August 1, 2005
PAMF Expands To Meet the Growing Needs of Southern San Mateo County
Redwood City Center Opens at 805 Veterans Boulevard
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) will open a new office in Redwood City on Monday, August 1. The Redwood City Center, PAMF’s newest health center on the Peninsula, will provide primary care to patients, as well as laboratory services.
Located at 805 Veterans Boulevard, Suite 201, the center will offer one more location for patients to receive health care in southern San Mateo County. While PAMF currently operates the Redwood Shores Health Center located at 290 Redwood Shores Parkway, the increasing number of southern San Mateo County residents choosing PAMF as their health care provider spurred the need to open an additional location for county residents.
“We’ve enjoyed a 42 percent growth rate at our Redwood Shores location over the past year,” said Carl Baeuerlen, R.N., clinical manager of PAMF’s San Mateo County health centers. “We are at full capacity. We don’t have any room for additional physicians and we have run out of exam rooms. The new Redwood City Center will allow us to expand our staff and accommodate more patients in southern San Mateo County.”
The Redwood City Center will eventually accommodate 16 physicians – compared to the Redwood Shores Health Center, which was built to accommodate 12 physicians, but currently has 15 physicians caring for patients.
Initially, three Redwood Shores Health Center physicians –- internists Ronesh Sinha and William Black, and pediatrician Nathalie Lynch –- will move their practices to the Redwood City location. Dr. Black currently serves as the medical director for PAMF’s health centers in San Mateo County, and will serve as the department head for the Redwood City Center.
Family practice physicians Rachel Young and Kevin Chen, who currently practice in the South Bay, will join PAMF and complete the initial medical team. Baeuerlen estimates that the new health center will initially accommodate about 450 patient visits per week, plus laboratory visits. Additional physicians will be added as needed.
“We have a successful model in the Redwood Shores Health Center that provides outstanding medical care and serves southern San Mateo County patients well,” said Dr. Black. “Our patients enjoy the small, friendly atmosphere and consistently high-quality health care. We’ll provide the same patient-oriented service when they visit the new Redwood City Center.”
The new health center will be open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Saturdays, patients can make appointments for urgent needs, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Redwood Shores Health Center. In addition, PAMF offers patients access to a wide array of specialists and services including electronic health records (EHR) and PAMFOnline, a secure online resource which allows patients to view key components of their medical record, request prescription renewals and appointments, check test results and more.
For more information about PAMF’s Redwood City Center, visit www.pamf.org/redwoodcity.
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care, Research and Education is a not-for-profit health care organization that is a pioneer in both multispecialty group practice of medicine and outpatient medicine. The foundation has three health care divisions: the Palo Alto Division, the Camino Division and the Santa Cruz Division. The Palo Alto Division, staffed by 290 physicians of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, has provided a full range of care for Peninsula residents since it was founded in 1930. It operates clinics in Fremont, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City and Redwood Shores. PAMF is part of the Sutter Health family of not-for-profit hospitals and physician organizations that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care as well as care of women and children, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology. For more information, visit www.pamf.org.