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BIRDWELL FAMILY MEDICINE PC

About Me

I am a Board Certified Family Medicine physician, in practice for roughly 20 years.  I’ve treated thousands of patients in a fast-paced, volume focused clinic, and when I’d had enough of that, treated patients in my home town at my own practice in a more rural area of Central California. 
I attended UC Riverside where I graduated Cum Laude, then attended St. George’s School of Medicine for my MD.  I completed my residency training through UC San Francisco, Fresno Campus.
I have two wonderful kids and am still married to my High School sweetheart.  I’m a Catholic, and attend church in Rapid City. 
We moved to South Dakota when we felt our home state had finally lost its mind, frankly.  And it had been a long time coming, as everyone knows.  As a physician, I felt I could no longer practice medicine the way that it was meant to be practiced; for the patient.  Not for an insurance company, not for the state…for you.
I want the practice of Medicine, the true practice of Medicine, to be between the patient and me.  I don’t want an insurance company, a viral social media post, or just bad information to come between you and the care you need.  I want to be here with answers, data and experience so you can make informed decisions about your health.  It doesn’t have to be complicated, and it certainly doesn’t have to be expensive.
My simple goal is to return to the practice of medicine; to nurture the doctor-patient relationship. ​
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