- Osteoporosis
- Medical Weight Loss
- Primary CareIndividualized plan for optimizing your health, and ensure continuous and timely communication with you and your primary care provider.
- Family PracticeMrs. Di Peppe, FNP, grew up in Smithfield, Virginia and received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia Tech and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Radford University. She received her Master of Science in Nursing with the focus of family practice from South University in Glen Allen, Va. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator and specializes in insulin pump management and diabetes medication management. She is married and has two young daughters. Dawn enjoys competing in power lifting competitions/strength training and bike riding with her kids and shepherd mix dog named Maverick.
- Female Infertility
- Pregnancy
- Internal MedicineDr. Phillips grew up just outside Greenville, South Carolina and attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville for his undergraduate studies. He earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston. He pursued his Internal Medicine Residency and Endocrinology training at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and McGuire Veterans Hospital. He is a member of The Endocrine Society and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. In addition to general endocrinology, he has an interest in treating high risk osteoporosis patients. He sees patients in our Midlothian office. He is married and has 4 daughters who occupy his free time.
- Diabetes CareDr. Vargo grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. She moved to Richmond for her undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond, where she earned her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry. She earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014, where she also stayed to complete her residency training in Internal Medicine. Following residency, Dr. Vargo joined the Department of Internal Medicine as a Chief Medical Resident focusing a year on teaching physicians in training. She subsequently completed her subspecialty training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. In addition to the practice of general endocrinology she has particular interest in personalized diabetes care empowering patients with diabetes self-management skills and use of diabetes technology. She is certified as an ABOM diplomate in providing evidence-based treatment options for obesity. Beyond endocrinology, Dr. Vargo stays active with her husband and children, she enjoys cooking and takes personal time to practice yoga.
- EndocrinologyPhlebotomy services are available at each location to obtain necessary labwork. Virginia Endocrinology offers a CLIA certified in-house lab to minimize lab charges to patients and provide more rapid result turnaround. Specialized or "send out" labs can be sent to Labcorp when necessary.
- ThyroidDr. Ryan grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. She earned her medical degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. Afterwards, she completed her Internal Medicine residency and her subspecialty fellowship training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Ryan is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. In addition to general endocrinology, her areas of interest include diabetes, thyroid disorders and osteoporosis. She is a member of the Endocrine Society, The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and is a fellow of the American College of Endocrinology. She sees patients in our Midlothian office Monday - Wednesday. She is married with 3 young daughters and in her free time enjoys running and traveling.
- UltrasoundDr. Mukherjee grew up in Bristol, Tennessee and attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine in Memphis. She completed her Internal Medicine training at Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, Massachusetts and then went to the Tufts University Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts for her subspecialty fellowship training in Endocrinology. She is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. She is also a fellow of the American College of Endocrinology and has an Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound. In addition to general endocrinology, her areas of interest include thyroid and parathyroid disorders. She is married and spends her free time running after her son and daughter.
- RadiologyWe would like to know as much about you and your health prior to your first visit. To help us prepare for your first visit, please make sure to download and complete the forms and return them to us prior to your first visit. This allows us time to review the information, which lets your provider to focus on treatment discussions rather than fact finding during your visit. Please request that all recent notes, labs, or relevant radiology studies from your referring doctors be sent to us as well