As primary care physicians, we hope to fulfill a role as your family physician. In this capacity, we do complete physical examinations, evaluate, treat, or refer all problems large or small, and make house calls. No problem is too minor to discuss with us.

As sub-specialists, we evaluate and treat problems of the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system. We perform a variety of tests in our roles as sub-specialists routine electrocardiograms, sophisticated  cholesterol testing, cardiovascular treadmill gastroenterologist’s visual assessment of the stomach and colon through esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, and sigmoiudoscopy .

We take pride in the quality of our thorough examinations. This is an opportunity for us to get to know you as an individual. It also is the best current means of determining and maintaining the quality of your health. The examination usually consists of a history and physical examination and various laboratory tests.

The frequency of complete examinations is a matter of flexibility. We recommend one examination each year to those patients who may have a particular problem. Some patients feel a yearly examination, which finds them in good health reassuring. Recommendations for the minimum  number of examinations are: on becoming a new patient, at age 18, at age 25, three times between ages 30 and 39, every other year between 40 and 60, and every year after age 60.

Recommendations for screening mammograms  vary. A baseline mammogram is recommended between ages 35 and 40. Between ages 40 and 50, a mammogram every couple of years is recommended, and after age 50, one every year is recommended.  

A pap smear is recommended when sexual activity begins, then annually for two years,  and then every three years to age 35. Thereafter every three to five years.

Cholesterol screening is recommended on becoming a new patient and with each complete physical examination.

Prostate Screening is recommended every year for men over fifty