Piedmont Physicians Endocrinology Columbus

Maliha Jumani, M.D., ECNU, is an Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism specialist who is a certified diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Jumani completed her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School and fellowship at the University of Arkansas. She has published over half a dozen papers on topics including infection, heart defects and intestinal ulcers.

Dr. Jumani is married to her husband, Dr. Fahad Syed, and they have two children.

Steven Leichter, M.D., is a nationally recognized, board certified endocrinologist and Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Clinical Endocrinologists. Dr. Leichter has a special interest in treating metabolic diseases and osteoporosis. Other specialty areas include hormonal evaluations of orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia, metabolic evaluation of kidney stones and diagnostic challenges. He has published over 80 papers and continues to carry out clinical research.

Dr. Leichter is married and has five children, nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one dog.

Benjamin Dennis, M.D., is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He grew up in Georgia and has lived in Columbus since 2013. He completed his endocrine fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Dennis sees patients in consultation for conditions including diabetes, thyroid and parathyroid disorders, adrenal disorders and pituitary disorders. Dr. Dennis has a particular interest in thyroid disease; he is ECNU-certified and oversees the thyroid/parathyroid ultrasound department at the practice.

Dr. Dennis does not provide primary care services and encourages all his patients to maintain a primary care physician. Although Dr. Dennis welcomes any consultation desired by a patient or their doctor, he does NOT generally provide the following services: wellness medicine, weight loss, T3, adrenal fatigue, non-FDA approved Testosterone or Growth Hormone or PED’s.

Deidre Mills, CNP, has more than 20 years of professional nursing experience with backgrounds in Critical Care, Family Practice, Cardiology and Acute Care as well as Endocrinology. She completed her Associates of Science in Nursing at Chattahoochee Valley Community College, Bachelor of Science in Nursing at South University. She is currently working on her Doctorate of Nursing from South University. Mills is certified in basic and advanced cardiac life support.

Deidre is married to her husband, Mark, and they have two children and two grandchildren.

Dr. Leopoldo Maldonado is board eligible in Pediatric Endocrinology and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the Pediatric Endocrine Society. Prior to earning his medical degree, Dr. Maldonado earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus and his Master in Environmental Management from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and was the Sr. Manufacturing Engineer for Medtronic in Humacao, PR.

Haley Hall, FNP-BC, is a Columbus native. She received her Nurse Practitioner training from the Medical College of Georgia and has been committed to full time Endocrine practice since 2013. She sees patients for evaluation and treatment of endocrine conditions including diabetes, thyroid, adrenal and pituitary disease.