USF Health Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics

Dr. Atreyi Chakrabarti is a board-certified family medicine physician. She attended medical school at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College in Jabalpur, India. After earning her medical degree, Dr. Chakrabarti completed her residency trainings in internal medicine and family medicine at the North Wales University Hospital in Wales, U.K., and Rotherham Hospital NHS Trust, U.K. She worked as a general practitioner in Rotherham and Stoke on Trent for two years before moving to the United States. During her time in Massachusetts, she was also appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Chakrabarti is a member of the American Association of Family Practice and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Chakrabarti speaks English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi. Dr. Chakrabarti sees patients of all ages.

Dr. Jeffrey Lester graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor degree in finance in 1996. He returned to USF in 1997 to earn a degree in chemistry, completed in 2004. Dr. Lester attended Ross University School of Medicine and graduated with a doctor of medicine degree in June 2004. In July 2004 he started his internal medicine residency at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa and became board certified in internal medicine in 2007. He completed his training in medical genetics at the University of Miami in 2009. In November 2009 Dr. Lester moved to Maryland and worked for Family Health Centers of Baltimore, a small community health center serving with the National Health Service Corps for three years treating low income, indigent patients in internal medicine. In September 2013 Dr. Lester joined the Tampa General Medical Group to open the Sun City Center location. He is a general internist and sees patients 18 years of age and older.

Dr. Lester treats patients 18 years of age and older.
Dr. Lester is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.

Kimberly LaMartin, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician. Dr. LaMartin earned her medical degree and completed her internal medicine residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

She has served as an attending physician in several community healthcare programs including the Health Park 30th Street Internal Medicine Resident Clinic and Geriatric Workforce Enforcement Program Clinic.

Dr. LaMartin's health care interests include preventive care. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and American Geriatrics Society.

Dr. LaMartin treats patients 18 years and older.

Dr. Farrales is a medical graduate of Manila Central University in the Philipines and completed his family practice residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He relocated to Florida after his residency and for over 15 years worked as a hospital-employed physician and a private practitioner in Ocala and Williston prior to joining the Tampa General Medical Group in January of 2013. His experience includes comprehensive, robust family care practice delivery in rural health clinic settings and excellent treatment of patients from all groups and diverse backgrounds. Dr. Farrales is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice and is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Farrales treats patients of all ages.
Dr. Farrales is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.

Dr. Akif Ahmad is a board-certified family medicine physician who has practiced in his medical specialty since 2009. Fluent in English, Hindu and Urdu, Dr. Ahmad earned his medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences in Pakistan, where he began his medical career after graduating in 2003. He went on to complete his family medicine residency at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Ahmad has provided comprehensive family medicine care to the Tampa Bay area community since 2015. Before joining Tampa General Medical Group, he treated patients at Evara Health (formerly known as Community Health Centers of Pinellas) in St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, he served as a clinical assistant professor and clinical preceptor for medical students at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Ahmad was also a clinical preceptor for medical students at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville after moving to the United States from Pakistan to begin his family medicine career.

Loren J. Bartels, M.D., FACS is an Otologist, Neurotologist, and Skull Based Surgeon in Tampa, FL.

Loren J Bartels MD FACS was a member of the charter class of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, which graduated in 1974. He was elected a charter member of the USF chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, a national organization of outstanding medical school students. Dr. Bartels completed post-graduate residency training in otolaryngology (head-and-neck) surgery at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He completed a one-year fellowship in otology, neurotology and skull-base surgery in 1980 at the world-renowned House Ear Institute in Los Angeles.

Dr. Bartels returned to USF in 1980 and joined the faculty of the College of Medicine where he rose to the rank of associate professor with tenure in Surgery, Neurology and Radiology. While in private practice, he has been promoted to Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology. At USF, he and his chief audiologist opened Tampa Bay area's first cochlear implant program as well as the first cochlear implant program in the State of Florida dedicated to meeting the needs of children. The staff of the Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center continue this work with the busiest cochlear implant services in our region.

Dr. Bartels has served as an officer of several organizations, including president of the USF College of Canadian Pharmacy Medicine faculty and the Florida Society of Otolaryngology. He has been Chief of the Medical Staff for Tampa General Hospital and a member of the Tampa General Hospital Board of Directors. He has been recognized in Best Doctors in America continuously since 1992 and has been elected as a member of several prestigious senior professional societies, including the American Otologic Society, the Triologic Society, the American Neurotology Society and others.

He received the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for service on the task forces which wrote the Board Certification examination questions and created home study courses in otolaryngology. He received the Distinguished Alumnus and the Alumni Service Award from the USF College of Medicine Alumni Association. He worked with State of Florida Children's Medical Services staff and others to establish a law that mandates that all newborn babies have their hearing checked.

Dr. Bartels has written and made scholarly presentations on a variety of ear-related problems. With Advanced Bionics Corporation, a cochlear implant company, training video CDs of Dr. Bartels' cochlear implant surgical techniques have been produced that are now used in many countries to train other surgeons in modern cochlear implant surgical methods.