Donald Paxton, M.D., is a General Internist and is Board Certified.  He joined IMS in August of 2017.  He has been practicing in the Valley for 38 years.  He graduated from Princeton University and returned to Arizona to attend the University of Arizona Medical School.

Ruthie Mangino, DNP, is a board certified Nurse Practitioner with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a board certified adult clinical nurse specialist (ACNS-BC) with the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Catherine Jackey, FNP completed her Masters in Nursing from Spalding University and is board certified. Catherine received the prestigious Louree Pottinger Nursing Award which is given to an outstanding graduating Registered Nurse whom demonstrats self-direction and commitment to learning.

Judith Ekblad, FNP-BC is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) and licensed by the Arizona Board of Nursing. She began her nursing career in 1998. She has experience in various clinical settings, including Home and Long-term Care, Skilled Nursing, small town rural and large metropolitan hospital settings, travel and camp nursing.

Mercedes Morris, FNP was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. She received her Master's and Bachelor's degree of Nursing from Grand Canyon University. She graduated with her Master's of Nursing with honor's in 2016.

Susan is a nationally board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with 27 years of total professional nursing experience.  She received her Master of Science in Nursing from Widener University outside Philadelphia, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society member.

Nicolette Hawthorne, FNP was born and raised in Arizona. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Board and by the Arizona State Board of Nursing.

Air Force, Lt Colonel Rosemarie D. Gotshall, M.D. is returning to IMS after having provided eight years of Internal Medicine service to the Gila River Native American Community. Her diverse background and love for medicine since graduating medical school in 2000, includes: Family/ Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine.

Kia Lambeth completed her Family Nurse Practitioner program at Grand Canyon University and is a member of the American Association for Nurse Practitioners. A Phoenix native, Kia has worked in the health care industry since adolescence.