPD, in older adults. He is also available to perform routine physicals, pediatric sick visits, immunizations, sports physicals and more.

Dr. Okallo received his Medical Degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. He also completed his Family Medicine Residency at Loma Linda, where he served as Chief Resident. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology, magna cum laude, from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California. Dr. Okallo is the physician advisor for Weymouth Public Schools.

To schedule an appointment, call 617-471-4715 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Ivy Opoku-Mensah, FNP-C  is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Manet’s North Quincy site. Her clinical interests include women’s health and pain management.

Ivy holds both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing from Regis College. She also has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in engineering and management.

She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners. She speaks two Ghanaian languages, Ga and Twi.

To book an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Tanya Peaslee, PA-C is a certified physician assistant and sees family medicine patients of all ages at Manet’s practice site in Hull.

Tanya earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York, where she received a Graduate Scholar Award. She completed her clinical rotations at hospitals in and around New York City. She received her Bachelor Science in Exercise and Health Science from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Peaslee is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Massachusetts Association of Physician Assistants. She also is certified by the American Heart Association in Advanced Cardiac Life support and Pediatric Advance Life Support and she is an ACSM Certified Personal trainer.

To make an appointment, call 781-925-4550 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Ana Richards, PMHNP-BC, is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with extensive experience delivering psychiatric care to adolescents and adults in southeastern Massachusetts. Most recently, she was a clinician at Child and Family Services, Inc. in New Bedford, and previously at Family Service Association, Inc. in Fall River and at SSTAR Family Health Center in Fall River. At Manet, she will see patients age 18 and older at our Taunton practice site. Ana earned her Master of Science in Nursing at Regis College and her bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Rhode Island.

She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Robert Shiner, MD sees patients of all ages at Manet’s North Quincy site and has been a member of our staff since 1999. Board certified in Family Practice, Dr. Shiner has special expertise in sports medicine, pediatrics and adolescent medicine. He serves as the physician advisor for Quincy Public Schools

Dr. Shiner earned his Medical Degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

To make an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Gregory Smith, MD specializes in internal medicine and has been practicing on the South Shore since 1987. He earned his Medical Degree at the University of Rome (Univ Di Roma La Sapienza, Fac Di Med E Chirurgia) Rome, Italy and completed his internship and residency at St. Michael’s Medical Center in New Jersey. At Manet, he is accepting new adult patients at our Hull practice site. He speaks fluent Italian and understands Spanish and Danish.

To book an appointment, call 781-925-4550 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Katherine Standish, MD, joined the Family Medicine staff at our North Quincy practice site in 2019. Dr. Standish is an attending physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University, where she is a fellow in the Primary Care Academic Fellowship Program. She completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Latin American Studies at Wesleyan University and her medical degree at Yale School of Medicine before completing her residency at BMC.

Dr. Standish is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and a member of the American Association of Family Medicine. At Manet, she will see patients of all ages, and is particularly interested in maternal-child health, lactation, immigrant health.

She is fluent in Spanish

To make an appointment with Dr. Standish, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Karla Talledo Thais, MD, joined Manet in August 2014 and sees patients at our North Quincy practice site. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and fellowship-trained in Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Talledo earned her Medical Degree at University San Martin de Porres in Lima, Perú and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at JFK Medical Center, University of Miami, Florida. She also completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida. 

Dr. Talledo is fluent in Spanish and French.

To make an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

The Family Medicine team at Manet’s North Quincy site welcomes Iris Wong, FNP, to its ranks. With nearly 20 years of experience as a nurse practitioner, Iris provides primary care for patients of all ages, including routine exams, assessment of urgent care issues and management of chronic conditions. Iris has special interest in women’s health and pediatrics.

Iris’ professional experience includes working in a variety of clinical settings, including family medicine/primary care practices, emergency departments and a women’s health clinic. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and her undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Iris speaks fluent Cantonese.

To schedule an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.

Director, Urgent Care and Occupational Health
Internal Medicine/ Adult
Certified DOT examiner & Medical Review Officer

Chih Chao “Justin” Yang, MD, MPH, joined Manet in North Quincy in January 2018. He is the Medical Director of Manet’s new Urgent Care and Occupational Health Center, opening in the summer of 2020. Dr. Yang is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Yang is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Peking University and his Master of Public Health degree at Harvard University. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, and a second residency and fellowship in Occupational & Environmental Medicine at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with training at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Yang has extensive research experience and numerous publications in cardiovascular disease prevention. Most recently, his research on the relationship between push-ups and heart disease was published in JAMA and received worldwide media attention.

Dr. Yang specializes in chronic disease prevention, management and occupational injury.  In addition, he focuses on LGBTIQA+ care and he is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese.  Dr. Yang is accepting new patients at our North Quincy practice location. To schedule an appointment, call 617-376-3000 or use the Manet Patient Portal.