Jeannine M. Rodems, MD

Jeannine Rodems, MD, FAAFP,  has been practicing family medicine for over 18 years. She is a graduate of UCSC (go Slugs!), the UCLA School of Medicine, and the UCLA Family Medicine Residency program.  She has been an active member of the local physician community in Santa Cruz County for several years. Presently she is the past president of the CruzMed Foundation of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society and is the immediate past president of the Medical Society. Dr Rodems has been very active with the California Academy of Family Physicians, previously a director on their board.

Philosophy of care: I believe that our job as primary care physicians is to work as an advocate for our patients, listen to their concerns and issues, and help to guide them through the sometimes scary environment of medicine today. I believe in using evidence-based care, but tailoring that care to the specific needs of each individual patient, considering the context of their family and living environment and their community. Primary care needs to return to focusing on the patient and be the center or medical home for their patient's care. This is only accomplished through developing good relationships that patients can rely on, and necessitates providing appropriate time and dialog to develop that relationship.