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Golden Hills Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy has a compassionate staff who are dedicated to providing the best overall care possible. We take pride in our staff's unity, diversity, educational backgrounds and ability to work as a team to advance the clinic's mission and serve our patients.

Saad E. Shaban, PT
Physical Therapist, Owner

Saad was born and raised in Kasta, Egypt. He obtained his physical therapy degree at Cairo University, Egypt in 1976. He went on to expand his knowledge and training in physical therapy by attending Texas Women's University in Houston, Texas. He is also trained in osteopathic medicine, having completed his education in this field in Montreal, Canada.

Early in Saad's career he became a team physical therapist for the Houston Oilers. He feels this was one of his most challenging and enlightening experiences in physical therapy. He is a family man with a wife and three lovely girls who currently attend college. He has lived in California since 1984. Saad enjoys his family, gardening, watching football, walking and hiking.

Saad has been in private practice here in the bay area since 1986 and an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association Private Practice, Sport and Orthopedic Section since 1986.

He opened Golden Hills Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy in 1992.


Cesa Del Rosario-Seggay, PT
Physical Therapist

Cesa was born and raised in the Philippines. She graduated from the University of the Philippines, Manila with a BS in Physical Therapy in April 2005. She has over four years experience and has worked in a variety of setting including an outpatient facility in NY, Hospital, Home Health Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities. She is skilled and uses various manual therapy approaches to help patients reach a better state of function.

During her leisure time, she enjoys watching movies, reading books and surfing the internet. In additional to English she speaks Tagalog and Ilocano fluently.


Nirzari Pandya, PTLA
Physical Therapist Licensed Applicant

Nirzari was born and raised in India. She graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, India with a BS in Physical Therapy in March 2007. She has over a year of experience in pediatric orthopedic and outpatient settings.

During her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and friends, riding bikes and reading. In additional to English she also speaks Hindi and Gujarati fluently.


Daniel Alvarez, ATC
Certified Athletic Trainer

Daniel was born and raised in the Bay Area. He graduated from San Jose State University in 2008 with a BS degree in Kinesiology. He has over two years experience in various setting including outpatient clinic and hospital inpatient.

In his spare time he enjoys watching sports, staying active and spending time with family and friends. In addition to English he speak Spanish fluently.


Jamela Shaban
Physical Therapy Aide

Jamela was born and raised in the bay area. She graduated from California State Monterey Bay with a BA in Liberal Studies. She will be attending the University of Davis Masters and Education program in August 2010.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also likes the outdoors and hiking with her dog Lucky. She enjoys working as a PT aide and brings an outgoing and energetic personality to the clinic.


Robin Smith
Office Manager

Robin was born and raised in a small town in upstate New York. She comes to Golden Hills Physical Therapy with an education in Business Management from New York State University at Oswego. She has been successfully managing Golden Hills Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy since the clinic opened in 1992.

Robin is married with three children. Her family is a very important aspect in her life. She enjoys reading, walking and being involved with her girls and their activities.


Darlene Valdez
Front Office

Darlene brings energy and a friendly personality to her duties in maintainig the front office. She was born and raised in Morgan Hill, California. She graduated from Gavalin College in Gilroy, California and has been working for 15 years in the medical field. Darlene speaks Spanish fluently, which helps our Spanish-speaking patients tremendously.

Outside work, Darlene enjoys being outdoors, watching movies and playing with her son.


Jessica Castillo
Billing Office

Jessica was born and raised in the Bay Area. She has worked in the medical billing field for over 11 years.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two children husband and friends. She spends most of her spare time on the baseball field with her son. She also likes to travel and in additional to English she speaks Spanish fluently.


2680 S. White Road, Suite 200 | San Jose, California 95148 | (408) 274-0888 | therapy@goldenhillspt.com

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