Stephanie is an Evansville native who attended Mater Dei High School and played softball for the Screaming Eagles at the University of Southern Indiana on an athletic scholarship.  She has extensive experience working in the field of colon and rectal surgery and is a tremendous asset to the practice.  She specializes in procedure scheduling and day to day operations of the practice.  She is known for having an infectious smile and laughter, kind demeanor, and great rapport with patients.  She currently lives with her husband, Steven, and they have three wonderful children, two sons and a daughter.  In her free time she enjoys coaching travel softball and spending time with her family.

Renea is an Evansville native who graduated from IVY Tech in 1994 with an Associates Degree in Medical Assisting.  She has a deep resume' working in medical billing and coding for over 30 years, and 18 of those years til current has been working with Dr. Arruffat in colon and rectal surgery.  Renea loves the everyday challenges that come with insurance and helping patients with billing concerns.  She is known for her compassion and going out of her way to make sure that patients get the right information and insurance coverage for their procedures.  She is a mother to a wonderful daughter, Samantha, and she is "Oma" to her lovely granddaughter, Rosella.  In her spare time she enjoys a good laugh watching stand up comedy and she loves watching all kinds of sports on television.  

Jinky born and raised in the Phillipines.  She has a Bachelors Degree of Science in Food Technology (trust us, she can cook!).  She emigrated to the US in 2003 and became a registered nurse in 2012.  She has vast experience in GI and colon and rectal surgery.  She serves as our office nurse, precertification specialist, assists in procedure scheduling, and performs an endless list of tasks that helps patients get what they need.  She is part of Revenue Cycle Management as an inpatient and outpatient coding specialist - her goals are to improve all aspects of clinical documentation, coding and reimbursement.  Jinky lives with her husband and daugher in Vincennes, Indiana and enjoys cooking, baking, and formulating food recipes.  She loves to travel, not only for visiting famous destinations, but also for the gastronomic adventure!

Elaine hails from Oakland City and is our door greeter, front desk person, and wonderful smiling face of the office.  She worked 22 years at Superior Maintenance Company at Toyota and decided to make the switch over to healthcare, for which it has been an overwhelming success.  Elaine is known for her gentle approach, and kind and friendly attitude.  She is excellent at her position and is beloved by all.  She cherishes the opportinuty to learn something new daily.  She loves spending time at home with her husband Dennis, and spoiling her 4 grandchildren.  

Santiago loves playing guitar, pretending he's a rock star, snowboarding, running, playing soccer (he thinks he's 25), and is an absolute travel junkie.  He devotes his time to surgical mission work ever year in Monrovia, Liberia.  When he's not too busy trying to have a little downtime he spends his time working at all three local hospitals as well as in Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Indiana.  He specializes in cancer surgery, robotics, colonoscopy and many other benign diseases.  He lives with his wife and two sons.