Our Family

Dr. David Kells was born in Oklahoma but moved frequently as his father was in the Air Force.  He began elementary school in England (thus "British trained").  From fifth grade through medical school, he lived in Colorado, except for a two year hiatus as a missionary for Germany.  His majors at the University of Colorado (Boulder) were chemistry and international affairs.  After graduating from CU in 3 years, he received his MD from the University of Colorado (Denver).  Dr. Kells' internship and residency were at Maricopa Medical Center.  He then worked with a large multi-specialty group in Arizona for 14 years prior to establishing Boojum in 1998.  Dr. Kells is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology.  He has been practicing for 27 years.  He is chair of the multidisciplinary Peer Review Committee at Chandler Regional Hospital and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.  His interests include sports, exercise and weight training, cooking and collecting art.  He has five children aged 22 to 32 and three grandchildren.

Ramona Joseph is one of out our certified nurse-midwives.  She grew up in rural North Carolina and is member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe.  She graduated from the UNC at Greensboro in Nursing and UNC-Chapel Hill with a Masters in Public Health. As an officer in the US Public Health Service, she was assigned to various Indian reservations across the country including Oklahoma, New Mexico and California. Her love has always been caring for pregnant women, especially during the laboring period. She graduated from the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky in 2002 and became certified as a nurse midwife. Until 2009 she worked with Indian Health Service in Phoenix for 18 years, but is loving her practice at Boojum Obstetrics & Gynecology!  You can read more about here at www.ramonajoseph.com

Tiffany Jackson has been working as a midwife since 2007. Prior to working as a midwife, she worked as a labor and delivery nurse and a nursing instructor here in the Phoenix area and previously in South Carolina.
Tiffany started out with an interest in obstetrics, but it wasn’t until working on her associate degree in nursing that she discovered midwifery. She obtained a Bachelor degree in nursing through Clemson University and a Master’s Degree through Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. Her training in midwifery was done primarily at Phoenix Indian Medical Center (Ramona was one of her preceptors!)
Her philosophy of care centers on the belief that women should be equals in the healthcare partnership. Tiffany feels it is her role to assist and guide women in obtaining the birth experience they desire most. Childbirth is a special time, and she feels it is a privilege to be part of that experience.
Tiffany was born in Florida and has lived in many areas, including South Carolina, Washington, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York. She is an only child. She has been married for 16 years and has three children, ages 16, 10, and 8. She is an avid reader, enjoys playing with computers, music, hiking, and body art.

Maria Drury was born in the Philippines and moved to the Unites States with her family when she was 8 years old. She grew up in Southern California and has lived in Arizona since 1995. Maria has been a nurse for 11 years with the majority of her nursing career having been spent taking care of pregnant women. She worked at Banner Desert Hospital for 2 years taking care of high risk pregnancy women in the Antepartum Unit and another 8 years working as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Chandler Regional Hospital. Maria enjoyed working with laboring women and their families so much that she pursued a career in midwifery. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at Grand Canyon University and a Master’s Degree at Frontier Nursing University in nurse-midwifery in 2011. Maria has been married for 10 years and has 2 wonderful children; Kevin age 9 and Bella age 6. She currently lives in Chandler with her family and enjoys exercising, eating out, and going to the movies.

Venessa Thompson was born in Iowa where she spent her formative years.  She also lived in Tucson, Sacramento and Seattle.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1999 from Grand View College in Des Moines Iowa after which she worked in L&D at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix.  In 2003 she graduated from ASU with a Master of Science in Nursing and Certification as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.  She has been working as a nurse practitioner since graduation.  She currently resides in Chandler with her sixteen year old daughter.  Her interests include traveling, triathlons, and reading all types of fiction books.

Cyndi Ayoub began her career in women's health in 2001.    She always knew that she would obtain her master's degree and become a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.  She enjoys working with women from different cultures and especially the Hispanic population here in Arizona.  Cyndi is an Arizona native and completed both her bachelor's and master's degrees as ASU.  She lives in Chandler with her husband and two children, Ellie and Niko.  She enjoys hiking, scrapbooking and quilting.  Cyndi is also an avid music and animal lover.  She feels her personal experiences as a women's health patient drive her to provide the highest quality of individualized healthcare to women and their families.

We are pleased to have a pleasant and capable staff Carolina, Shannon, and Priscilla work in our front office.  Khirstin, Lizette, and Perla assist in patient care.  Kellee and Kristen are our ultrasound techs.

Many staff members are fluent in Spanish. (Se habla español)