Faculty Profiles

John A. Campbell, MD, CMD, FAAFP

Dr. Campbell graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2005. He completed his residency at Mercy Family Medicine in St. Louis followed by a geriatric fellowship at St. Louis University. Since fellowship, Dr. Campbell has served as faculty at St. Louis University while working at a PACE program (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), has served as Chief of Geriatrics and Geriatric Education at Mercy Hospital, and has taught geriatrics and family medicine to medical students, residents, and fellows both in St. Louis and in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Campbell is boarded in Family Medicine and Geriatrics, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, and is an AMDA Certified Medical Director. He has received multiple awards including the AMDA Foundation Futures Award and Mercy Family Medicine Academic Excellence Award. Dr. Campbell draws upon his extensive experience and specialized geriatric training to help elders with issues such as polypharmacy (over-medication), dementia, delirium, end-of-life depression, sleep disorders, frailty, and falls.

Thomas M. Dawes, Jr., MD

Dr. Dawes received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Riverside in 1992 and his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1996. He established his private practice in Santa Maria in 2001. Dr. Dawes is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Dawes is dedicated to providing comprehensive primary care in a compassionate and professional environment. He has been instructing medical students and residents for the past 15 years and is committed to the medical education process. Dr. Dawes completed a Fellowship in Primary Care Psychiatry with the University of California, Irvine and Davis in 2020. Dr. Dawes currently heads up our Behavioral Health Curriculum and manages our Behavioral Health Clinic at FMC.

Robert Firestone, MD

Dr. Firestone received his undergraduate degree from Caltech University in 1968, and received his medical degree in 1974 from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He completed his residency at Earl K Long Memorial Hospital. Dr. Firestone has been practicing Family Medicine for 46 years, 32 years of those years on the Central Coast. Dr. Firestone has been teaching residents at FMC since 2016. Dr. Firestone enjoys playing golf, bowling, and spending time with his puppies.

Anne Kennard, DO

Dr. Anne Kennard received her Bachelors Degree in Nutrition Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She attended AT Still University to earn her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, and completed a residency through the University of Arizona-Phoenix in Obstetrics and Gynecology. From her early training in nutrition and experience as a yoga and meditation instructor, she became interested in Integrative Medicine. She developed and piloted the first Integrative Medicine in Residency program for OBGYNs in the country, and completed a two year fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. She then trained with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog to become a clinical herbalist. She is the author of works blending conventional medicine, culinary medicine, herbal medicine, and mind body therapies, and lectures nationally on women’s Integrative Medicine topics.  She currently serves as the Director for the Integrative Medicine program and OBGYN core faculty at Marian Medical Center. She enjoys spending time with her young daughter, cooking, gardening, herbal medicine making, and kayaking with the otters on the central coast. 

Scott Piazza, DO

Dr. Piazza received his undergraduate at the University of California, Riverside in 2003, and his medical degree from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. He is a diplomate of ABFM and American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Piazza provides individualized whole person care from birth through end of life. He strives to find optimal health, while treating a variety of acute conditions and managing chronic diseases in an outpatient setting. In addition, Dr. Piazza’s areas of interest include OMT, transitions of care, and medical informatics. 

Victor Pulido, DO

Dr. Pulido received his undergraduate degree from Occidental College in 1984 and his medical degree from Western University of Health Science – College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California and completed residency training at Riverside General Hospital. Dr. Pulido is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and is a diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice. As an osteopathic physician, Dr. Pulido’s is to assist his patients in achieving optimal health. He emphasizes health promotion, preventive health and the best disease management for all of his patients.

Luke Rawlings, MD

Dr. Rawlings received his medical degree from the St. George's University school of medicine in 2004. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA, and a year Fellowship Training in Emergency Medicine at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He practiced emergency medicine and has been involved with family medicine residency training for 10 years in Redding, CA and moved to join the faculty part-time at Marian in 2019. He still works part-time in a small rural access emergency department in King City. His combined training and work experience is brought to the residency with teaching point of care ultrasound and other procedures. He has championed the start-up street medicine program at Marian where residents work on a multidisciplinary team to bring outreach medical and social services to unsheltered homeless people living in the Santa Maria riverbed, along the train tracks, and other lesser-seen locations. He is passionate about physician and other healthcare worker health and wellbeing and is working on awareness, destigmatization, and collaboration to address burnout, mental health and encourage help-seeking behaviors for those who suffer in silence. In his own words, "I hope to provide the highest quality care to all people, especially those underserved and marginalized. I am fortunate to be working here with such dedicated faculty, residents and other co-workers. I am committed to teaching and building opportunities for residents to be active in the variety of great experiences of learning and service." 

Dr. Rawlings is married with three children and loves spending time with them, his extended family and two dogs. He likes to go to the beach, cook, and eat most things, explore natural places on the central coast and beyond, and get together with friends. 

Lisa Ryan, MD