Cynthia Woods

Dr. Woods is a board-certified internal medicine physician. She attended medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

She has special interests in chronic disease management, preventive care, medically supervised weight loss, and substance use disorder. She is certified to provide medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders. Dr. Woods’ goal is to educate and empower patients to become active decision-makers in their own care.

Dr. Woods is a member of the American Medical Association and American College of Physicians. In her free time, she enjoys traveling abroad with her husband, and learning French.

Dr. Woods looks forward to serving the Saint Paul community. She is currently accepting new patients.

Candice J. Menge

Candice is a Certified Executive Coach and adjunct instructor with a Master’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Human Resources.  As a MN native, she is active in various community events and accepts any opportunities to help and serve others; particularly those that may be under represented and/or underserved.  Recognized as a “roll up your sleeves” servant leader, Candice is a ‘doer’ and works alongside of her team while offering innovative strategy assistance.  She has a keen ability to influence without authority with a collaborative approach allowing her to navigate complex and diverse situations and deliver successful results.  With a track record of successful organization development and design, Candice has been able to improve employee engagement and optimize a positive culture while implementing new or improved processes and procedures.  In her spare time Candice enjoys cooking, entertaining and spending time with her family and friends.

Kate Hollenbach

Dr. Kate Hollenbach is a residency trained primary care optometrist with special interest in ocular disease. She is originally from Cedar Rapids, IA and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hollenbach completed her optometric degree at the New England College of Optometry in Boston, and her residency at the Columbus VA Healthcare System. She returned to Minneapolis with her husband in the summer of 2019. Every other year Dr. Hollenbach travels to Peru for one week to help give free exams to hundreds of patients in need; she has a passion for healthcare and education. In her free time, Dr. Hollenbach likes to read, travel, explore the Twin Cities, and play volleyball with her husband. Her current life goals are to improve her Spanish language skills and hike Kilimanjaro!

Archana Alegaonkar

Dr Archana Alegaonkar is a licensed dentist in the state of Minnesota, and she has been a practicing dentist for over 18 years now. She has been working in the twin cities since 2008. Dr Alegaonkar believes that a healthy smile and mouth is a vital part of overall wellbeing and as such preventative dentistry, comprehensive care and overall patient wellness are very important to her. Over the years she has worked in various dental settings from large group practices to public health clinics. She has experience working with patients from diverse and under-resourced communities. She enjoys informing and educating patients about their oral health while delivering compassionate quality care. She always strives to make the dental visit a positive experience for each and every patient.

During the COVID 19 pandemic, she has made patient & staff safety as her highest priority and has enabled OCHC to continue to safely offer dental services to the patients.

Dr. Alegaonkar lives in the twin cities metro area with her husband and kids aged 9 and 13 and 3-month old English Labrador. In her free time she enjoys practicing yoga, reading, art journaling, gardening and travelling with her family.

Vanessa Ng

Dr. Vanessa Ng, PsyD, LP joined Open Cities Health Center as a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Behavioral Health in 2014. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota and her doctorate at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Ng is experienced working with patients with complex histories to provide a safe, culturally sensitive environment to support their overall health needs. She is especially interested in providing integrative care by looking at the overlap between physical and mental health and considering creative strategies to help people flourish. Dr. Ng provides health consultation, individual therapy for adults, couples and family therapy, and psychological evaluation. She works with people living with chronic illness and pain, depression and anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, as well as other needs. Her therapy style is patient-centered, interpersonal/psychodynamic, and employs cognitive-behavioral and emotions-focused strategies. Dr. Ng also has competencies in clinical supervision and provides training for students in graduate programs towards clinical licensure.

Mark Garnett

Dr. Mark Garnett is a 2001 graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University. Since graduating, he has owned and operated two private practices and is currently the department head and treating Chiropractic Physician at Open Cities Health Center. His mission: to serve and educate humanity by providing the highest quality of medical care available regardless of race, creed or socio-economic status. Clinically, his interests include a wide variety of topics that include neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction & injury, autoimmune disease, functional medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, nutrition, physical rehabilitation and exercise science. His professional and business organizations affiliations include: Ramsey County Community Health Advisory Committee, American Chiropractic Association, Minnesota Chiropractic Association, Black Chiropractors of Minnesota and the Selby Avenue Business Association. He is currently serving as the Chiropractic Alumni Board Chairman at Northwestern Health Sciences University.