Department:

Internal Medicine

Specialty:

Internal Medicine, Board Certified

* Open, physician is currently accepting new patients

Health plans accepted:

View accepted health plans

Affiliation:

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Education/training:

Medical education:

 

Western University of Health Science, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 2002

Residency:

Los Angeles County and University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2002-2005

Special training:

Medical acupuncture and osteopathic manipulation (including cranial osteopathy)

Professional interests:

Musculoskeletal medicine, diabetes and hypertension management, gastrointestinal and liver diseases, complementary medicine and hospital medicine

Additional languages spoken:

Gujarati(Excellent)
Hindi(Very Good)
Spanish(Good)

Community activities:

American Academy of Osteopathy, American College of Physicians

Personal interests:

Dr. Jhaveri is married and has a daughter. He is a certified Bikram Yoga instructor, enjoys watching old Bollywood films and spending time with his family. He and his wife also enjoy visiting India whenever possible.

Physician web link:

http://www.pamf.org/Internal/

Philosophy of care:

Whenever someone asks me why I went into medicine, I always tell them "I did not choose medicine; medicine chose me." My medical career began in the Los Angeles area. I went to university and studied both biochemistry and religion. These two majors taught me that science and the arts are an integral part of living a fulfilling life.



I was fortunate enough to go to a medical school that emphasized a holistic approach to medicine. I learned to use my hands to treat patients, and that treating patients with my hands could be as powerful as taking medicine. The manual therapy that I learned was osteopathy.



I started doing yoga during medical school, and I enjoyed it so much that I trained to become a certified Bikram yoga instructor. Bikram yoga is the most therapeutic and healing form of yoga that I know. Yoga taught me to be more humble and has given me the strength to go through a very difficult time known as residency training.



During residency, I worked with the underserved population in the Los Angeles area. I saw patients who were very ill and had complex medical conditions. The work was gratifying, fun and challenging.



After residency, I got married and moved to the Bay Area, where I have lived since 2005. I worked as a hospitalist for three years, which allowed me to hone my skills as a physician.



I love being at PAMF. This is the first time in my life where I can do everything that I envisioned for myself in my career. I can treat my patients with my hands using osteopathic medicine or even acupuncture. I can also treat my patients with medicine. I feel like I have developed into a versatile physician for my patients.



In the future, I hope to learn different modalities of treatment. At the end of 2010, I hope to begin learning homeopathy and possibly begin to offer this in 2011 for my patients. I am always looking for ways to stay up-to-date on the latest treatments that I can offer my patients. In addition to being in Fremont, I will be going to the PAMF Dublin Center twice a month starting in March 2010.