History of Fair Oaks Women's Health

Our practice was founded in 1983 by two physicians, Dr. Warren Nagata and Dr. Marc Lebed. They became partners and soon became the best of friends.

Dr. Bryan Jick was hired by these two incredible physicians in 1989. When Dr. Nagata suddenly and tragically passed away that same year, Dr. Jick was honored to help Dr. Lebed take care of Dr. Nagata's patients and provide support to Dr. Lebed who was devasted by this loss. They soon became partners and good friends as well, working together until 1995, when Dr. Lebed suffered a severe sports injury forcing him to retire from his career as a perinatologist. Thus, Dr. Jick became a solo Ob/Gyn physician.

Dr. Lebed relocated to The Pismo Beach area, where he still lives. He has since gone on to earn a Master's Degree in Dispute Resolution (MDR) at Pepperdine University, he works in a Law Practice, he has an academic appointment at multiple medical schools where he teaches medical students a communications course that he designed, and he travels the country serving as a physician-mediator. Dr. Lebed and Dr. Jick remain friends to this day.

In 1996, Dr. Jick joined an Ob/Gyn group run by Dr. Charles Broberg. He began seeing HMO patients, and he became
very busy  -- too busy to spend the time with his patients that he felt they deserved. In 2000, Dr. Jick decided that he needed to leave the HMO world. He sent letters to his patients, and opened up his own solo practice.

Later that year, Dr. Merrill Lewen joined his practice and they worked together until 2005. Dr. Lewen then moved to Houston, Texas when her husband, Dr. Laurence Cooper, was offered the position of Director of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, a world-renowned institution. Dr. Lewen has opened a Gynecology practice in the suburbs of Houston called Town and Country Gynecology.

Dr. Jennie Chang joined Dr. Jick in 2006 just after completing her residency at the LAC-USC School of Medicine. When Dr. Jick and Dr. Chang moved to their present location, Dr. Jennifer Park joined them -- and Fair Oaks Women’s Health was created!