About Our Family

Armity A. Simon, M.D.

Dr. Armity Simon is a Board Certified OB/GYN and has been practicing in Arizona for the past 17 years. She grew up in the Midwestern United States and went to medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine. She was chief resident during her residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. Armity and her husband have three teenage children. Her time away from the office and her patients is spent with her family and revolves around her children's schedules and her charity work. She understands the demands of parenthood and a profession and would commit both all over again. She loves to deliver babies and considers all those babies and their parent's part of our large extended family.

Dr. Simon specializes in all aspects of women's healthcare, Obstetrics, High Risk Obstetrics, Gynecology, menopause issue, gynecological surgeries including minimally invasive procedures and state of the art surgical treatments.

Ana Amato, CNM, NP

Ana Amato has recently joined our practice. Ana grew up in Florida and received a Bachelor of Science is Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Florida in 1987 and 1994 respectively. Ana completed the nurse-midwifery program in 1991 and has been in practice since then. Although Ana retired from delivering babies in 2006, she continues to provide obstetric and gynecologic care to women. Ana moved to Scottsdale, AZ in 1994, where she resides with her husband and son. Her interests include reading, hiking and traveling. She is certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Patricia B. Janicek, RNC, MSN, WHNP-BC

Patricia Janicek is a board certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She began her career in Boston, Massachusetts after obtaining her bachelor’s of science in nursing at Northeastern University. The next 25 years were spent developing career in Obstetrics and Gynecology in a variety of settings ranging from critical care obstetrics in Baltimore, Maryland to caring for the high risk antepartum population of Miami Beach, Florida. Residing in Arizona since 1998, she continued to practice and maintain her passion in high risk obstetric but also moved toward finally obtaining her Masters in Nursing in 2009.

Patricia feels she is blessed to get up each and every morning and love what she does….honored to be able to care for women through their life span. Patricia maintains her privileges in high risk antepartum at Scottsdale Healthcare as well as a flourishing practice with Dr. Simon.

Patricia’s personal time is constantly inspired by her teenage children and a larger than life blended family. She loves traveling and enjoys all activities that keep her outdoors, especially a really long run.

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