Meet the Staff

Our Health Care Team

Ardsley Internal Medicine offers a health care team of board certified internists and nurse practitioners, all working together to ensure your optimal health. For female patients with a preference, our medical team includes female physicians and female nurse practitioners. Along with their male counterparts, our diverse team addresses health care issues concerning female and male patients, from early adulthood to geriatrics.

The Ardsley Internal Medicine team also includes triage nurses, who are specially trained to assess your medical needs and determine when you need to be seen by one of our doctors. Staff nurses may also assist you by providing treatment for common ailments, providing injections and performing blood pressures. By working as a team with your doctors, our nurses help to address your medical concerns in a professional and timely manner.

Please note that Drs. Blanks and Gaines are the providers at our Harrisburg office , and Dr. Patel and Judy Gais, FNP are the providers at our Davidson - Renaissance Square office.

Sylvie Bastajian, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School American University of Beirut Medical Center Residency  Staten Island Unviersity Hospital Staten Island NY Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric medicine Esther L. Blanks, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School Bowman Gray - Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC Residency  Bowman Gray - Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Mark E. Braun, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine Philadelphia PA Residency  Internal Medicine Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Ft. Gordon GA Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Leigh G. Cicci, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill NC Residency  Internal Medicine Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte NC Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Ashley P. Gaines, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia SC Residency  Internal Medicine Richland Memorial Hospital Columbia SC Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Vincent L. Keipper, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville TN Residency  Internal Medicine Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville TN Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric medicine Yogesh K. Patel, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine School Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit MI Residency  Internal Medicine Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Robert W. Surratt, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill NC Residency  Internal Medicine Medical Univ of South Carolina College of Medicine Charleston SC Board Certified  American Board of Internal Medicine Kerri-Ann R. Thompson, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical Degree School University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham AL Residency  Rochester General Hospital Judith Gais, NP Specialty: Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner School University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia SC Mitzi L. Redmond, NP Specialty: Internal Medicine