Family Medicine Services
Family Medicine doctors care for newborn babies, children, teenagers, adults and the elderly. They can provide 90 percent of all the care you will need. Your family doctor will work with you to ensure appropriate preventive care as well as treatment for acute (sudden or short-term) and chronic (long-term) illnesses.
In addition to regular medical care, a number of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) Family Medicine doctors also perform the following services*:
- Deliver babies (Denise Devereaux, Watsonville and Jenny Schreck, Santa Cruz Downtown Clinic
- Prenatal care
- Pap smears
- Skin biopsies
- Joint or muscle injections
- Acne treatment
- Assessment and treatment of sports injuries and foot pain
- Treatment of mental conditions like depression and anxiety
- IUDS placement & removal/reproductive counseling
- Vasectomy
- Sports Medicine
- Geriatrics
