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VNACJ Community Health Center (Asbury Park) is a nonprofit, federally qualified health center with 7 offices nationwide, including four in Monmouth County (Asbury Park, Keyport, Freehold, Red Bank). It offers comprehensive primary care for the entire family, plus prenatal and gynecological services, with a focus on accessible care regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. The organization emphasizes a diverse, multilingual staff and community-based, inclusive care. Key contact: 1-732-774-6333. Main Asbury Park HQ: 1301 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ 07712.

Clinic Type

Internal Medicine

Address

1301 Main St, Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712, US

Phone

800-862-3330

Email

Corporate.compliance@vnahg.org

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Services Offered

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Team

  • Dilshad El-Naghy — Medical Director
  • Kassi Avent — Primary Care
  • Patricia Dempsey, APN — Primary Care
  • Patricia Garduno, APN — Primary Care
  • Kehinde Ibitola — Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Maria Ciminelli, MD — Family Medicine
  • Alicia Dermer, MD — Family Medicine
  • Taru Sinha, MD — Family Medicine
  • Hammad Abdelquader, MD — Family Medicine
  • Joshua Raymond, MD — Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Palliative Care
  • Steve Weintraub, DO — Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
  • Cassandra Hicks-Autry, MD — Obstetrics-Gynecology
  • Belen Assemu — Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Eric Tan, APN — Primary Care
  • Joel Jannone, MD — Adult Internal Medicine
  • Mercedes Echevarria, APN — Primary Care
  • Kate Stefek, APN — Primary Care
  • Janet Henderson, APN — Primary Care
  • Constance Mensah — Integrated Behavioral Health - Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Geoffrey Bossio, DC — Chiropractor
  • Vincent Martino — Chiropractor
  • Usha Rana, DMD — General Dentistry
  • Janki Patel, DDS — General Dentistry
  • Gregg Smith, DDS — General Dentistry
  • Nilika Gulati, DMD — General Dentistry
  • Dustin Hawley, DDS — General Dentistry
  • Minahil Sami, MPH, DMD — General Dentistry
  • Jeffrey Jadach, LCSW — Integrated Behavioral Health

Insurance & Payment

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Languages Spoken

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Various review aggregators: 4.4/5 (134 reviews) on one platform, 1/5 on another platform (Varied counts; 134 reviews on one site, 4 reviews on another)

Patients praise

  • Satisfaction with quality of care from some providers
  • Rewarding patient interactions mentioned by some staff
  • Some patients report excellent experiences historically

Common complaints

  • Issues with appointment scheduling and administrative errors (e.g., incorrect scheduling, lack of communication)
  • Long wait times for appointments and services like blood work
  • Perceived unprofessionalism or lack of empathy from some staff members
  • Difficulties obtaining medication refills or prior authorizations
  • Inflexible policies regarding telehealth and emergency care

"The front desk insisted that I'd never been scheduled with my primary, even though I had text confirmation."

— Nutrifinder patient review

"My appointment scheduling is all over the place, sometimes I show up just to get turned away because they made a mistake in scheduling."

— LocalityBiz patient review

"Long wait... Went for blood work ... Wrong blood work.. tooken.. hour n half wait.. terrible"

— USCompanies patient review

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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