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FAMILY & PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CENTER OF
CHULA VISTA

· Kevin A. Malone, MD, MBA

Also :
· Belen M. Sarwacinski, NP

1415 Ridgeback Road, Suite #4
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Telephone: (619) 421-4257
Fax: (619) 421-6913

Web Page: cvfamilymed.com
* E-Mail: famprevmed@attglobal.net

Office Hours
Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Extended Hours
Wed. 8:30 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.

(First Wednesday of the Month)

Sat. 8:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

(Every Other)

WELCOME

We are glad you chose Family & Preventive Medical Center for your medical needs. Our physicians are specialists in family medicine, which means they have unique qualifications to work in all major medical areas and with all members of your family.

OUR MISSION

Family & Preventive Medical Center of Chula Vista is committed to being the healthcare provider of choice for residents in the Chula Vista and surrounding communities, which we serve. We promise to deliver a broad continuum of high quality, compassionate, and cost efficient care, dedicating ourselves to improving the quality of life for all men, women, and children who live and work in our community.

SERVICES

The Family & Preventive Medical Center of Chula Vista provides the following services to meet your special needs.

Health care for adults, children, teens, and seniors
Acute illness evaluations and treatment
Preventive health care and well-child exams
Pregnancy tests, and family planning
Immunizations
Minor surgical procedures
Interpreter services for Spanish and Tagalog speaking patients

APPOINTMENTS

We do our best to be available to you and to keep your waiting time to a minimum. Occasionally during office hours, emergencies or patients with difficult problems may create delays. We ask that you bear with us during these times.

If you have a truly urgent problem, please call the receptionist for a same day appointment. If your problem requires a higher level of care, you will be directed to the Urgent Care Center, which is open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., or to the Emergency Room at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.

You can help us provide better care for all by arriving on time for your appointment, or calling us if you need to cancel or reschedule.

EMERGENCIES

Call 911 for acute life threatening problems. If possible, also notify our office as well at (619) 421- 4257.

AFTER HOURS CARE

If you have an urgent problem which can not wait until the office is open again, call our regular office number, 421-4257 and leave a message for the on-call physician. Your call will be promptly returned. You will be directed to an Urgent Care for moderate problems, and to the Emergency Room at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center for serious problems. Since the Urgent Care closes at 8 pm, you will be directed to the Emergency Room for all appropriate problems after that time.

AFTER HOURS CALLS

Please do not make after hours calls for medication refills, to make appointments, or to leave routine messages. If you have caller ID, you need to temporarily disable the feature or the on-call doctor will not be able to return your call.

PRESCRIPTION REFILLS

Please call your regular pharmacy and ask them to call us for refills, at least a week before you are due to run out. If you are changing pharmacies, please call our office specifying the medication and the pharmacy.

Generally, maintenance medications for problems like diabetes and high blood pressure are routinely refilled, as long as the problems are under control and you are not due for a recheck. Please do not ask for refills of antibiotics or controlled substances that you may have taken in the past. A visit to the doctor is generally required to receive these.

If you feel that a medication is causing a bad side effect, discontinue taking it and call our office for advice. The doctor will review your medical record and either the doctor or the medical assistant will get back to you promptly.

LAB TESTS & RESULTS

All abnormal labs and tests results will be reported to you. We do not generally notify you of normal reports. However, if you have specific concerns or questions, please
call or e-mail our office.

STAFF BIOGRAPHIES

KEVIN A. MALONE, MD, MBA

Graduated from Georgetown University in 1975 with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and from Mayo Medical School in 1979. Residency at St. Vincent's Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1982. He has been in practice in Chula Vista since 1982. He completed his Masters in Business Administration at SDSU in 1993. He is board certified with the American Board of Family Practice and has special interests in Preventive, Alternative, Sports, and Administrative Medicine.

BELEN M. SARWASINSKI, N.P.

Graduated from San Diego State University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and from the University of Phoenix in 1999 with a Master of Science in Nursing. She earned a Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from UCSD in May 2000. Her special interests include Pediatrics, Patient Education, Preventive, and Geriatric Medicine.

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PATIENT INFORMATION

You can help us accomplish our goal of providing excellent medical care in a caring environment, with efficiency.

The specialty of Family Medicine strives to provide for most of the general medical needs of the family including the care of children (Pediatrics), women (Gynecology), and seniors (Geriatrics).

Besides caring for illnesses, we stress preventive medicine. We believe that many problems can be avoided or cured, if found early. Examples include well childcare and immunizations for children, regular breast and pelvic exams for women, and blood pressure control to prevent heart attacks and strokes in seniors.

Referrals to other doctors and surgeons are made when additional evaluations or opinions are needed.

If you need to be hospitalized, you will be referred to the hospitalist team at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. The hospitalists are a new type of specialists that are based in the hospital to improve the quality and access of care. They will call in additional specialists, as needed, depending upon a particular problem.