Please choose the city nearest you if you would like to see a list of doctors who are accepting new patients in your area.

Open* - A doctor who is accepting all new patients.

Limited - Some Family Medicine doctors have limited openings in their practices, such as for newborns or siblings of existing patients only.

*Note: Depending on local patient demand, there may not be doctors available who are accepting new patients at the location you pick below.

Doctors open to new patients:

• Aptos
• Castro Valley
• Dublin
• Fremont
• Los Altos
• Mountain View
• Palo Alto
• Redwood City
• San Carlos
• San Jose
• Santa Clara
• Santa Cruz
• Sunnyvale
• Watsonville

Continuing Education

The American Board of Family Medicine requires recertification by examination every 7-10 years. To maintain board certification, family doctors also are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours of continuing medical education every three years. In addition, family doctors have the support of a national medical association, the American Academy of Family doctors (AAFP). The AAFP provides high-quality learning opportunities for family doctors, as well as patient education materials and practice management support.

Source: American Academy of Family Physicians

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The Patient/Doctor Relationship

Family doctors believe that the key to long-term health is the patient-doctor relationship. To develop a personal treatment plan, a family doctor will regularly ask questions about a patient’s family health history and lifestyle to determine health risk factors. Research shows that people who have an ongoing relationship with a primary care doctor have better overall health outcomes; lower death rates and lower total costs of care.


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