History
The physicians and staff of Dunes Family Health Care (DFHC) would like to welcome you to our clinic. Our clinic has been serving the Coastal Douglas area since 1977. Dunes Family Health Care was recognized by the Oregon Health Authority as a Patient Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) in 2012. We are very pleased that you have chosen us to assist you with your medical care. This is a trust that we will make every attempt to honor with the quality of medical care that you require and deserve. Trust between a provider and patient is the core of any healing process. The concept of Family Medicine is based on building this trust. When you or one you love is ill or injured, you want responsive, caring, knowledgeable health services performed by a qualified professional who knows you and your family situation. You need a medical support team who is sensitive to your living conditions, family health history, and other factors that might contribute to your illness or its cure.
Specialties
The primary goal of Family Medicine is wellness. A major emphasis of DFHC is patient education. We try to help you understand how to maintain good health as well as understand illnesses. We encourage our patients to participate in their care and welcome questions and suggestions on how we can best meet your needs. To become a specialist in Family Medicine, a physician must complete three years of additional training after medical school, and then pass a very demanding examination in order to become Board Certified. The American Board of Family Medicine certifies all of our Family Medicine Physicians. Dunes Family Health Care also employs a board-certified family nurse practitioner to help meet your healthcare needs. We are qualified and experienced in all aspects of Family Medicine. Internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, psychiatry and community medicine are all part of our regular practice. If we feel your problem needs diagnosis or treatment by another specialist, we will refer you to the best consultants available, then work closely with these consultants to ensure that all factors are considered and treated. More importantly, we ensure that you will always have a physician available to coordinate the specialists' information, and explain it to you in a fashion you can trust and use. Our providers provide a scope of clinical competence that allows the patient, not the disease, to be the focus of care.