What is a family practitioner?

Family Practice is a broad based medical specialty that provides care for 85+% of the medical problems of most individuals and families. These comprehensively trained physicians can act as the coordinators of medical services for blood testing, radiologic examinations, pulmonary function testing, cardiac testing, and rehabilitative care.

The Family Physician can organize referrals and thereby direct the patient to the appropriate specialist(s), and can act as the liaison for decisions regarding all varieties of treatment options and ongoing care coordinated with all varieties of ancillary services.
Additionally, the Family Physician can provide ongoing care and management of most chronic illness with the long term goal of maintaining quality of life.

Perhaps most importantly, the Family Practitioner's basic philosophy is towards providing preventive medical care and promoting wellness. Care of the Individual and Family are the primary interests of the Family Physician, not just the treatment of an illness or disease.
Dr. Alan T. Falkoff.
Attended St. George’s University School of Medicine and graduated 1985. Three years residency training at St. Joseph Medical Center, Stamford, CT. Chief Resident from July 1987 to Dec. 1987. Residency completed June 1988. Board Certified 3 times in 1988, 1994 & 2000. Diplomate of American Board of Family Practice. Fellow of American Academy of Family Practice as of 2004.
Dr. David M. Berkun.
David M. Berkun, M.D. joined the practice as of
October 1, 2002.
Dr. Berkun is one of the Practice's two board-certified Pediatricians. He attended the SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and completed his residency in the Yale-Bridgeport program.


Dr. Aparna Balichetty. Aparna Balichetty, M.D. joined the practice as of August, 2009. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2009.

 

Dr. Joshua B. Herbert.
Joshua B. Herbert, M.D., D.A.B.F.M. joined the practice July 16, 1999. He completed his undergraduate education at Boston College and attended St. George’s University School of Medicine. Dr. Herbert completed his residency in Family Practice at North Shore University Hospital in Glen Cove, New York, in June 1999.



Dr. Gil Fernandez . Gil Fernandez, M.D. joined the practice as of August, 2009. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, MO in 2009.
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