The explosive growth of medical specialties, has come to be perceived by many persons concerned with health care as a loss of the continuing relationship between patient and physician. A movement in reaction to this perceived trend began shortly after the end of World War II, eventually culminating in the development of the specialty called family practice. This specialty is intended to restore the patient-physician relationship and, simultaneously, to equip the practitioner with the knowledge and skills expected of a contemporary physician. A family-practice physician is expected to be able to care for most of the nonsurgical illnesses of adults and children, to use the continuing relationship with the patient and the patient's family to teach preventive medicine, and to refer the minority of patients with illnesses too complex for the family physician to an appropriate specialist.

Our facility is a free-standing clinic practice which includes the availability at the same location of specialists in most of the major medical fields. The inclusion of family medicine at our facility provides us the opportunity to coordinate a variety of specialists under one roof to better assist our patients.Our specialists must take part in a certain number of hours of continuing medical education each year as determined and approved by their individual boards.