Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

Internal medicine is adult primary care: the physician who knows your history, manages your chronic conditions, and decides when a specialist is genuinely needed. For most of our patients, this is where care starts.

What your primary care visit covers

• Annual physicals and preventive care — screening, immunizations, and risk assessment.
• Chronic disease management — blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid, and heart conditions.
• Acute illness — infections, injuries, and new symptoms that need attention now.
• Medication management — reviewing everything you take, together, rather than drug by drug.
• Referrals within the building — to specialists who can read the same chart.

Everything in one trip

Blood work is drawn in our office, X-ray and ultrasound are down the hall, and EKG is performed in our cardiac testing suite. A visit that would normally generate three appointments elsewhere often finishes here in one.

When you do need a specialist, the referral stays inside the practice and the record travels with it.

When to see an internist

Adults see an internist to treat a known condition or to get a new problem diagnosed. The most common reasons:

• Chronic disease care — ongoing conditions such as diabetes and arthritis, tracked over time as symptoms change.
• Infections and allergies — sinusitis, asthma, and reactions to foods, drugs, or vaccines, including infections that have not yet been identified.
• Painful injuries — a strain, an accident, or pain whose cause has not been pinned down yet.

The internal medicine team is Dr. Anatole Barkan, Dr. Yves-Line Auguste-Swann, and Courtney White, FNP.